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Cureus
December 2024
Hepatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
This case report discusses the case of a 74-year-old man who was diagnosed with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). The patient initially presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and was later diagnosed with cholangitis. Subsequently, heart failure was identified due to hepatic arteriovenous malformations.
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January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.
Background: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) improve prognosis in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Nilotinib and ponatinib, second- and third-generation TKIs, respectively, have been reported to cause adverse vascular occlusive events such as myocardial infarction and peripheral arterial disease. However, little is known about the risk of cerebral infarction associated with severe cerebrovascular stenosis, which is a late complication of TKIs.
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November 2024
Hepatobiliary Surgery, USL Toscana Centro, Pistoia, ITA.
Spontaneous liver bleeding is a rare but life-threatening complication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The optimal management strategy for this condition remains a topic of ongoing debate. We present the case of a 74-year-old man with cirrhosis and hemorrhagic shock resulting from the spontaneous rupture of HCC.
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September 2024
Department of Medicine, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.
Background/objective: Calcium channel blockers, when taken in overdose quantities, can cause hyperglycemia requiring so-called hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic therapy. The objective of this report was to describe a patient with calcium channel blocker toxicity resulting from overdose of amlodipine.
Case Report: A 74-year-old man presented with a fall and loss of consciousness.
Ann Surg Oncol
December 2024
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Medicine Engineering for Hepatopancreatobiliary Diseases, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Background: Laparoscopic radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy combined with celiac axis resection and portal vein reconstruction is a new procedure for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This surgical technique may offer patients with pancreatic cancer involving the portal vein and celiac axis an opportunity for radical surgical resection. We aim to evaluate the short- and long-term efficacy and describe the surgical details of this technique.
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