A man in his early 80s presented to the otorhinolaryngology department with progressively worsening dysphagia to solids and a recent episode of difficulty breathing accompanied by a very brief expulsion of a solid mass from the mouth. Based on the endoscopic appearance of a fatty lesion of an elongated mass with a thick stalk on the posterior pharyngeal wall, a diagnosis of the benign fibrovascular polyp was given after clinical and radiological correlation. The pharyngeal polyp was resected at the base of its pedicle by transoral endoscopy with a thunder beat vessel sealing device. Histopathological examination of the mass revealed a well-differentiated liposarcoma composed of mature adipocytes. Following surgical excision, the patient made a full recovery. This case signifies the integrated role of preoperative biopsy, new surgical technologies and targeted therapies in managing pharyngoesophageal polyps.
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JTCVS Open
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
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Food Chem Toxicol
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School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
The concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were evaluated in snails from different locations in the Niger Delta of Nigeria to provide data about their sources and possible risk to humans from the consumption of snails. The OCP and PBDE concentrations in snail samples ranged from 0.31 to 12.
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October 2024
Grupo de Investigación en Salud Integral (GISI), Departamento Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali 5183000, Colombia.
Terrestrial mollusks, including the invasive giant African snail (), pose significant public health risks due to their role as carriers of various pathogens, such as and . This scoping review aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of diseases associated with and other terrestrial mollusks, with a particular focus on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines and the PRISMA-ScR framework, we conducted a systematic search and filtered results, identifying 27 relevant case reports and series for analysis.
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November 2024
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Giant Mine, an abandoned gold mine near Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada, generated significant arsenic trioxide roaster waste (ATRW) during its operations, posing a substantial environmental hazard. This study explored the feasibility of stabilizing ATRW by incorporating it into cemented paste backfill (CPB). Using response surface methodology (RSM), CPB samples with varying mixing ratios were analyzed to identify key parameters influencing strength.
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Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, SE-221 85, Sweden.
Purpose: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) can be classified into distinct histological subtypes based on the WHO nomenclature. The aim of this study was to compare the prognosis of conventional PDAC (cPDAC) against the other histological variants at the population level.
Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database was used to identify patients with microscopically confirmed PDAC.
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