The occurrence of remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) after arthroplasty mimicking a periprosthetic joint infection: A case report and literature review.

Rationale: As the elderly population grows, the number of joint arthroplasty surgeries is also increasing. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a postoperative complication that occurs in 1%-2% of the arthroplasties. Once it occurs, PJI is refractory to treatment.

Two Cases Diagnosed With Wallenberg Syndrome After Developing Dysphagia Following COVID-19 Infection.

We experienced two consecutive cases of Wallenberg syndrome that developed after COVID-19 infection. Case 1 had symptoms such as a sore throat, but also complained of strong stress related to work and home at the same time. Therefore, it was initially thought due to a mental cause, but the psychiatrist denied depression and pointed out that it was a physical problem.

Physeal Distal Radial Fracture with Entrapment of the Tendons of Extensor Pollicis Longus and Extensor Digitorum Communis to Index Finger.

We report the entrapment of the extensor tendons following a growth plate fracture of the distal radius in a teenager. It is difficult to detect tendon entrapment at the fracture site immediately after the injury and diagnosis is typically made after fracture union when patients present with an inability to extend the thumb/reduced digital movement. A careful examination of our patient demonstrated some loss of digital motion and the plain radiographs, and computed tomographic scan showed incomplete reduction suggesting tendon entrapment.

Application of the sliding window method and Mask-RCNN method to nuclear recognition in oral cytology.

Background: We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted oral cytology method, similar to cervical cytology. We focused on the detection of cell nuclei because the ratio of cell nuclei to cytoplasm increases with increasing cell malignancy. As an initial step in the development of AI-assisted cytology, we investigated two methods for the automatic detection of cell nuclei in blue-stained cells in cytopreparation images.

Feasibility of pre- and postoperative arthroscopic assessments with internal fixation for growth plate injury of the distal tibia: three case reports and a literature review.

Background: Inappropriate treatment of growth plate injury may cause complications such as malunion or early arrest of the growth plate. Identification of intra-articular lesions is mandatory in patients with a growth plate injury of the distal tibia. Arthroscopic assessment is useful in identifying intra-articular injury.

Patellar Tendon Avulsion with Tibial Tuberosity Sleeve Fragment.

Rupture of the patellar tendon is relatively rare. We report a case of patellar tendon avulsion with a tibial tuberosity sleeve fragment in pediatric patient. In pediatric patient, diagnosis is sometimes difficult due to uncompleted ossification.

Excessive purine degradation during semi-ischemic forearm test in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether or not the purine degradation in the skeletal muscle during forearm exercise is augmented in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: We used the semi-ischemic forearm test to examine the release of lactate (deltaLAC), ammonia (deltaAmm) and hypoxanthine (deltaHX) before exercise, 0, 4, 10, and 60 minutes after exercise in eleven diabetic patients and seven normal controls.

Results: The sum of the increased HX (DM vs Controls: 26.

[Three patients with advanced nonresectable and recurrent gastric cancer responding to chronomodulation chemotherapy with tegafur + cisplatin + isovorin followed by CPT-11 administration].

Today, no effective chemotherapy regimen has been established for non-resectable or postoperative recurrent gastric cancer, and most such therapy seems to be palliative. Thus, a highly effective chemotherapy that allows good patient QOL is desired. We report three gastric cancer patients responding to chronomodulation chemotherapy (tegafur + cisplatin + Isovorin) based on circadian rhythms plus a new antitumor drug, CPT-11.

[Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis in relation to endotoxemia in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma].

The blood coagulation and fibrinolysis of 33 patients with compensated liver cirrhosis and 31 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma were examined using several markers, namely thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT), plasmin-alpha 2 plasmin inhibitor complex (PIC), antithrombin-III (AT-III) and prothrombin time, and the relationship between these markers, endotoxemia, and TNF-alpha was examined. These patients had no complications due to hepatic failure, such as infections, encephalopathy, ascites, G-I bleeding and clinical DIC. PIC was not elevated, but TAT tended to be elevated in LC and significantly elevated in HCC.