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Cureus
January 2023
Hospital Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, USA.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the scalp is the most common cancer of the skin and is locally invasive. The patched/hedgehog intracellular signaling pathway is responsible for regulating cell growth and tumor formation by inactivating mutation of protein patched homolog 1 (PTCH1) or activating mutation of Smoothened (SMOm). BCC can cause significant morbidity from local destruction if neglected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurosurg Case Lessons
August 2021
6Department of Pathology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy; and.
Background: The authors reported the first documented case of intracranial extraaxial nonneurofibromatosis type 1-related nontriton malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) originating from the falx cerebri.
Observations: A 34-year-old man with headache, short-term memory deficit, postural instability, and blurred vision presented with a large heterogenous contrast-enhanced intraventricular cystic lesion originating from the free margin of the falx cerebri. The patient received surgery using the right posterior interhemispheric approach.
J Clin Neurosci
July 2021
Department of Neurosurgery, Aulss 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy.
Introduction: A dura mater substitute in decompressive craniectomies must protect the brain while providing a dissection plane between the cortex and myocutaneous layer. The human amniotic membrane (AM) has anti-inflammatory, wound healing, and differentiation properties. We tested AM properties as a dural substitute by comparing the outcomes to biological ones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi
April 2021
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, China National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Disease, Beijing 100730,China.
One 51 years old man was admitted to the rheumatology department with a history of prominent eyes, headache and blurred vision for half year. The main manifestations included retrobulbar inflammatory pseudotumor and retroperitoneal fibrosis. He was initially diagnosed as granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
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