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Med Dosim
January 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
This study presents a patient with a PET-CT detected residual lacrimal sac tumor who was treated with intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and concurrent chemotherapy. The patient a 49-year-old male diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the left lacrimal sac had under-went endoscopic surgery. Postoperative PET-CT implied tumor residual in the left lacrimal sac.
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January 2025
Anesthesiology and Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, NLD.
When a difficult airway is anticipated, awake tracheal intubation can be considered. Usually, low doses of sedatives are administered during this procedure for minimal sedation and anxiolysis, such as midazolam and remifentanil. The newly developed ultra-short-acting benzodiazepine remimazolam has a pharmacokinetic profile that is more suitable for titration during awake tracheal intubation than the long-acting midazolam.
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December 2024
Gastroenterology II, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, MAR.
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN) is an uncommon endoscopic finding characterized by a patchy or diffuse circumferential black pigmentation of the esophageal mucosa, corresponding to ischemic necrosis. It usually presents with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and is thought to be caused by a systemic low blood flow in patients with predisposing risk factors, like advanced age and cardiovascular comorbidities. After initial hemodynamic stabilization, diagnosis is established by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with careful biopsies and histological evaluation.
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December 2024
Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: Fibroepithelial polyp (FEP) in the renal pelvis is a rare benign tumor of the urinary tract. Treatment of such diseases varies from local resection to radical nephroureterectomy, either by open or endoscopic surgery. This study aims to show our successful experience in percutaneous endoscopic resection of FEP.
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January 2025
General Surgeon, Arab Medical Center, 11181 Amman, Jordan.
Aim: Gastric twist is a rare, however, troublesome complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. This report describes a case complicated by perforation and leak in addition to twist. The patient was managed conservatively and successfully.
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