Bilateral intracochlear hemorrhage: A rare onset of chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Acute onset of vertigo and hearing loss is rare in leukemic disorders. MRI can diagnose intracochlear hemorrhage as the underlying cause. The hearing can improve but if severe hearing loss preserves, cochlear implantation can be considered.

Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children Exposed to Smokeless Tobacco in Fetal Life.

Background: Arterial stiffening and increased intima-media thickness can be seen as early as childhood and are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events in adult life. The authors hypothesized that exposure to prenatal smokeless tobacco (Swedish snus) without additional nicotine exposure after the breastfeeding period would be associated with increased arterial stiffness and intima-media thickening in preschool children.

Methods And Results: This was a longitudinal follow-up cohort study of children aged 5 to 6 years exposed to high doses of nicotine in utero.

Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation resets T- and B-cell compartments in sickle cell disease patients.

Objectives: Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is the only currently available curative treatment for sickle cell disease (SCD). Here, we comprehensively evaluated the reconstitution of T- and B-cell compartments in 29 SCD patients treated with allo-HSCT and how it correlated with the development of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD).

Methods: T-cell neogenesis was assessed by quantification of signal-joint and β-chain TCR excision circles.

Adapting pediatric obesity care to better suit adolescent patients: Design of a treatment platform and results compared with standard care in the national patient quality register.

Background: Obesity constitutes a critical risk for adolescent health. This study aimed at identifying youth-friendly components of obesity treatment.

Methods: In this feasibility study, an adolescent obesity treatment platform was implemented at two Pediatric outpatient clinics in Sweden.

An Incidental Finding of a Double-Lumen Trachea.

The aim of this case report is to present an incidental finding of a firm tracheal septum in a 61-year-old woman. The patient was admitted to the hospital with mild dyspnea and a preliminary diagnosis of a tracheal subglottic stenosis. During microlaryngoscopy, just below the subglottic stenosis, a firm, vertical symphysis (septum), forming a double-lumen trachea was found.

Postsurgical pyoderma gangrenosum and flap necrosis in a head and neck cancer patient following neck dissection.

Postsurgical pyoderma gangrenosum (PSPG) develops in the skin after surgery without known cause. Immunosuppression constitutes first-line therapy and increases the likelihood of successful surgery when needed. PSPG should be considered when a flap necrosis occurs.

Association Between Renal Function and Troponin T Over Time in Stable Chronic Kidney Disease Patients.

Background People with reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) often have elevated cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels. It remains unclear how cTnT levels develop over time in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to prospectively study the association between cTnT and GFR over time in older advanced-stage CKD patients not on dialysis.