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Laryngoscope
January 2025
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A.
Pharyngitis is commonly caused by the gram positive bacteria, streptococcus. Given the potential morbid complications of untreated streptococcal pharyngitis, antibiotics are critical. One of the rarer complications is pulmonary-renal syndrome (PRS), defined as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
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January 2025
University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
Purpose: RVVC is defined as four or more episodes of candidiasis in a 12-month period. Conventional treatment is complex and often involves long-term medication use or multiple treatments. ABL therapy is a promising treatment option as it is acceptable to women and has only rare side effects.
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February 2025
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem cholestatic disorder. Maralixibat is approved for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in ALGS with limited data in adults.
Methods: Participants were included if they received ≥ 2 doses of maralixibat at age ≥ 16 years in one of the three previously published maralixibat ALGS clinical trials.
Tunis Med
January 2025
Dermatology department, CHU Ibn Rochd, Hassan II University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Casablanca, Morocco.
Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a complex skin disease frequently linked with other atopic symptoms such allergic rhinitis and asthma. The disease's history consists of persistent relapses with extreme pruritus, which lowers quality of life. AD has become a global health concern as its incidence has increased over the last few decades.
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January 2025
Regional Hospital of Trujillo, Trujillo, Peru.
Although basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, the superficial subtype is rarely seen on the upper eyelid. We report the case of a 71-year-old woman with a 4-year history of upper eyelid pruritus, initially diagnosed as blepharitis and unsuccessfully treated with various medications, including topical and systemic corticosteroids, topical immunomodulators, and antihistamines. The unusual presentation, location, histologic subtype, and persistent pruritus posed a significant diagnostic challenge in this case.
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