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Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, MEX.
Heyde's syndrome is a clinical entity that combines aortic stenosis, gastrointestinal angiodysplasia, and an acquired von Willebrand factor disorder. This syndrome is characterized by the association between aortic stenosis and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding episodes, typically linked to angiodysplasias. Effective treatment requires addressing the underlying condition, specifically aortic stenosis, which leads to the structural destruction of coagulation proteins, resulting in the acquired von Willebrand factor disorder and perpetuating the bleeding.
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January 2025
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Trousseau, CHU de Tours, Avenue de la République, 37170 Chambray-Les-Tours, France.
Background: Myocardial bridging (MB) is considered a frequent and benign condition. However, some patients may experience symptoms. The recent ESC guidelines on sports participation provide guidance on the management of these symptomatic patients with MB but do not provide guidance in the presence of another cardiac pathology.
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January 2025
Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan.
Scorpions are a group of arthropods known to be highly toxic to humans. We report the case of a previously healthy 61-year-old male who sustained a sting from an Androctonus crassicauda scorpion to his right eye. The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in a comatose state immediately after the sting.
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March 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra 442001, India.
Tic douloureux, also known as trigeminal neuralgia, is distinguished by recurrent episodes of severe, lancinating pain that affects one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve, representing a prevalent pain syndrome. This condition has an annual incidence rate of 27 per 100,000 individuals. Nevertheless, direct compression caused by vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) represents a considerably less frequent etiology of trigeminal neuralgia, with an estimated overall incidence of about 1%.
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