Association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and lung function (FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC) in children and adults with asthma: A systematic review.

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that poses significant individual, social, financial and healthcare burdens. Physicians and researchers have recommended 25-hydroxy vitamin D supplementation, in combination with prescribed medication, as a potential means of reducing asthma severity. This systematic review focuses on the association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and lung function in both children and adults with asthma.

Double Lumbar Localization of Myelomeningocele: Case Report.

Introduction: Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a malformation resulting from the neural tube's failure to close during embryonic development, and the majority of the cases of neural tube defects (NTDs) were prevalent as single location lesions along the spine; however, multiple NTDs (MNTDs) are a very rare condition. Only a few cases of MNTDs were found in the literature.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 2-month-old male infant prenatally diagnosed with MMC, presented with two unconnected lumbar and lumbosacral epidermal, soft, dome-shaped swellings located on both sides of the midline (paravertebral) covered by intact skin.

Changes in the Demographic and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Investigation in Algeria, 1993-2013.

Over the last three decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased worldwide. The reasons for this increase remain controversial. In Algeria, however, to date, information on thyroid cancer has been limited to a hospital-based case series.

Safe use of capecitabine-cisplatin in metastatic gastric carcinoma with severe liver dysfunction: a case report from Algeria.

Due to its high incidence and poor prognosis, gastric cancer is an important health problem worldwide. The liver is the most frequent site of metastases. Advanced cancer in the setting of liver dysfunction poses a dilemma for physicians, as many cancer chemotherapeutic agents undergo hepatic metabolism.

Dermatophytic disease with deficit in CARD9: A new case with a brain impairment.

Introduction: Dermatophytic disease individualized by Hadida and Schousboe in 1959 is a rare form of chronic dermatophyte infection; characterized by subcutaneous and visceral invasion and a therapeutic failure. We report a case of dermatophytic disease with brain abscess in an Algerian patient.

Observations: The patient was 47-year-old, she was born parents first cousins.

Stewart-Treves Syndrome Involving Chronic Lymphedema after Mastectomy of Breast Cancer.

Steward-Treves syndrome is a cutaneous angiosarcoma that usually appears after long evolution of a lymphoedema after mastectomy for mammary neoplasia associated with an axillary dissection. This is a rare disease develop most of the time in upper arm and often confounded with cutaneous metastasis. Only the biopsy and immunohistochemical study confirm the diagnosis.

Osteosarcoma pulmonary metastasis mimicking abnormal skeletal uptake in bone scan: utility of SPECT/CT.

We present a case of a 15-year-old boy with osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the left distal femur. The patient was referred to bone scan for initial staging. On planar bone scan, there is increased uptake of 99mTc-MDP (99mTc-methylene diphosphonate) in the left distal femur.

Radioiodine accumulation in a giant ovarian cystadenofibroma detected incidentally by 131-I whole body scans.

Ovarian cystadenofibroma is a relatively rare tumor; it is usually asymptomatic and is found incidentally. We present the case of a 24-year-old female patient, who had undergone total thyroidectomy for thyroid papillary carcinoma, with an asymptomatic giant cystadenofibroma, incidentally discovered by diagnostic (131)I-SPECT/CT WBSs. We summarize the clinical history, imaging data, and histopathological study on a rare case of radioiodine accumulation in cystadenofibroma, and we discuss the mechanism of uptake of radioiodine in this case.