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Cureus
April 2024
Department of Pathology, Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, USA.
Chronic idiopathic ulcers of the colon pose diagnostic challenges due to their elusive etiology and potential resemblance to other intestinal pathologies, such as cecal carcinoma. This case report outlines the clinical course of a 68-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency department (ED) with persistent right lower quadrant pain. Despite multiple hospital visits yielding varied diagnoses, a definitive diagnosis was only made following a laparoscopic partial colectomy, which revealed chronic idiopathic ulcers with transmural scarring and adhesions to adjacent small intestine loops.
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January 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University - Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
Rationale: A huge hypertrophic scar formation secondary to chronic ingrown toe nail mimicking tumor is a rare disease. It is not only causing concerns cosmetically, but also hindering normal daily activities physically and socially. In this paper, we present an unusual case of bilateral ingrown nails with different phases.
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December 2023
Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
J Agric Food Chem
December 2023
Department of General Surgery (Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Liver fibrosis refers to the excessive buildup of extracellular matrix (ECM) components in liver tissue. It is considered a pathological response to liver damage for which there is no effective treatment. Aloin, an anthraquinone compound isolated from the aloe plant, has shown good pharmacological effects in the treatment of gastric cancer, ulcerative colitis, myocardial hypertrophy, traumatic brain injury, and other diseases; however, its specific impact on liver fibrosis remains unclear.
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