Gastric perforation and generalized peritonitis due to heterotopic pancreas, an unusual case report.

Introduction: Heterotopic pancreas is the presence of normal pancreatic tissue that is in an anatomical site different from the pancreas.

Case Report: Adolescent who was admitted to the emergency room due to intense, generalized abdominal pain, which did not go away with anything, was exacerbated with movements, 24 h later vomiting that occurred as soon as he ate food was added, and severe and progressive abdominal distention, reason for admission to the service of emergencies. He had no significant family or personal medical history.

XANTUS-EL: A real-world, prospective, observational study of patients treated with rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Background: The prospective, observational XANTUS study demonstrated low rates of stroke and major bleeding in real-world rivaroxaban-treated patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) from Western Europe, Canada and Israel. XANTUS-EL is a component of the overall XANTUS programme and enrolled patients with NVAF treated with rivaroxaban from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) and Latin America.

Methods: Patients with NVAF starting rivaroxaban for stroke prevention were consecutively recruited and followed for 1 year, at approximately 3-month intervals, or for ≥30 days after permanent rivaroxaban discontinuation.

Priapism as the initial sign in hematologic disease: Case report and literature review.

Introduction: Priapism is an uncommon sign and sometimes considered a diagnosis challenge into systemic disease; this is defined as ≥4 h continuous penile erection, without sexual stimulation. We state that this work has been reported in line with the SCARE criteria PRESENTATION OF CASE: A Mexican 52-year-old man was brought to the emergency room with priapism of six days of evolution. His medical history reported fatigue and waxy pallor had begun a month ago, the rest of interrogation was unremarked.

Von Willebrand Factor Plasma Levels Variability In Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia of clinical significance; it increases the risk of mortality due to stroke. The mechanisms behind cerebral thromboembolism in AF are associated with a prothrombotic state, demonstrated by higher levels of von Willebrand Factor (vWF), a multimeric glycoprotein that plays a crucial role in platelet adhesion and aggregation and it has been proposed as a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction. Plasma vWF levels are elevated in patients with nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF) associated to the presence of cardiovascular risk factors.

Lupus relapse presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis: case report.

Purpose: To describe a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) relapse, which presented as frosted branch retinal angiitis.

Design: Clinical case report.

Methods: A 16-year-old female patient had an SLE relapse that appeared as frosted branch angiitis while being treated with deflazacort and azathioprine.

Bilateral pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy: a case report.

Purpose: To describe a case of bilateral pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy.

Methods: Observational case report.

Results: A 50-year-old female patient complained of right eye pain and decreased near visual acuity.

Experience with intravitreal bevacizumab as a preoperative adjunct in 23-G vitrectomy for advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab before vitrectomy in advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Methods: A randomized clinical trial was performed on 40 eyes of 40 patients. Inclusion criteria were advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy with tractional retinal detachment and HbA1c <7%.

Bartonellosis causing bilateral Leber neuroretinitis: a case report.

Purpose: Bartonella henselae is the causal agent of cat scratch disease and one variation in its presentation is Leber neuroretinitis. The unilateral presence of exudation as a macular star and papilledema represent its most common presentation.

Methods: Observational case report.