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Cureus
December 2024
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, JPN.
Primary nodular fasciitis of the nasal cavity is quite rare, and only a few cases have been reported. The patient was a 40-year-old man whose chief complaint was a nasal tumor. We suspected fibrosarcoma and operated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ West Afr Coll Surg
July 2024
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Background: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a severe soft tissue infection typified by swiftly spreading necrosis of the fascia and subcutaneous fat with successive necrosis of the skin which affects all age groups.
Objective: To compare the clinical presentation and treatment outcome of NF between children and adults.
Materials And Methods: A prospective descriptive study of all patients presenting with NF to the (Usmanu Danfodiyo Univrersity Teaching Hospital, Sokoto), from September 2018 to August 2019.
BMJ Case Rep
December 2024
Infectious Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a severe, rapidly progressing infection of the muscular fascia and subcutaneous tissue. Monomicrobial NF from hypermucoviscous (hvKP-NF) is rare but highly virulent, most common in East Asia. This report reviews a unique case of hvKP-NF in a US male in his 40s with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, presenting with severe sepsis, neck swelling and calf pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
November 2024
Department of Orthopedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
: Degenerative cervical myelopathy is a progressive neurological disorder that is commonly encountered in clinical practice and its incidence is expected to increase alongside the aging population. Given the importance of early and accurate diagnosis in this patient population, this narrative review aims to provide a repository of up-to-date information regarding pertinent patient history, physical exam findings, and potential alternate diagnoses. : The PubMed database was queried for publications from 1 January 2019 to 19 March 2024.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCochrane Database Syst Rev
December 2024
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine the benefits and harms of dose reduction or discontinuation of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs or targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in adults with psoriatic arthritis who are in remission or a low disease activity state.
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