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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, JPN.
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare dermatosis characterised by necrotic ulcers with a predilection mainly for the lower legs. We report a case of a 67-year-old man with PG and severe ankle ankylosis complicated by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor, adalimumab (ADA). He was referred to our hospital because his right ankle showed severe ulcers and blackening.
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January 2025
Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Background: Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction, often triggered by emotional or physical stress. It usually presents with clinical features similar to acute coronary syndrome, making its occurrence following elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) challenging to diagnose and treat.
Case Summary: A 67-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease and recurrent angina underwent elective PCI of the right coronary artery.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Chubu Medical Center, 25, Yagi-Ueno, Yagi-cho, Nantan City, Kyoto 629-0197, Japan.
Background: Constrictive pericarditis (CP) can arise from various causes, including post-operative degeneration, tuberculosis, and sequelae of pericarditis. Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related disease is a rare but recognized cause of CP. However, the specific mechanisms underlying these aetiologies and pathologies remain unclear.
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January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Background: Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTCL-NT) is a rare, highly invasive Epstein-Barr virus associated hematological malignant tumor with an unfavorable prognosis. Although ENKTCL-NT has been previously reported, no relevant article has provided an intuitive, progressive series of schematic illustrations of the rapid progression of facial ulcers.
Objective: This article reports a serious case of ENKTCL-NT that involved the entire process from onset to death.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
December 2024
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
A 67-year-old man with aortic valve endocarditis presented with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and was found to have embolic vegetation occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. This patient was successfully treated with early aortic valve replacement, extraction of a vegetation embolus, and coronary artery bypass grafting over the site of extraction.
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