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Cureus
December 2024
Emergency Medicine Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, GHA.
Phytobezoars are indigestible organic matter that forms organized masses in the gastrointestinal tract. Seeds reported causing bezoars include sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, and wild banana seeds. Cocoa seeds causing bezoar have not been reported.
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December 2024
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, AUS.
Blunt abdominal trauma frequently results in visceral injury to either solid or hollow organs; however, injury to the gallbladder is rare. This is most likely due to the anatomical position of the gallbladder, which is well-insulated posterior to the liver and rib cage. Gallbladder injuries can be in the form of avulsion, contusion, or laceration.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, Eniwa Midorino Clinic, Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan.
We investigated the association between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) and arterial stiffness and distensibility in the aneurysmal sac of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Data from 49 patients with AAA from June 2020 to November 2022 at Tokyo Medical University Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Brachial-ankle PWV (cm/s) was obtained via an automated oscillometric method.
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January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Huizhou Central People's Hospital, Huizhou 516000, Guangdong Province, China.
Background: Chylous ascites is an uncommon condition, occurring in less than 1% of ascites cases. It results from traumatic or obstructive disruption of the lymphatic system, causing the leakage of thoracic or intestinal lymph into the abdominal cavity. This leads to the accumulation of a milky, triglyceride-rich fluid.
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January 2025
Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100193, China. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Changyanning tablets (CYN) are a marketed traditional Chinese medicine composed of Diijincao (Euphorbia humifusa Willd.), Jinmaoercao (Hedyotis chrysotricha (Palib.) Merr.
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