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JAAD Case Rep
November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Int Med Case Rep J
January 2025
Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.
Introduction: Opportunistic infections (IO) are infections of microbiota (fungi, viruses, bacteria, or parasites) that generally do not cause disease but turn into pathogens when the body's defense system is compromised. This can be triggered by various factors, one of which is due to a weakened immune system due to Diabetes Mellitus (DM), which increases the occurrence of opportunistic infections, especially in the oral cavity. Fungal (oral candidiasis) and viral (recurrent intraoral herpes) infections can occur in the oral cavity of DM patients.
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January 2025
New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Purpose: To describe a case of stellate multiform amelanotic choroidopathy (SMACH) with focal hyperfluorescence on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA).
Methods: Case report.
Results: A 19-year-old Caucasian woman was seen for an asymptomatic choroidal lesion.
J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis
February 2025
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Lepra reactions are acute episodic inflammatory reactions that occur during illness due to abrupt changes in the body's immunological response against Mycobacterium leprae. These are of two types, type 1 and type 2. Type 2 reaction is also called Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL).
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November 2024
Department of Neurosurgery.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor with a poor prognosis and limited survival. Patients with GBM have a high demand for palliative care. In our present case, a 21-year-old female GBM patient received inpatient palliative care services including symptom management, mental and psychological support for the patient, psychosocial and clinical decision support for her family members, and pre- and post-death bereavement management for the family.
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