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Cureus
December 2024
Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA.
Traumatic burst fractures of the atlas occur with axial loading of the cervical spine. Many of these injuries can be treated by nonsurgical management with external orthosis; however, cases with transverse ligament disruption or significant C1 lateral mass displacement require internal reduction and fixation. In patients with poor bone quality in the setting of osteoporosis or chronic illness, atlanto-axial fixation and reduction of the fracture can be a challenge, necessitating extension of fusion to the occiput, which significantly limits the range of motion.
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January 2025
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
We report the case of a 63-year-old man with impaired fasting glucose who was unable to lose weight, engage in exercise or omit refined carbohydrates from his diet until he initiated the Mantram Repetition Program (MRP). Four months following implementation, the patient had lost weight and fasting glucose levels decreased to near normal. These parameters continued to improve at nine months.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier François Mitterrand de Pau (CHPAU), Pau, France.
BACKGROUND A single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries distribution, with an incidence of only 0.03% in the general population undergoing coronary angiography. RCA arising from the distal circumflex artery is an extremely rare variety.
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January 2025
Dermatology Department, Miguel Servet Hospital, IIS Aragon, Zaragoza University, Zaragoza, Spain.
A 63-year-old man, with no past medical history, presented with an asymptomatic, progressively evolving polypoid lesion for 2 years in the left ciliary region. Physical examination revealed an exophytic tumor lesion of firm consistency and lobulated surface, with regular and well-defined borders. It measured 2 cm in diameter, and had a brownish-violet coloration with whitish areas (Figure 1).
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June 2024
Nephrology and Urology Research Center, Clinical Science Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
In this case report, we present a 63-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus and kidney transplantation who was diagnosed with nasal myiasis. The patient presented with symptoms of nasal myiasis infestation, including epistaxis, nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, and the presence of larvae. The patient had risk factors for poor wound healing, such as hyperglycemia, and the presence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and kidney transplantation indicated the presence of predisposing factors for myiasis.
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