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Cureus
December 2024
Intensive Care Unit, General Chest Diseases Hospital Sotiria, Athens, GRC.
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition characterized by the rapid spread of infection within the mediastinum. This severe form of mediastinitis poses a significant challenge to clinicians due to its aggressive nature and potential for rapid deterioration. In this case report, we present a challenging case of descending necrotizing mediastinitis in a 39-year-old patient with persistent pyrexia and an extended hospital stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), cardiothoracic unit (CTU), and surgical intensive care unit (SICU).
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January 2025
Senior Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Repairing large bone defects remains a significant clinical challenge. Stem cell is of great importance in bone regeneration, and periosteum is rich in periosteal stem cell, which has a great influence on repairing bone defects. Bioengineered periosteum with excellent biocompatibility and stem cell homing capabilities to promote bone regeneration is of great clinical significance.
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January 2025
West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address:
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women. Effective treatment of cervical cancer is urgently needed. Tumor therapeutic vaccine is a research hotspot in tumor immunotherapy, and the tumor therapeutic vaccine based on attenuated live bacteria carrier has clinical application prospect because of its clear action site and high safety.
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February 2025
Cultural Heritage Unit, Conservation Services Division, South African National Parks, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
The rise and spread of ancient Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) trade networks profoundly impacted southern Africa. Control over this trade played a critical role in the rise and maintenance of complex societies of the second millennium CE such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. While the African origins of this trade lie in the first millennium CE, understanding its earliest phases and subsequent development in the far south has been hampered by a general paucity of research.
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December 2024
Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
Subungual melanoma accounts for 1.9% of cutaneous melanomas. Amelanotic cases, comprising 15-25%, poses a significant diagnostic challenge because it can be misdiagnosed as other traumatic, inflammatory, or neoplastic conditions.
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