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Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 2 new columns ({'en', 'de'}) and 3 missing columns ({'fulltext', 'summary', 'id'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/shahidul034/wmt-dataset/training_data/V2/de_en.json (at revision 42946a8bdf3db28c97a75c4e0dabe9ff900916f2)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1871, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 643, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2293, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2241, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
en: string
de: string
-- schema metadata --
pandas: '{"index_columns": [], "column_indexes": [], "columns": [{"name":' + 301
to
{'id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'fulltext': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'summary': Value(dtype='string', id=None)}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1436, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1053, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 925, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1001, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1742, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1873, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 2 new columns ({'en', 'de'}) and 3 missing columns ({'fulltext', 'summary', 'id'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
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multiclinsum_gs_en_27.txt
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A 20-year-old woman was followed up since the age of eight for idiopathic NS inaugurated by cerebral venous thrombosis extended to the right jugular vein with a massive pulmonary embolism. The patient did not have any sequelae. She had no other medical or surgical history. A family history of thrombosis has not been reported. The patient was not biopsied because she had no kidney failure nor gross hematuria, or hypertension at first presentation; added to that, she had no extra renal signs suggestive of a secondary nephrotic syndrome. She was accordingly put on anticoagulant therapy (Oral vitamin K antagonist) and oral corticosteroid therapy with good evolution. Thereafter, the patient received several cures of high-dose corticosteroids for steroid-dependent relapses of NS. She was, hence, put on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) as a background therapy to avoid corticosteroids and ensure normal growth. An exhaustive assessment of thrombophilia was performed and did not show any abnormality. Homocysteine rate, blood fibrinogen rate, Protein C, protein S, antithrombin III, factor V Leiden mutation, JAK-2 mutation, cryoglobulins, anticardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant and beta-1-glycoprotein antibodies were normal. The anticoagulant treatment was stopped after nine years. The evolution was enameled by the occurrence of several relapses of her disease controlled by oral corticosteroid therapy. Remission of NS has been noted since 2017, so MMF was gradually stopped in 2019 and the patient remained asymptomatic and without any relapse.
One year later, the patient came up to our emergency department for acute intense diffuse abdominal pain without any particular irradiation associated with postprandial vomiting and bilateral lower limb edema for the last six hours. The physical examination revealed an intense epigastric tenderness with normal vital signs (arterial pressure of 120/70 mm Hg, heart rate of 83 bpm, and oxygen saturation at 100% on room air). The patient was afebrile with normal consciousness. The rest of the physical examination was unremarkable. The urinalysis with labstix revealed proteinuria. The hemogasanalysis results showed metabolic acidosis with respiratory compensation. Further laboratory tests revealed hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia, a prothrombin time at 90%, high levels of D-dimer, lactate dehydrogenase, and creatine phosphokinase as well as a biological inflammatory syndrome with a CRP of 37 mg/L, and leucocytosis at 26.4 x 103/µL. Renal and liver functions were normal.
The patient was hospitalized in an intensive care unit with close monitoring of vital signs and initiation of resuscitation measures. An abdominal ultrasound was performed urgently showing an intra-abdominal effusion of low to moderate abundance. An abdominal CT scan revealed acute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery with acute mesenteric ischemia. The patient was immediately routed to the operating room. Intraoperative exploration confirmed mesenteric ischemia with extensive necrosis of almost entirely of the small bowel making their resections incompatible with life shown in Figure 3. The patient died after 48 hours.
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We present the case of a 20-year-old woman with a 12-year history of idiopathic NS revealed by extensive cerebral venous thrombosis with pulmonary embolism treated with anticoagulation therapy and oral corticosteroid therapy followed by mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). The thrombophilia assessment did not show any abnormalities. The evolution was marked by the occurrence of several NS relapses controlled by oral corticosteroid therapy until 2017. Subsequently, the patient had not presented a relapse of her disease. The anticoagulant treatment and the MMF were therefore stopped. One year later, the patient presented with severe diffuse acute abdominal pain associated with postprandial vomiting and bilateral lower limb edema. Laboratory results confirmed a NS relapse. An abdominal CT scan revealed acute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery with acute mesenteric ischemia. Intraoperative exploration showed mesenteric ischemia with extensive necrosis of the small intestine making their resections incompatible with life. The patient died after 48 hours.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_523.txt
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We present the case of a 34-year-old woman, eight weeks pregnant with no other personal history of interest, who presents to the emergency department with generalized convulsions with dysarthria in the postcritical period, which resolve progressively in less than two hours. On physical examination, she is conscious, oriented, with no language or motor or sensory deficits. Only signs of a right lateral tongue bite are observed.
The complementary tests, such as blood tests or the electrocardiogram, are normal. Given that the episode corresponds with a first epileptic seizure and the patient is pregnant, an urgent magnetic resonance of the skull is requested.
The usual protocol was performed and 3D T1 sequences without and with intravenous contrast were obtained in axial, coronal and sagital planes, axial FLAIR, axial T2, VEN BOLD and magnetic susceptibility sequences, as well as axial diffusion and apparent diffusion coefficient map. The MRI identified multiple venous cortico-medullary vascular structures converging centripetally to a large central venous structure draining through the inferior anastomotic vein into the left transverse sinus, forming the classic ‘Medusa head’ sign. In the T1 sequences, the drainage vein was seen to be increased in signal with central hyphocaptation after contrast administration, suggesting partial thrombosis versus slow flow. In addition, in T2 and FLAIR sequences, the brain tissue surrounding the drainage vein was seen to be hyperintense, without diffusion restriction and compatible with edema.
These findings are suggestive of a venous anomaly of development with signs of partial peripheral thrombosis and slow flow more proximal, which cause edema of the surrounding tissue. She is started on clexane 60 mg/12 hours and levetiracetam 500 mg/12 hours and the patient shows improvement and symptomatic stability after one week.
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A 34-year-old pregnant woman presents with seizures and dysarthria and is urgently referred for a cranial MRI. The classic ‘Medusa head’ sign is seen and the diagnosis is made as a venous anomaly of development with peripheral partial thrombosis and proximal slow flow.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_587.txt
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A 22-year-old woman came to the Department of Oral Medicine with complaints of mouth ulcers causing pain and eating and drinking difficulty persisting for a duration of one month. This condition begins with a fever and appears like pimples on the lips. Based on the anamnesis, it was discovered that she had been using pod-type vapes for about a year but had never experienced complaints like when she came for treatment. She had never smoked traditional cigarettes before starting to vape. She said the reason for trying vaping was out of curiosity, and she quite often tried different types of e-liquid with different flavors. Before her complaint, she had simply changed the type of e-liquid to a different flavor without mentioning the brand. She vapes almost every day, but not all day, only in her free time or with friends. She was a healthy individual, and before this condition appeared, she had no history of taking medications, including antibiotics, analgesics, anticonvulsants, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and antifungals. She also had no history of drug or food allergies, but the patient has unhealthy eating habits (eating irregularly and not consuming vegetables and fruit). Extraoral examination showed no lesions on other parts of the body, while the lips of the patient had serosanguineous crusts and an erosive area at the corner of the mouth, and tended to bleed. Intraoral examination revealed white ulcers with yellowish edges, irregular, varying sizes, and pain on the labial, buccal, lateral, and ventral mucosa of the tongue and floor of the mouth.
Based on the medical history of the patient and physical examination, which revealed oral mucosal involvement but no symptoms elsewhere in the body, as well as the non-reactive anti-HSV1 IgG results, the diagnosis of vaping-related oral erythema multiforme was established. The medical condition has been classified as minor erythema multiforme. The oral conditions were treated with 0.9% NaCl, which was moistened in gauze and placed on the lips three times a day. The patient was instructed to gargle 1 mg of dexamethasone in 10 mL of hyaluronic acid three times a day and avoid eating or drinking for at least 30 minutes after gargling. She was also given 2% miconazole cream applied to the wound in the right corner of the mouth twice a day, as well as vaseline album cream for dry lips. To maintain good oral hygiene, she was advised to brush her teeth and tongue twice a day, after breakfast and before bed. She was also instructed to stop vaping and avoid foods containing monosodium glutamate (MSG). The control was carried out after a week following therapy and showed that oral condition had improved. Written informed consent for the publication of details was obtained from the patient. This case report conformed with the Helsinki Declaration. The publication of this case report has also been approved by the institution.
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A 22-year-old woman came to the Oral Medicine Department with complaints of stomatitis causing pain, eating, and drinking difficulty, which started with fever and pimple-like on the lips. She was an active vape user for one year. Extraoral examination revealed no lesions on other body parts. The serosanguinolent crusts on the lips, an erosive area on the labial commissures and tended to bleed. Intraoral examination revealed white ulcers with yellowish edges and irregular, varying sizes in several parts of the oral mucosa. The anti-HSV-1 IgG laboratory results showed non-reactive, leading to a diagnosis of oral erythema multiforme. Management of oral conditions using 0.9% NaCl compress, dexamethasone mouthwash, and hyaluronic acid, applying 2% miconazole cream on labial commissures and vaseline album cream on the dry lips, and stopping vaping. Oral condition improved in a week of therapy.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_274.txt
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A 29-year-old gravida V par IV (all alive, 3 spontaneous vaginal deliveries, and the last child was delivered by cesarean section for the indication of a failed induction 4 years prior to the current pregnancy) came for ANC follow-up at a gestational age of 32 weeks from her LNMP.
After taking a medical history, it was discovered that all four of her children are healthy, doing well in school, and have no known history of genetic or seizure disorders. She was investigated with the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBSag), and urine analysis, all of which were negative. All cell lines in the CBC were normal, her blood group is A, and Rh is positive, according to the Complete Blood Count (CBC), blood group, and RH. Obstetric ultrasound was also performed showing normal anatomical scan of the all body parts of the fetus except the heart. Detailed fetal echocardiography evaluation was done with findings of: both atria have comparable size and normal situs. Both atrioventricular and semilunar valves are normally positioned with normal opening and closure. Both ventricles are comparable in size and contractility; in both 2D and color flow, the left ventricle forms the apex of the heart without any ventricular septal defect. But on the papillary muscles of the left ventricle there were two circumscribed, round, echogenic mass measuring 18.2 mm by 8.3mm and 13.5mm by 8.3 mm. Upon evaluation of the outflow tract, both the LVOT (left ventricular outflow tract) and RVOT (right ventricular outflow tract) have normal anatomy and function using 2D and CF ultrasound evaluation. According to the fetal echo finding, a diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma was made. Since there is a high chance of tuberous sclerosis in cardiac rhabdomyoma, detailed neurosonography and other system exams were done to look for other signs of tuberous sclerosis. Despite searching for the other features of tuberous sclerosis, no other sign of it was found other than the tumor. She had regular ANC follow-up from 32 weeks of gestation up to 39 weeks without any complications.
At gestational age of 39 weeks plus 1 day, she underwent a cesarean section for the indication of full-term pregnancy plus a request for a repeat cesarean section, with the outcome of a 3200-gram female with an APGAR score of 10 and 10 at the 1st and 5th minutes. Both the mother and the neonate had a smooth post-operative period and were discharged on the third day.
After delivery, the neonate was evaluated on the 1st, 7th, and 30th days for any regression or increment of the mass, emergence of skin lesions, or seizure. All physical examination results were normal, and the mass size was similar to the antepartal evaluation.
At her 7th month, the child was evaluated again, and upon history inquiries, the infant was doing great developmentally for her age group. The infant was examined for neurodevelopmental delay, and the child was growing appropriately for her age. An echocardiography study by a pediatric cardiologist revealed well-circumscribed hyperechoic masses on both left ventricular papillary muscles, each measuring 21.8 mm by 9.2 mm and 14.7 mm by 8.5 mm and creating no left ventricular inflow obstruction.
A history from the family was obtained, and a physical examination with anthropometric measurements was performed to assess her developmental condition during her first-year evaluation. The child was developing normally, as other children her age were. Except for the heart, all of the systems examined were unremarkable. An echocardiography study has revealed well-circumscribed hyperechoic masses on both left ventricular papillary muscles with no size increment and creating no left ventricular inflow obstruction.
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We are reporting an isolated, asymptomatic fetal intra-cardiac mass (rhabdomyoma) that was discovered at 32 weeks of gestation and was followed as an outpatient until 39 weeks plus one day, at which point a cesarean section was performed. After delivery, the child underwent evaluations at the 1st day, 7th day, 30th day, 7th month, and 12th month of age. Following a checkup, the child's anthropometric and neurobehavioral growth were both healthy. Except for the tumor, which was neither growing nor shrinking in size, none of the clinical diagnostic criteria for tuberous sclerosis complex were met for this child up to the age of one year.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_124.txt
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13-year-old boy from Cusco with a history of laryngeal papillomatosis since the age of two (at the age of three he required a tracheostomy) and a mother with a history of genital papilloma. The patient was admitted to the San Borja National Institute of Child Health in Lima, after a 16-day illness characterised by respiratory difficulties predominantly at night, inspiratory laryngeal stridor and moderate dysphonia; he previously received azithromycin and oxygen support, without improvement.
The physical examination revealed mild subcostal retraction, decreased vesicular murmurs in the left hemithorax and scanty wheezy breath sounds with predominance in the right hemithorax, which required oxygen support with a binasal cannula at 4 liters. The rest of the evaluation had no relevant findings. At the laboratory level, leukocytes were found at 8.03 × 103/u, platelets 209 × 103/u, hemoglobin 13.2 g/dL, C-reactive protein at 36.6 mg/L. As part of the imaging studies, a chest radiograph and a head and neck tomography were performed.
48 hours after admission, she presented with increased stridor and respiratory difficulty, so admission to the emergency operating room for tracheostomy, microsurgery and excision of papillomatosis lesions was decided. An appendicular tumour of papillomatose appearance with ventricular bands in the epiglottis, glottic face, vocal cords, subglottis and trachea up to ring 5 was evident. The anatomopathological report reported coilocitic atypia due to HPV and mild focal dysplasia.
In the immediate postoperative period, he was transferred to the paediatric intensive care unit for respiratory monitoring, with weaning from oxygen at 48 hours. He received a single dose of bevacizumab 400 mg intravenous and subsequently improved clinically. The patient remained hospitalised for seven days, achieving clinical stability through normalisation of oxygen saturation levels and progressive weaning from oxygen, and was subsequently referred to the hospital in Breña to continue his management. Telemonitoring was carried out after eight months and the family indicated that there was no evidence of relapse or other intercurrences.
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A 13-year-old boy with a history of laryngeal papillomatosis since the age of two years was presented. The patient presented respiratory distress and multiple stenosing nodules in the larynx and trachea, and several pulmonary cysts were visualized on a chest tomography. The patient underwent exeresis of the papillomatosis lesions and tracheostomy. He received a single dose of 400 mg bevacizumab intravenous and respiratory therapy with a favorable evolution, without recurrence in the follow-up.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_412.txt
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A 54-year-old male who had a medical history of membranous nephropathy II with nephrotic syndrome was administered with long-term oral glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants. The patient had a 20 pack-year history of smoking, and denied a family history of hereditary diseases. Chest x-ray demonstrated normal findings at one month before admission. On August 8, 2016, the patient was hospitalized for fever accompanied by progressive dyspnea, cough, and expectoration for 5 days. On admission, the BMI of the patient was 24.5 kg/m2, and his body temperature was 39.0°C. Furthermore, the patient had symptoms of tachypnea (35 bpm) and severe hypoxemia (SaO2 86%). On auscultation, the patient had good air entrance bilaterally with scattered diffuse crackles and rhonchi. Furthermore, the chest CT scan revealed multiple ground-glass opacities, and laboratory tests revealed normal white blood cell (WBC) count, but with elevated neutrophil count, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and (1→3)-β-D-glucan. The patient was diagnosed as RSV infection on the fourth day of hospitalization when positive RSV-Ab was detected.
On admission, the patient was immediately given respiratory monitoring and supplemental oxygen to improve the low oxygen saturation, as well as antibiotics (moxifloxacin for 4 days, followed by cefminoxine for 8 days), and antifungal therapy (voriconazole for 10 days). The dose of the glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants remained largely unchanged. After 10 days of treatment, the patient's condition became worse. Chest CT revealed the progression of the disease, and oxygen partial pressure was further decreased. The patient was transferred to the Emergency Intensive Care Unit, where the patient was intensively treated, including noninvasive mechanical ventilation, broad-spectrum antibiotics (i.v. meropenem, oral moxifloxacin, and cotrimoxazole), antifungal therapy (micafungin), corticosteroids (methylprednisolone 40 mg bid iv) to relieve the inflammation, and other supportive treatment. Ganciclovir was also prescribed due to a possibility of viral infection, such as cytomegalovirus. Five days later, the patient's condition was further aggravated based on the chest x-ray evaluation. Despite receiving another round of treatments, including invasive ventilator-assisted ventilation therapy, methylprednisolone (80 mg bid), antibacterial agents (cefoperazone sulbactam, tigecycline, and cotrimoxazole) and antifungal (micafungin) therapy, the patient eventually died after 2 days.
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Patient concerns:
A 54-year-old male patient with chronic nephropathy, who received long-term immunosuppressants, was admitted to the Department of Respiratory Medicine due to the symptoms of fever, cough, expectoration, and dyspnea.
Diagnoses:
Pulmonary radiology revealed multiple bilateral ground-glass opacity. Laboratory tests revealed elevated inflammation indicators, implying infection with bacteria, viruses, and/or fungi. Furthermore, the patient was positive for RSV antibodies, without positive results for other pathogens. Moreover, the patient was immunocompromised due to the long-term use of corticosteroids and immunosuppressants, as evidenced by decreased total IgG levels and reduced CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte counts.
Interventions and outcome:
Despite the intensive anti-infection treatment and respiratory support, the patient developed rapid progression, and subsequently died of respiratory failure.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_301.txt
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A 34-year-old patient with a disease duration of four weeks. Two months earlier, she had a cesarean section in the 37th week of pregnancy and had persistent bleeding from the surgical wound. She denied a history of bleeding in childhood or adolescence. Three years earlier, she had given birth to her first child (also by cesarean section), who died due to a chromosome disorder (referred to by the patient). She also stated that she was allergic to tramadol.
The clinical picture began with lower back pain due to bilateral renal lithiasis. Subsequently, he managed to expel a stone and after that he presented haematuria for three days, for which he received tranexamic acid c/12 h. Three weeks later, he presented pain in the lower region of the left thigh that increased in intensity, with hardening of the area. Due to persistence of the symptoms, he was given diclofenac intramuscularly, which caused ecchymosis and bleeding in the gluteal area and persists despite the compression with gauze.
The patient underwent a particular Doppler ultrasound that revealed deep venous thrombosis of the left lower limb, and went to the hospital in her locality with these results. She was given anticoagulation with enoxaparin 30 mg/24 h subcutaneously, in addition to morphine for pain management and was hospitalized. The next day, she presented epigastralgia, blurred vision, heart rate of 117 beats/min, blood pressure of 113/85 mmHg and saturation of 93%. It was decided to discontinue enoxaparin. The blood count revealed a hemoglobin of 6.4 g/dl, which represented a difference of 4 g/dl from the result one day before admission, which was 10.4 g/dl. Because of the above, two blood transfusions were given. Due to the suspicion of vasculitis, methylprednisolone was indicated and she was referred to our hospital for further study.
On admission, the physical examination revealed severe pallor, extensive ecchymosis on the left thigh and lateral knee, and a haematoma on the right thigh. The haemogram showed moderate anaemia (Hb = 9.8 g/dl), normocytic and normochromic. The biochemical examination showed glucose values of 160 mg/dl. The liver enzymes AST and ALT were at 52 U/L and 86 U/L, respectively. The coagulation profile showed a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) of 91.2 s. The rest of the haemogram, biochemical, electrolyte, liver profile and coagulation profile were normal. The ultrasound of soft parts of the right gluteal region revealed a collection at the level of the subcutaneous cellular tissue (TCSC) and oedema up to the upper third of the thigh. The Doppler ultrasound in the left lower limb showed adequate flowometry without signs of thrombosis in the common femoral vein, superficial and deep.
Symptomatic treatment was initiated and blood and urine cultures were requested and were negative. Antinuclear antibody (ANA) values, complement C3 and C4 and ferritin were within the reference range.
In the face of suspected acquired haemophilia, studies were requested for confirmation, where a partial correction of aPTT was found in the mixing test. Factor VIII was measured and its activity was found to be decreased (<1.0 U/dl) and the presence of a factor VIII inhibitor was demonstrated: 8.64 Bethesda units/ml. The above allowed the diagnosis of acquired haemophilia to be confirmed, which was related to the postpartum period due to the onset of symptoms.
Prednisone 50 mg orally at breakfast and 10 mg orally at lunch, cyclophosphamide 50 mg 2 tablets orally every 24 hours and anti-inhibitor coagulant complex for haemophilia (FEIBA) were initiated. Five days later, the latter was discontinued due to chest tightness, dyspnoea and nausea (possible adverse drug reaction) and replaced with activated recombinant factor VII (NovoSeven).
The patient's clinical evolution was favorable, with a decrease in ecchymosis and no other symptoms, so she was discharged from the hospital.
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A 34-year-old female patient presented with lower back pain, haematuria and a haematoma in the right gluteal region, with no previous history of bleeding. Due to the extent of the haemorrhagic manifestations, she was transferred to the emergency department. The coagulation profile, mixing test and measurement of the factor VIII inhibitor titres confirmed the diagnosis.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_47.txt
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We present here the case of a two-day old neonate with in-born right scrotal swelling admitted at Children’s hospital. The patient was born at term via cesarean section at a private hospital. He was kept in the nursery for one day. The examining doctor referred them for urgent surgical care, but it took them one day to arrive at our hospital. Upon arrival in the emergency department, he was well hydrated, pink at room temperature with good perfusion. Upon examination, the right testis was found to be enlarged, tense, non-tender visibly reddish with overlying skin excoriation. Trans-illumination was negative in the right but positive in the contralateral testis. Both hernial orifices were normal. All the laboratory investigations were performed with an urgent Doppler ultrasound of the inguinoscrotal area. The ultrasound examination found the right testis to be enlarged (15.6*9.4 mm) and showed heterogeneous hypoechoic texture with prominent rete testis and no flow on color Doppler analysis. Left testis appeared normal in size, shape and echotexture with minimal hydrocele. An urgent scrotal exploration was undertaken. Intra-operatively, there was frank necrotic right testis with intravaginal torsion of the testis with minimal hydrocele. A right orchidectomy and contralateral orchidopexy was then performed.
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We present here the case of a two-day old neonate with in-born right scrotal swelling admitted at Children’s hospital. The patient was born at term via cesarean section at a private hospital. Upon arrival in the emergency department, he was well hydrated, pink at room temperature with good perfusion. Upon examination, the right testis was found to be enlarged, tense, non-tender visibly reddish with overlying skin excoriation. Trans-illumination was negative in right but positive in the contralateral testis. Both hernial orifices were normal. Doppler ultrasound of the inguinoscrotal area found the right testis to be enlarged (15.6*9.4 mm) and showed heterogeneous hypoechoic texture with prominent rete testis and no flow on color doppler analysis. An urgent scrotal exploration was undertaken. Intra-operatively there was frank necrotic right testis with intravaginal torsion of the testis and minimal hydrocele. A right orchidectomy and contralateral orchidopexy were performed.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_289.txt
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4-year-old male patient with a history of nasal impetigo two weeks before admission (treated with topical mupirocin and oral cefadroxil; dose, duration and adherence to treatment unknown), with no other morbid history, who presented macroscopic glomerular haematuria associated with oedema of the lower extremities of 5 days' evolution, with the last 12 hours prior to the consultation adding headaches, nausea and vomiting. He went to the emergency department (ED) in convulsive status, after 20 minutes of generalised tonic-clonic convulsions.
On admission to the ED, the patient was afebrile, with non-evaluable blood pressure, with quantitative consciousness impairment associated with generalized hypertonia and bilateral and pretibial oedema. Endotracheal intubation was decided and phenobarbital (10 mg/kg) was administered to manage the convulsive status.
On physical examination in the intensive care unit (ICU), blood pressure was 134/94 mmHg (BP 110 mmHg) (p95 for patient 108/66 mmHg, p95+12 120/78 mmHg).
Initial laboratory parameters included: complete urine with haematuria (> 100 erythrocytes per field), proteinuria 3+ and leucocyturia 10-25 per field, creatinemia 0.3 mg/dL, anaemia with haematocrit (HTO) 21%, haemoglobin (Hb) 7 g/dL, with normal mean corpuscular volume (VCM) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (CHCM), leukocytosis of 23,900 cells/mm3, thrombocytosis of 756,000/mm3, without elevation of acute phase reactants, hypocomplementemia with complement C3 level at 25 mg/dL (normal value, VN: 80-150 mg/dL) and normal C4. The rapid antigen test for Streptococcus beta-haemolytic group A (Streptococcus pyogenes) in pharynx was positive and the Anti-streptolysin O (ASO) was (+). The non-contrast brain computed tomography showed no acute changes. The renal ultrasound concluded bilateral nephromegaly with increased cortical echogenicity and decreased corticomedullar differentiation.
The patient was diagnosed with nephritic syndrome due to complicated GNAPE with hypertensive emergency - convulsive status.
Within the first 24 hours of his ICU stay, the patient required mechanical ventilation (MV) and anticonvulsant therapy with phenobarbital. He progressed without seizures, with a normal electroencephalogram (EEG) (on the day following admission) and a normal cerebrospinal fluid study. Antibiotic therapy was initiated for eradication of Streptococcus pyogenes with cefotaxime and diuretic therapy with furosemide.
The next day, he developed renal impairment with creatinine elevation to 0.99 mg/dL, hypertension and 24 hour proteinuria of 36.6 mg/m2/h, without oliguria. He initiated antihypertensive therapy with amlodipine and intravenous labetalol, with good initial control.
With favorable evolution, extubation was performed at 48 hours, which was well tolerated from the ventilatory point of view. However, after 24 hours of extubation, the patient's consciousness deteriorated, with both ocular opening and withdrawal of limb only in response to painful stimulus and poor verbal response (Glasgow Coma Scale 8), and developed blood pressure figures > p95+12 despite receiving therapy with labetalol in continuous infusion (up to 3 mg/kg/h), amlodipine (10 mg/day) and furosemide, which required the reintroduction of mechanical ventilation and infusion of sodium nitroprusside (up to 3 mcg/kg/min), with the aim of achieving gradual reduction of blood pressure figures (25% daily) to prevent secondary neurological damage. Given the presence of acute neurological symptomatology associated with HTA in a patient with glomerulonephritis, the diagnosis of PRES was suspected, which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain (day 5), which showed an increase in the subcortical signal in bilateral and symmetric occipital region, without restriction in diffusion, which was compatible with vasogenic edema (PRES). Ophthalmological evaluation was normal and a new EEG evidenced occasional episodes of generalized voltage depression.
Adding enalapril to the treatment. Finally, after 10 days with a slow pharmacological weaning, normalization of blood pressure was achieved. The control MRI (day 12) revealed regression of the previously described findings. Successful extubation was achieved after 5 days.
During his stay in the ICU, the hemoglobin level dropped to 5 g/dL, with normal mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, without plateletopenia, so hemolytic anemia was suspected given a positive direct Coombs test and hemoglobinuria. He required red blood cell transfusions twice. Steroid therapy with methylprednisolone (1 mg/kg/d) was initiated for 72 hours. The coproculture was negative, as was the urinary antigen for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Epstein-Barr virus and Parvovirus B19 serology, extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) profile, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), anti-DNA antibodies, anti-B2 glycoprotein 1 antibodies, anti-cardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulant were all negative. All cultures were negative (blood cultures, urine cultures, cultures of endotracheal aspirate and pharyngeal cultures). ANA (antinuclear antibodies) was positive 1/160.
The patient improved with blood pressure normalization, increased complement levels, and a urine test without proteinuria or hematuria. The direct Coombs test remained positive on the 9th day of hospitalization.
On day 31, the patient was discharged normotensive, without anaemia, with preserved renal function, without proteinuria or haematuria, with normalisation of C3 levels and asymptomatic from the neurological point of view. He was discharged with pharmacological therapy with prednisone, amlodipine, enalapril and folic acid. The patient did not present recurrence and remained asymptomatic 6 months after discharge.
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4-year-old male patient with a history of 5 days of haematuria and oedema, with additional headaches, nausea and vomiting, who entered a convulsive state and hypertensive crisis. Laboratory tests showed hypocomplementemia C3 and elevated Anti-Streptolysin O titers, which was interpreted as GNAPE. He developed encephalopathy, which led to suspicion of secondary PRES due to hypertensive emergency, which was finally confirmed by magnetic resonance of the brain. He also developed autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with haemoglobin up to 5 g/dL. His treatment was based on antihypertensive therapy, neuroprotection measures and steroid treatment. He was discharged after 31 days of hospitalisation, asymptomatic 6 months after discharge.
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A 69-year-old male with prior history of CABG presented with severe dyspnea at mild exertion (NYHA III) of 2 months duration was admitted in our center. The electrocardiogram showed ST depression in leads II, III, aVF, and V4-6, and blood examination revealed elevation of plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels (2640 pg/mL). Echocardiogram showed left ventricular systolic dysfunction and low left ventricular ejection fraction (30%). The patient had inferior ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction in 2009, when he was 59 years old, with angiographic evidence of severe 3 vessels disease (coronary angiography showed CTO in proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), 90% stenosis in mid and distal left circumflex artery, and 95% stenosis in mid RCA. The patient underwent CABG with left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to LAD, and sequential SVG to 1st obtuse marginal branch (OM1), 2nd obtuse marginal branch (OM2), and posterolateral branch (PL) in 2009.
Coronary angiography was performed via 6 French (Fr) left radial artery access and demonstrated patency of LIMA to LAD and SVG to OM1, OM2 conduits, but a complete occlusion of sequential SVG to PL conduit. Native left main coronary artery was occluded in ostium and native RCA was occluded in the mid portion with bridging collaterals. We decided to treat the native RCA CTO. Dual arterial access was achieved with another 6 Fr sheath in right femoral artery. The left and right coronary arteries were intubated with 6 Fr AL 0.75 (Launcher; Medtronic; USA) and 6 Fr EBU 3.5 (Launcher; Medtronic; USA) guide catheters, respectively. An antegrade approach via left radial artery was attempted; however, neither Fielder XTR wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) nor Gaia 3 wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) with Finecross microcatheter (Terumo, Japan) reached the true lumen in distal RCA. Then, parallel wire technique with Crusade microcatheter (Kaneka, Japan) and two Gaia 3 wires (Asahi Intec, Japan) were attempted, but also failed. We therefore switched to the retrograde approach using septal channel from LAD through occluded left coronary artery. Gaia 3 wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) crossed occluded left main (LM) and LAD, and finally reached true lumen in distal LAD. Sion wire was exchanged by Finecross microcatheter (Terumo, Japan) into dital LAD, and dilation of LM and proximal LAD with a 2.0 × 15 mm balloon was performed. Then, septal surfing technique (SST) was used for septal crossing. We tried different septal channels originating from proximal to distal LAD, and delivered Sion wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) retrogradely through distal septal branch into distal RCA supported by a 150-cm Finecross microcatheter (Terumo, Japan). Gaia 3 wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) crossed CTO lesion retrogradely into the true lumen in proximal RCA, and was advanced into Guidezilla guide extension catheter (Boston Scientific, USA) positioned in the antegrade guiding catheter. The Finecross microcatheter (Terumo, Japan) was delivered to the antegrade catheter and a RG3 wire (Asahi Intec, Japan) was externalized. The CTO was then predilated by a 2.0 × 15 mm balloon and stented with 2 overlapping drug-eluting stents (2.5 × 38 mm and 3.0 × 38 mm) with excellent angiographic result and TIMI3 flow in all distal branches.
Dyspnea was relieved at discharge. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had no recurrence of dyspnea.
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Patient concerns:
This is a 69-year-old male with prior history of coronary artery bypass grafting presented with severe dyspnea at mild exertion (NYHA III) of 2 months duration.
Diagnosis:
The patient was diagnosed as heart failure caused by ischemia after SVG failure (SVG to right coronary artery) according to electrocardiogram, plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels, and coronary angiogram.
Interventions:
We recanalized native right coronary artery CTO by retrograde approach using septal collaterals by surfing technique after recanalization of totally occluded left coronary artery.
Outcomes:
Dyspnea was relieved at discharge. At 6-month follow-up, the patient had no recurrence of dyspnea.
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A 51-year-old male patient presented to us with acute painful visual loss of his left eye (LE) from 3 days ago. The best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) was 20/20, and hand motion (HM) detection for the right eye (RE) and LE, respectively. The ocular movement was normal in both eyes. Anterior segment examination was unremarkable for both eyes. The LE fundus examination showed ONH swelling, choroidal bulging, multiple patches of subretinal fluid accumulation, and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) corrugations. Fundus examination of the RE was unremarkable.
We used multimodal imaging including Optical coherence tomography (OCT) (OptoVue, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA, software version: 2018,0,0,18), fundus blue-autofluorescence (BAF), fluorescein angiography (FA) (Heidelberg Eye Explorer version 1.9.13.0, Spectralis Viewing Module 6.5.2.0; Heidelberg Engineering), Indocyanin green angiography (ICGA), and B-scan ultrasonography for further evaluation. Besides, orbital and brain MRIs with gadolinium enhancement were ordered. The OCT image revealed a mild RPE and choroidal bulging, RPE hyper-reflectivity with back shadowing, subretinal and intraretinal fluid accumulation, and mild retinal thickening. A geographic area of macular hypocyanescence was apparent in the ICGA image of the left eye. BAF showed a geographic area with a speckled autofluorescence pattern at the macula. Optic nerve enlargement was found in the B-scan ultrasonography. In FA images, vascular leakage was apparent at the ONH (hot disc). Besides, a geographic patchy hypofluorescent area with speckled hyperfluorescent margins with a size of three disc diameters (DD) was detected. Orbital and brain MRI showed a retrobulbar nodular mass with gadolinium enhancement at the junction of the optic nerve and sclera. An oncology consultation was done with no remarkable finding.
Considering the suspicion of malignancy and the presence of an enhancing nodular mass in the orbit, the patient underwent transconjunctival lateral orbitotomy one week after the presentation. A pink localized scleral nodule with edematous tenon was found. Sub-tenon triamcinolone acetonide was injected with the clinical diagnosis of nodular posterior scleritis. The patient refused admission and intravenous corticosteroid injection as the treatment order. Oral prednisolone 50 mg/Kg was started. Rheumatology consultation and screening lab results, including PPD test (tuberculosis), chest X-ray, serum ACE level (sarcoidosis), and C-ANCA level (Wegner granulomatosis), were unremarkable. At the last follow-up examination (one week after the surgery), the patient’s BCDVA was 20/20, and counting fingers at 2 meters for the RE and LE, respectively. Furthermore, SRF was absorbed, and the macula became atrophic. Oral prednisolone was tapered off slowly for three months.
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A 51-year-old male patient presented to us with acute painful visual loss of his left eye (LE) from 3 days ago. The best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA) was 20/20 and hand motion (HM) for the right eye (RE) and LE, respectively. Fundus examination of the LE showed ONH swelling, choroidal bulging, multiple patches of subretinal fluid accumulation, and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) corrugations. Orbital and brain MRI showed a retrobulbar nodular mass with gadolinium enhancement at the optic nerve and sclera junction. Oncology and rheumatology work-ups were unremarkable. With the clinical diagnosis of nodular posterior scleritis oral prednisolone 50 mg/Kg was started.
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An elderly 78-year-old patient from the Amhara region of Ethiopia, who has had a permanent cardiac pacemaker for 7 years, was scheduled for retropubic prostatectomy due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This condition developed following a previous transurethral resection of the prostate 3 months earlier. The patient in the preoperative anesthesia evaluation was fully evaluated, and all the routine investigations required for the proposed surgery, which were within normal limits, were investigated. The patient presented with a history of frequency, urgency, nocturia, and dribbling for the past 2 months. Additionally, the patient had been known to have hypertension for the past 16 years and was taking amlodipine 5 mg orally daily, enalapril 10 mg orally twice daily (BID), and atorvastatin 10 mg orally daily. He had also been known to have type II diabetes mellitus for the past 25 years and was on metformin 500 mg orally BID and neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) 20 IU and 10 IU. He was admitted to a hospital for further evaluation, and complete bundle branch block (BBB) was detected via electrocardiogram (ECG). In an electrophysiology study, the patient was diagnosed with left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to hypertensive heart disease, mild diastolic dysfunction, and an ejection fraction of 62%. Abdominal ultrasound revealed an enlarged prostate size of 82 ml; anterior–posterior (AP) chest X-ray revealed a normal chest region with a left-side pacemaker in situ, and all the other blood parameters, including electrolytes and serum troponin levels, were within normal limits.
A cardiologist was involved preoperatively as a multidisciplinary approach and risk determination tool for cardiac risk assessment. The patient had a frailty score of 5.5 with a poor functional cardiopulmonary reserve of metabolic equivalent (MET) = 3.4 and Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) class III, which accounts for 10.1% of major cardiac adverse events (myocardial infarction [MI], cardiac arrest, or death) within 30 days of the postoperative period, and intermediate risk on the basis of surgery type and patient risk factors. After preoperative evaluation and risk disclosure regarding the un-reprogrammed pacemaker and the associated complications during anesthesia and surgery, the patient was unable to afford the necessary health coverage for pacemaker reprogramming. This is because the cardiac surgery was performed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which has a long waiting list with few cardiac surgeons for millions of people and is a considerable distance from the patient’s home institution, and there is a period of monitoring after pacemaker reprogramming for considerable post-reprogramming complication. As a result, the patient chose to proceed with the surgery, accepting the potential risks and harm associated with the situation. Continuous cardiac monitoring during the intraoperative period is highly advocated. Despite these factors, the patient did not experience cardiorespiratory failure, and he was stable. The patient continued on medication until the day of surgery, which included amlodipine, enalapril, atorvastatin, and a morning lower dose of two-thirds of the NPH. He also took 5 mg of diazepam orally for anxiolytics at midnight before the day of surgery.
On the day of surgery, the patient’s random blood sugar (RBS) was measured, and sliding scale glycemic control was implemented. Communication among the anesthetist, surgeon, and nurses was emphasized, ensuring that the cautery pad was placed away from the pacemaker, and that emergency drugs and a defibrillator were ready. The patient was premedicated with dexamethasone for nausea prophylaxis and paracetamol for pain relief as preemptive analgesia. American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) standard monitoring was applied, and baseline parameters were recorded. Combined epidural–spinal anesthesia was administered via 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine (12.5 mg) and 50 µg fentanyl at the L3–L4 interspace. The block achieved anesthesia up to the umbilicus, and the sensory block was performed at T7. The surgery involved a midline incision below the umbilicus, with monopolar cautery used at low voltage (20 mA). Hemostasis was achieved through bipolar low-voltage cautery. Throughout the procedure, the patient’s vital signs remained stable. The patient’s vital signs did not change by more than 10% from the baseline vital signs. The intravenous fluid was resuscitated intraoperatively. During the postoperative period, the patient was transferred to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) with vigilant monitoring, and 10 ml of 0.125% epidural top-up analgesia was given. Postop investigations were within normal limits. The patient was observed in the PACU for 12 hours and later transferred to the ward in stable condition with regular follow-up with the cardiology team. After 88th day of postsurgery the patient was discharged and advised to have regular checkups for pacemaker’s in situ status.
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A 78-year-old male from the Amhara region, Ethiopia, with a permanent pacemaker for complete heart block was scheduled for retropubic prostatectomy. Preoperative assessments by the anesthetist and cardiologist recommended reprogramming the pacemaker to asynchronous mode to reduce risks related to its dual-chamber, rate-modulated mode setting. However, the patient could not afford reprogramming and opted to proceed with the existing perioperative plan. Informed consent was obtained, and case report publication permission was obtained after operation. The patient received combined epidural-spinal anesthesia with 2.50 ml of 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine and 50 µg fentanyl at the L3-L4 interspace. Standard American Society of Anesthesiology monitoring was applied, with a focus on cardiac stability. The patient remained stable with minimal vital sign fluctuations and maintained adequate blood pressure using isotonic saline. Postoperatively, the patient was transferred to the postanesthesia care unit, receiving analgesia after 4 hours and an epidural top-up. After 6 hours, he was transferred to the ward in stable condition. Epidural analgesia was continued for 72 hours, and the patient was discharged on the 88th postoperative hour in stable condition.
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A 52-year-old woman referred to the urology clinic with urinary complaints. Her symptoms began three years ago with frequency, dysuria and dribbling. She also mentioned the frequent passage of red and black thread-like substances in her urine. Moreover, during these discharges, she had headache, fever and chills. Intermittent periurethral and genital itching was another complaint of hers. She had been treated by several specialists with the diagnosis of recurrent urinary tract infections, with no clinical improvement. The patient denied recent travel, camping, hiking, farming, swimming and insect bites. She had positive history of pilonidal sinus surgery and hysterectomy, 8 and 7 years earlier, respectively. Two years prior to the current visit, she had been hospitalized for assessment. On physical examination, she was well-appearing with normal vital signs. All her laboratory tests, including cell blood count, urine analysis and biochemistries were in normal ranges. Abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) scan revealed no abnormalities. Hence, she underwent cystoscopy, which demonstrated erythema and hyperemia of the bladder mucosa, suspended debris, and dilation of the left ureteral orifice. During consultation with an infectious diseases’ specialist, schistosomiasis was suspected, Therefore, she was treated with Praziquantel with the appropriate dose and duration and was discharged from the hospital.
However, her symptoms did not subside. She was revisited by another infectious disease specialist, who prescribed her ivermectin due to suspicion to urinary myiasis. Nevertheless, no improvement was observed. She was readmitted to undergo bladder irrigation with polyethylene glycol, but the bladder washfluid did not contain any visible larvae. This procedure was followed by a two-day hematuria with spontaneous cessation. She was discharged home and advised to repeat the urine analysis one months later. Her random urine analysis was normal, so she collected her 24-h urine and sent it to the laboratory for analysis, in which a live larva was demonstrated under light microscope by the pathologist. The larva was isolated and sent to an entomologist to be identified morphologically. Finally, it was determined that the larva belonged to the species Sarcophaga. The patient was advised to take personal hygiene and consume at least 3 L of water daily.
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We report a 52-year-old woman with persistent dysuria, frequency despite multiple treatments for suspected infections. Cystoscopy revealed erythema and debris, but imaging and laboratory tests were unremarkable. A live larva was identified in urine analysis, confirming the diagnosis. Treatment involved improved hygiene and hydration.
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A 36-year-old female patient with a history of ulcerative colitis and good disease control on sulfasalazine, ferrous fumarate and intermittent prednisone for flare-ups is presented.
He was admitted to the emergency unit with a 1 week history of progressive oppressive precordial pain associated with dyspnea and neurovegetative symptoms. On admission, an electrocardiogram was performed in sinus rhythm, with finding of supradesnivel of the ST segment in the lower wall.
The patient reported a 6-month history of general disorders, fatigue and night sweats. She had previously presented episodes of precordial pain in relation to effort that progressed to rest. The physical examination was without murmurs or alterations of the peripheral pulses.
An emergency coronary angiography was performed, which revealed severe 2-vessel disease: severe ostial lesion 90% in the left coronary trunk and severe subocclusive lesion 99-100% at the ostial level in the right coronary artery (culprit vessel). Primary angioplasty of the right coronary artery was performed with successful installation of a medicated stent. The hemodynamicist was impressed by a possible aortitis due to involvement of the arch and friability of the vessels when the balloon was advanced, so he suggested an etiological study oriented to inflammatory disease, prior to surgical resolution of the lesion of the left coronary trunk.
Laboratory tests showed mild anaemia (haemoglobin: 11.6 g/dL), mild leukocytosis (13,800/mm3), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): 42 mm/h and C-reactive protein (CRP): 4.9 mg/L (normal value <1) and elevated ultrasensitive troponin. From the autoimmunity study, normal levels of complement C3 and C4, negative anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-DNA, negative extracellular nuclear antigen (ENA) profile and non-reactive VDRL were rescued.
Cardiac magnetic resonance (MRI) with contrast was completed with findings of acute infarction of the left ventricular inferior wall non-transmural myocardium and subendocardial ischemia in the anteroseptoapical resting of the left ventricle. Mild aortic and mitral insufficiency. Preserved biventricular systolic function.
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the chest, abdomen and pelvis showed periaortic fibrotic wall thickening involving the root, aortic arch and abdominal aorta with severe left coronary trunk stenosis and mild left subclavian, left vertebral artery stenosis and severe lower mesenteric artery stenosis. Immune globulin G (IgG) 4 deposition disease or Takayasu's arteritis was suggested.
Within the differential diagnosis study, IgG levels were performed at 1,600 mg/dl (reference values: 700-1,600), and its subclasses: IgG1: 1024 mg/dl (elevated), and the rest in normal range (IgG2: 456 mg/dl; IgG3: 98.8 mg/dl and IgG4: 13.6 mg/dl).
Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed clinically and by imaging and treatment was initiated with prednisone 60 mg daily, methotrexate 20 mg weekly by injection and folic acid 1 mg daily. After 3 weeks of treatment she underwent myocardial revascularisation surgery with use of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) as a graft to the descending anterior artery (DA) and aortocoronary bypass to circumflex artery. It was noted intraoperatively that the root of the aorta and the ascending aorta presented a healthy appearance. The patient is currently at home in good general condition and under ambulatory follow-up.
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A 36-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis presented with progressive precordial pain and neurovegetative symptoms. The electrocardiogram showed a ST segment elevation in the inferior wall. The patient had a history of fatigue and night sweats. She underwent a coronary angiography that revealed severe disease in two coronary arteries, with successful primary angioplasty of the culprit artery. Aortitis was suspected, which led to additional studies, including a mild elevation of inflammatory activity indices and a computed tomographic angiography with periaortic fibrotic thickening and significant stenosis in multiple arteries, suggesting Takayasu arteritis. She was treated with prednisone, methotrexate, and underwent delayed myocardial revascularization surgery with good results.
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A 36-year-old female patient complained of dysphagia with longstanding cervical and upper thoracic pain. She also had a multinodular goiter with no other significant history. Esophagogastroduodenal transit was performed. It showed a posterior and lateral right impression of the proximal esophagus after ingestion of baryte, extending 3.5 cm cephalocaudal. A maximum esophageal stenosis of 60% was estimated. A cervical and thoracic CT scan revealed a congenital anomaly of the aortic arch: a mirror image of the right aortic arch. The aortic arch originates from the root of the aorta and runs above the right stem bronchus, giving rise to the three supra-aortic trunks as follows: the first is the left brachiocephalic artery (which gives rise to the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery); the second is the right common carotid artery; and the third is the right subclavian artery. The aortic arch then enters posteriorly to the esophagus and gives rise to a small anterior saccule of 1.3 cm, known as the Kommerell diverticulum. This configuration forms a ring around the tracheo-esophageal pair, whose edges are formed posterior-lateral to the right by the aortic arch, posterior-lateral to the left by the Kommerell diverticulum, lateral to the left by the arteriosum ligamentum (or arterial ligament), and anteriorly by the left brachiocephalic artery. A gastroscopy confirmed the endoluminal impact of extrinsic compression. In view of minimal clinical repercussions and the absence of nutritional disorders, no surgical cure was ultimately performed. The evolution was favorable with, according to the patient, a spontaneous amelioration of symptoms.
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We report the case of a 36-year-old female patient whose dysphagia presented a congenital anomaly of the thoracic aorta: the right aortic arch with mirror image. This is a rare anomaly of embryonic development where the aorta winds around the right stem bronchus and the supra-aortic trunks emerge from the crown in the reverse and opposite order to normal. The vast majority of patients are asymptomatic unless there is a compression of the mediastinal structures. Major compression of the esophagus or trachea, aneurysmal disease, thoracic aortic dissection or the presence of a Kommerell diverticulum of more than 2 cm may warrant surgical intervention. There is no standard treatment and it must be adapted to the clinical presentation and anatomical configuration of the patient. Our patient did not receive any treatment for her condition.
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A 62-year-old Tunisian Arab postmenopausal female diagnosed with Von Hippel–Lindau disease in 2021 presented with various manifestations related to the disease. She had a history of multiple surgeries, primarily for renal, adrenal, and pancreatic tumors, with incidental findings of ovarian masses.
The patient was asymptomatic from a gynecological standpoint, but primarily complained of headaches before undergoing brain surgery. She had no significant family or psychosocial history.
Her surgical history included
2021: A non-operable tumor (6 cm) of the left petrous bone endolymphatic sac, managed with radiotherapy.
2021: Left adrenalectomy for a 6 cm pheochromocytoma. Pathological examination revealed pheochromocytoma.
2021: Left nephrectomy for a ruptured left renal tumor. Microscopy showed multifocal clear-cell renal carcinoma of nuclear grade 2.
2022: Cephalic duodenopancreatectomy for a mass in the pancreas. Histological examination confirmed three serous cystadenomas and two well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.
In January 2021, during postoperative surveillance with an abdominal–pelvic computed tomography (CT) scan, a 4 cm solid cystic left adnexal mass was incidentally discovered, which raised suspicion of malignancy. The mass was confirmed by transvaginal ultrasound and pelvic MRI, classified as Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) 5 (high suspicion for malignancy).
Gynecological examination and surgical history
Physical examination: No abdominal–pelvic mass detected.
Speculum examination: Healthy cervix observed.
Surgical scars from previous left nephrectomy and cephalic duodenopancreatectomy were noted.
A multidisciplinary staff meeting concluded that surgery was necessary. A laparotomy was performed via a midline incision below the umbilicus, revealing a well-defined solid cystic mass in the left adnexa. No ascites or signs of peritoneal carcinomatosis were present, and the right adnexa appeared normal, with no macroscopic signs of malignancy observed intraoperatively, including the absence of exocystic vegetations.
Cytology was performed along with left adnexectomy, and the specimen was sent for frozen section examination. The results were inconclusive, raising the possibility of borderline tumors or tumors specific to Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome. Considering the patient’s postmenopausal status, a right adnexectomy and total hysterectomy were performed.
Histological examination later revealed bilateral clear-cell papillary cystadenomas of the Fallopian Tubes and broad ligament, characteristic of Von Hippel–Lindau disease (0.5 cm on the right side and 4 cm on the left side).The tumors consisted of tightly packed papillae with fibrous cores, covered by monolayered epithelium.
The immediate postoperative period was uneventful, and at the 1-month follow-up, no abnormalities were detected. The patient has since been followed up with every 4 months with normal pelvic ultrasounds. During these 2 years of follow-up, no complications have arisen, but the patient was recently readmitted to the neurosurgery department for recurrence of a brain tumor.
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A 62-year-old white North African woman diagnosed with Von Hippel-Lindau disease in 2021 presented with multiple manifestations, including a left petrous bone tumor, left pheochromocytoma, left renal cell carcinoma, multi-cystic right kidney, and pancreatic masses. She underwent various treatments, including radiotherapy, adrenalectomy, nephrectomy, and cephalic duodenopancreatectomy. Ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance imaging examinations revealed a solid cystic mass in the left adnexal region. Laparoscopy identified cystic tumors in the right and left mesosalpinx. Following a hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy, histological examination revealed bilateral clear-cell papillary cystadenomas of the mesosalpinx and broad ligament, consistent with Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
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The patient was a 59-year-old Japanese man with a 28-year history of type 1 diabetes. He visited our hospital monthly for management of diabetes with intensive therapy employing multiple-dose insulin injections. His height and body weight were 168 cm and 52 kg (body mass index: 18.4 kg/m2), respectively. He showed depleted insulin secretion (serum C-peptide level was below the limit of detection), such that his blood glucose levels fluctuated severely, and his hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level was around 9.0% despite intensive insulin therapy. He had been diagnosed with asymptomatic chronic severe (grade III) aortic regurgitation (AR) 16 years before the current presentation but had declined follow-up for the AR. He had never undergone surgery nor the implantation of any prosthetic devices.
Eight days after his regular hospital visit, he visited an emergency clinic complaining of breathing difficulty and had a fever above 38℃. Until that day, he had not noticed any fever, chills, weakness, or any other symptoms. His blood pressure and pulse rate were 192/82 mmHg and 118/min, respectively. He showed orthopnea, and his oxygen saturation (SpO2) was 80%. He was transported to the emergency department of our hospital. A physical examination revealed a Levine 3/6 systolic murmur, although his cardiac murmur had not been checked at regular hospital visits. No physical findings suggesting IE, such as Osler nodes, Janeway lesions, or conjunctival petechiae, were recognized. His white blood cell (WBC) count was markedly increased to 20,800 /μL, and his C-reactive protein (CRP) was elevated to 6.06 mg/dL. Serum creatine phosphokinase MB was within the normal range, at 6.0 IU/L, and troponin T was negative. Chest X-ray showed pulmonary congestion with cardiac enlargement (cardiothoracic ratio: 55%). Electrocardiography revealed ST elevation on V1-V4, but emergency echocardiography showed no dysfunction of cardiac contractility. He was diagnosed with acute heart failure due to valvular disease, and treatment with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation and nitrates was initiated.
After hospital admission, a detailed examination by transthoracic echocardiography showed severe aortic regurgitation, severe mitral regurgitation, and a mobile vegetation on the mitral valve. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a 16.5×6-mm mobile vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve and an 11.2×5-mm nonmobile vegetation on the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve. These findings raised strong suspicion of NVE. In this case, head computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging revealed no cerebral infarction or hemorrhaging, although a mobile vegetation was detected.
On reviewing the clinical course until hospitalization, we noted that at the visit four months before admission, his WBC count had been slightly elevated. The following month, his albumin (Alb) level decreased to 3.0 g/dL, and his hemoglobin (Hb) level had shown a gradual decline over the 2 months prior to admission. During this period, he had experienced a 4-kg weight loss. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and whole-body CT were performed, but no abnormalities were detected. One month later, he had regained some weight, and the laboratory findings had nearly normalized, except for a slightly elevated CRP level (0.54 mg/dL). At the last visit (8 days before admission), his WBC count had again risen to 9,300 /μL, while his Hb and Alb levels had again decreased to 13.1 g/dL and 3.0 g/dL, respectively. Furthermore, his CRP level had increased to 4.18 mg/dL. At that time, his diastolic blood pressure has shown an obvious decrease. Thus far, he had not experienced a fever or any symptoms other than weight loss. We suspected diseases of infectious and/or malignant origin and initiated comprehensive examinations to identify the source of his clinical findings.
After heart failure treatment had been started, his clinical symptoms showed rapid improvement, and his hemodynamic stability was maintained during the first six hours. He initially received empirical intravenous antibiotic therapy consisting of 12 g/day of ampicillin sulbactam (ABPC/S) and 120 mg/day of gentamycin (GM). Three blood culture sets were obtained on the admission, and all were positive for S. warneri [minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to ABPC/S ≤8 μg/mL; MIC to GM ≤1 μg/mL; MIC to cefazolin (CEZ) ≤2 μg/mL]. Thus, IE caused by this organism was diagnosed.
According to the clinical guideline established by the Japanese Circulation Society, emergency surgery is generally recommended for heart failure of NYHA III to IV or urgent surgery for NVE mobile vegetation exceeding 10 mm and severe valve dysfunction. In this case, however, his heart failure was successfully improved. Based on the guideline, the risk of embolism was considered to have been reduced by the administration of appropriate antibiotic therapy. In addition, the patient had type 1 diabetes, and his glycemic control was so poor that we were concerned that double-valve surgery would be a high-risk procedure. Therefore, we planned elective surgery after sufficient control of both infection and diabetes.
Based on the blood culture results, the antibiotic regimen was switched to 6 g/day of CEZ. A detailed dental examination revealed no abnormalities, such as periodontitis. After four weeks of antibiotic therapy, he underwent surgical therapy. His aortic valve was found to be bicuspid, and the aortic and mitral annuli were intact without abscess formation. Large vegetations were exenterated, and the mitral and aortic valves were both replaced with mechanical valves. He experienced no postoperative complications and was discharged on the 22nd day after the operation without apparent embolism. He has not had any recurrence in over two years since the operation.
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A 59-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presented with heart failure. Echocardiography showed large vegetations on the mitral and aortic valves. Blood bacterial culture was positive for Staphylococcus warneri, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) family member. He was diagnosed with native valve endocarditis (NVE) induced by the resident bacteria and ultimately underwent double valve replacement. Retrospectively, slight laboratory data abnormalities and weight loss beginning four months before may have been signs of NVE. He had no history of immunosuppressive therapies or medical device implantation.
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A 27-year-old woman with multiple colorectal cancers on a background of FAP was presented to our department. Notably, a large lesion was detected in the ascending, transverse, and sigmoid colon and the upper rectum, and pathological examination confirmed some of them as adenocarcinoma. Preoperative computed tomography revealed multiple lymph node swellings along the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) and middle colic artery, without any evidence of distant metastases. After a comprehensive evaluation by a multidisciplinary cancer board, we decided to perform TPC with lymph node dissection of the entire colorectal region, using the Hugo RAS system as a surgical device.
Robot-assisted TPC using the Hugo RAS system was approved by the Evaluating Committee for Highly Difficult New Medical Technologies (approval number H-0051) and the Institutional Review Board at Kyoto University.
Under general anesthesia, the patient was placed in a lithotomy position with the arms tucked. After a 5-cm vertical skin incision was made at the umbilicus, a wound-protecting device was applied. After pneumoperitoneum, 4 robotic trocars and 2 assistant trocars were placed. The instruments used in robot-assisted TPC with Hugo were a camera, monopolar curved shears for the right hand, bipolar fenestrated forceps for the left hand, and Cadiere/double fenestrated forceps for the reserve arm. Robot-assisted TPC with Hugo consists of 3 distinct steps, followed by transanal specimen extraction, ileal pouch construction through a small laparotomy, and ileal pouch-anus anastomosis (IPAA). Two table positions, Trendelenburg and flat, were required, each with specific docking tilts but the same angles of the arm carts throughout the robotic procedure. The detailed operative procedure is presented in Supplementary Videos.
Step 1: Ascending colon complete mesocolic excision (CME)
The ascending colon CME from the caudal approach proceeded until the completion of the hepatic flexure mobilization (Supplementary Video S1).
Step 2: Central vessel ligation (CVL) of the IMA, descending colon CME, and total mesorectal excision (TME)
After CVL of the IMA, descending colon CME proceeded until the completion of splenic flexure mobilization, followed by TME until the intersphincteric space was fully exposed (Supplementary Video S2).
Step 3: CVL along the superior mesenteric artery (SMA)
After undocking all the robotic arms, the patient was placed in a flat position. Then, CVL along the SMA was performed to ligate the ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic vessels (Supplementary Video S3). The final step of this procedure was the ligation of the inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) at its root, which was exposed in Step 2.
Transanal and small laparotomy procedures
After transection of the terminal ileum, we extracted the specimen transanally by excising the rectal mucosa entirely from just below the dentate line because of multiple adenomas in the anal canal. After constructing the ileal pouch through the small umbilical incision and confirming that the ileal pouch could reach the bottom of the anal canal for anastomosis, transanal hand-sewn IPAA was performed. A diverting ileostomy was not performed.
All 3 steps were completed without conversion to open surgery. After undocking Hugo when we finished Step 3, we performed a laparoscopy to confirm hemostasis, specimen extraction, and appropriate anastomosis. The operative time was 632 min (36 min for Step 1, 160 min for Step 2, 188 min for Step 3, and 248 min for other procedures such as positioning, docking, specimen extraction, and anastomosis), with a minimal intraoperative estimated blood loss of 20 mL. The patient exhibited an uneventful postoperative recovery, with gas passage and initiation of liquid nutrition on postoperative day 1 (POD 1) and a solid diet on POD 3 with a functional ileal pouch and satisfactory anal function. Pathological examination revealed 2 sigmoid colon cancers (S1, Type 0-Ip, 55 × 50 mm, tub1, T1b, ly0, v0; S2, Type 0-Isp, 55 × 50 mm, tub1, Tis, ly0, v0) and 1 rectal cancer (R1, Type 0-Ip, 40 × 35 mm, tub1, Tis, ly0, v0). It also revealed 18 out of 89 positive lymph nodes, all of which belonged to the sigmoid colon and rectosigmoid lesions (stations #241, 242, and 251), resulting in UICC pT1bN2b stage.
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A 27-year-old woman with multiple colorectal cancers with a background of familial adenomatous polyposis underwent robot-assisted TPC, including lymph node dissection of the entire colorectal region using the Hugo RAS system. The robotic procedure was divided into 3 steps: 1) Trendelenburg position to perform ascending colon complete mesocolic excision (CME) to the hepatic flexure, 2) descending colon CME and total mesorectal excision with D3 lymph node dissection, and 3) flat position to perform central vessel ligation along the superior mesenteric artery. After undocking, the specimen was extracted transanally, and an ileal pouch was constructed from a small laparotomy at the umbilical incision, followed by ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. The operative time was 632 min, and the estimated blood loss was minimal. The postoperative period was uneventful.
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A 65-year-old male presented with swelling and boutonniere deformity on the right middle finger for six months after a motorcycle accident on January 1st, 2023. Initially, he managed the injury with painkillers and did not seek medical attention. After six months of persistent symptoms, including an inability to fully extend the finger and noticeable edema, he sought treatment.
Clinical findings
The inspection of the right hand showed the presence of deformity with edema. The active range of motion (ROM) was impaired in PIP joint in digiti III of the right hand. The active ROM of PIP joint digiti III of the right hand 45–110 degrees. The passive ROM of PIP joint digiti III of the right hand within normal.
Diagnostic assessment
We performed X-ray of the right hand AP/Lateral which showed there are no abnormality in the bone and we diagnosed the deformity from soft tissue which is central slip injury.
Surgical technique
A central slip defect reconstruction utilizing partial ulnar side of flexor digitorum superficial tendon was performed. Under anesthesia, the patient was positioned supine with a tourniquet applied to the upper arm. A midlateral incision was made on the ulnar aspect of the right middle phalanx, centered at the PIP joint. The incision extended dorsally in an oblique manner. A transverse incision was made over the MCP joint flexion crease, just proximal to the A1 pulley. The procedure involves identifying and protecting the ulnar digital neurovascular bundle, exposing the central slip and extensor tendon to the PIPJ, full-thickness dorsal flaps are elevated. Scar tissue and pseudotendinous tissue is identified and excised. The central slip cannot be repaired primarily, so the ulnar slip of the FDS tendon is used for reconstruction. The ulnar neurovascular bundle is mobilized to visualize the periosteal insertion of the A3 pulley.
The extensor tendon is mobilized and tenolyzed, followed by incision of the dorsal capsule of the PIP joint and removal of interposed tissue. The A3 pulley's periosteal insertion is incised longitudinally, and the PIP joint's volar capsule is incised longitudinally. The ulnar slip of the FDS tendon is identified and a 2–0 non-absorbable, monofilament suture is placed around it. A transverse incision is made at the MCP joint flexion crease, proximal to the A1 pulley revealing the flexor tendon sheath. The tendon sheath and A1 pulley are incised longitudinally. The FDS tendon is identified. The ulnar slip of the FDS tendon is isolated and transected to release the ulnar slip, avoiding entrapment or catching of the radial slip. The 2–0 suture that was placed around the ulnar slip at the level of the PIP joint is used to release distally based FDS tendon slip and deliver the ulnar slip of the FDS tendon distally.
A 2.8-mm drill is used to create a vertically oriented bone tunnel dorsal to volar. An elevator is placed between the flexor digitorum profundus tendon, volar plate, and volar aspect of the base of the middle phalanx protecting the volar anatomic structures. The FDS tendon slip passes through the tunnel while maintaining the PIP joint in extension and reduced position. The FDS tendon slip passed through the intact proximal section of the central slip and extensor tendon. A tendon weaver completes a Pulvertaft weave, confirming the appropriate tension with the PIPJ in the reduced, full extension position. A 3–0 non-absorbable suture secures the pulvertaft weave. The margins of the capsule and central slip reconstruction are approximated across the PIP joint, and adhesions are released and the lateral bands mobilized.
The overall posture, stability, and motion with tenodesis assessed. All the incisions are copiously irrigated. The tourniquet is deflated and hemostasis is obtained. Capillary refill of all fingers is assessed. The skin is closed using horizontal mattress stiches. A sterile dressing is applied with an appropriately padded PIP joint extension splint to allow for early DIP joint and MCP joint motion.
Follow-up and outcomes
First follow-up was done 4 days after for wound treatment. The patient was given oral meloxicam 7,5 mg twice a day and doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 3 days. The second follow-up was done 3 days after for wound treatment. After 2 weeks, we remove the back slab, remove the external suture and begin the active and passive ROM exercise. After 3 weeks, the wound was healed, and we found the ROM of PIP joint 0 to 90 degrees. And after a month, the patient came with improved ROM of PIP joint 0 to 100 degrees, and improved functional outcome. After 7 weeks of physical rehabilitation, patients already back to work with improve ROM of PIP joint 0 to 110 degrees. The function of the patient's right hand is evaluated with DASH score, which improves significantly from 50 to 4.2.
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A 65-year-old male patient presented with swelling and boutonniere deformity on the digiti III of the right hand. The patient had previously fallen from a motorcycle, and the patient's right middle finger got was by a motorcycle six months ago. After the incident, the patient's right middle finger cannot be fully extended. The patient's right hand showed edema with flexion of the interphalangeal (PIP) joint and hyperextension of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint. The Range of Motion (ROM) of the PIP joint right middle finger was 45-110 degrees. The X-ray of the right hand AP/oblique showed no bone involvement in the deformity. The patient underwent central slip defect reconstruction utilizing the partial ulnar side of the flexor digitorum superficial tendon. A PIP joint extension splint was applied for 2 weeks. Active and passive exercise of the ROM of the PIP joint began after 2 weeks of PIP extension joint splinting. The patient's ROM of the PIP joint (0-90 degrees) significantly improved 1 month after surgery. The patient's ROM of the PIP joint returned to normal after 2 months after surgery. The function of the patient's right hand is evaluated with the DASH score, which improves significantly from 50 to 4.2.
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A 23-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with a sudden onset of severe frontal headache lasting for 2 h. He experienced associated symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and chest heaviness. He has a unremarkable medical record and denies the use of illicit drugs. However, he is a smoker with a history of 23 pack-years but does not consume alcohol.
On physical examination, the young male appeared distressed but was fully conscious and oriented to time, place, and person. Chest auscultation revealed normal vesicular breathing sounds, while cardiovascular and abdominal examinations were inconclusive. Neurological examinations demonstrated neck stiffness, dilated pupils reactive to light, normal plantar reflexes, and no focal neurological deficits.
His vital signs were as follows: blood pressure 178/103 mmHg, respiratory rate 26 breaths/min, temperature 38.9°C, heart rate 87 beats/min, and oxygen saturation of 94%.
Emergency tests were initiated. An ECG revealed ST segment elevation >2 mm in leads V2-V5, consistent with STEMI as the top of our differential diagnosis, requiring confirmation by cardiac markers. With prompt referral to a tertiary cardiac centre implemented, the patient received a 300 mg aspirin load while being transferred to the catheter lab. Troponin levels were significantly elevated at 1.48 mg/dl (normal <0.16 mg/dl).
Percutaneous coronary intervention was performed via the femoral artery, and the result showed normal coronary arteries with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade of 3.
His ECG after coronary angiography revealed normal sinus rhythm with left ventricular hypertrophy LVH. An echocardiogram was performed, revealing normal ventricular function with no regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMA).
Following coronary intervention, he was admitted to the medical ward for further assessment and investigation. Blood samples were drawn for a complete blood count, random blood sugar, renal function tests, and CRP. The results revealed lymphocytosis and mildly elevated CRP.
We proceeded further with CT brain to exclude serious cause of headache. His brain CT showed cisternal subarachnoid haemorrhage SAH with extension anterior to the right temporal lobe. Abdominal ultrasound screening was performed to rule out polycystic kidney disease which was negative and cerebral CT angiography was scheduled to exclude cerebral aneurysm Nimodipine 60 mg every 4 h was initiated, with a target blood pressure of 160/100 mmHg.
On the second day, his condition suddenly deteriorated, culminating with cardiac arrest. Therefore, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), resulting in a Glasgow Coma Scale score (GCS) of 6. The patient was subsequently, intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Due to his unstable condition in the ICU, we could not perform a repeated CT brain scan or the planned cerebral CT angiography.
Over the next 7 days, we diligently monitored him with a strict multidisciplinary team. A nasogastric tube was inserted for feeding and fluid replacement. His medications included intravenous fluids, antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, and nimodipine.
On the 8th day, he suddenly developed ventricular fibrillation, and despite CPR with more than five defibrillations, we were unable to revive him and death was the final outcome.39734686
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We present a case detailing the diagnostic challenges of a 23-year-old male presenting with a sudden severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and chest heaviness. Initial evaluation showed elevated blood pressure and respiratory rate. An emergency electrocardiogram (ECG) indicated ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), leading to immediate referral for percutaneous coronary intervention, which revealed normal coronary arteries. Further investigations identified a cisternal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) on CT brain imaging. Despite multidisciplinary management, the patient's condition rapidly deteriorated, resulting in cardiac arrest and mortality.
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Patient A.P., female, born in 1979, has been diagnosed with dilatation cardiomyopathy in 1996. Anamnestically, disease started with tonsillitis, possible myocarditis (which was never proven), with pronounced symptoms of heart failure and general symptoms. She was hospitalized and after one month, the left ventricular ejection fraction was 10% with the aforementioned signs of congestive heart failure. She was hospitalized for 10 months and 9 days, with standard therapy for vitally endangered patient, oxygen support, numerous adjuvant therapy, and intensive monitoring. Therapy was administered (ACE inhibitor - ramipril, cardiotonic - digoxin, beta-blockers - metoprolol and combination of diuretics - furosemide and spironolactone), with the indication of heart transplantation. Clinical improvement occured with an ejection fraction that was gradually increasing and at the age of 21 she entered in remission or stabilization phase, with the ejection fraction value of 48-57% (regular echocardiography was performed every three months). For the following four years therapy remained the same, but in Jun 2004 (after an episode of low immunity), ejection fraction fell to 25%, with a clinical deterioration of the disease. The patient was hospitalized for a period of two months, and the condition stabilized, and she was discharged with therapy that was the same but without cardiotonic. Ejection fraction was stabilized, and in year 2006 it was 50%. At the age of 27, the patient decided on the first pregnancy that was successful with beta blocker (metoprolol) in therapy. After the first pregnancy, the ejection fraction was 40% and she was treated with the same therapy with eplerenone (25 mg) instead of spironolactone. The ejection fraction was controlled and did not fall below 45%. At the end of 2015 the patient became pregnant for the second time, and the pregnancy went neatly until eighth month (35 weeks), when she was urgently admitted to hospital, due to sense of suffocation and inability to walk. Ejection fraction decreased to 18% (brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) was 2600 pg/ mL (reference values are 100-400 pg/ mL)). During pregnancy she received only metoprolol in therapy. Physicians decide to continue with her pregnancy, in the 39th week they performed c-section, and the condition stabilized again after twenty days. In October 2016 new mode of therapy was administered, ramipril (2.5 mg, in the morning), metoprolol (47.5 mg, in the morning), spironolactone (50 mg, once a day) and ivabradine (5 mg, twice a day) with torasemide (5 mg, once a day). LifeVest Defibrillator was carried from 06 December 2016 until 27 February 2017 when it was removed. When removed and after examination (ejection fraction was 44%) she continued with ramipril therapy (1.25 mg) metoprolol (23.75 mg), torasemide (5 mg), spironolactone (25 mg) and ivabradine (7.5 mg, twice a day) with potassium supplements, and compliance with non-pharmacological measures (fluid intake restricted to 1.5 L/ day). The echocardiographic finding in March 2017 showed left ventricular dilatation with moderately reduced left ventricular function and left ventricular wall hypokinesia with ejection fraction of 44% (insignificant pericardial effusion was present, inferior vena cava with physiological flow, preserved valves function - Dopler sonography showed slight insufficiency of mitral valve with dilatation of anulus). Evaluation of a patient with ejection fraction 44% showed no indication for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and conservative procedure and medication therapy were recommended. Regular check-ups and body mass reduction, regular control of renal function parameters and electrolytes were recommended. She is led under the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure NYHA stage II without any indication for the ICD prophylactic implantation.
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Patient A.P., female, 38 years old, had symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy (with possible infectious myocarditis in the background) at age 17. After hospitalization for ten months and ten days, while waiting for heart transplantation (with threatening death outcome), without a clearly pronounced threatening arrhythmia, but with a low ejection fraction and a poor general condition, remission occurred. The therapy focused primarily on the treatment of heart failure, prevention of arrhythmia and thromboembolism. Normalization of the disease by improving the function of the left ventricle (expected in 16% of patients) occurred and lasted for 4 years, followed by an exacerbation of the disease that lasted for two years. In the next few years the patient was stable, had a first child with normal pregnancy. During the second trimester of the second pregnancy, there was an exacerbation (postpartum dilatation cardiomyopathy) lasting for couple of months. At the time of case report (May 2017), the patient is stable on therapy (ACE inhibitor, beta blocker, diuretics, If channel blocker), without limitation of physical capacity, mother of two children, unemployed.
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27-year-old male patient with a history of fibrous dysplasia in the right proximal femur, which was managed prophylactically to reduce the risk of fracture 20 years ago by curettage (intralesional resection), application of bone graft and fixation with osteosynthesis material, which was removed one year after the fixation. Two weeks before admission to hospital, the patient experienced pain after a fall with low energy mechanism characterised by axial load and rotational component of the right hip, which resulted in pain intensity 8/10 on the visual analogue scale (VAS) at the level of the inguinal fold and right thigh, which incapacitated him for walking. Radiological control was performed at four weeks, observing all prosthetic components adequately. The patient was discharged clinically and haemodynamically stable, without the need for transfusion of blood products. During his follow-up in the postoperative period (612 weeks), the patient continued with partial support until day 20, in which he began with full support even accompanied by a walker. Radiological control was performed at four weeks, observing all prosthetic components adequately. The patient is currently carrying out daily activities with slight limitation due to claudicatio intermittens caused by the incision in the middle gluteus. However, he was able to participate in low-impact sports activities, such as walking and expressed great satisfaction with the functional outcome of the procedure.
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We present the case of a 27-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency department with a fracture of the right femur at the base of the neck in pathological ground Garden II Pauwells III AO 31B2.3r, after a low energy mechanism of injury characterized by axial load with rotational component of the right hip. The patient had a history of intralesional resection, application of bone graft and prophylactic fixation with unspecified osteosynthesis material in the pertrochanteric region 20 years ago; the biopsy later showed DF; one year later, the osteosynthesis material was removed. Due to the characteristics of the fracture and as a definitive and curative therapeutic method, it was decided to carry out a wide resection of the proximal femur and total arthroplasty of the hip with a modular prosthesis with placement of cerclage, as well as a excisional biopsy that later corroborated that it was the same DF treated in childhood.
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A 4-year-old boy with stage IV neuroblastoma received four cycles of chemotherapy, including high-dose chemotherapy including busulfan and melphalan, followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation with autologous bone marrow supplementation. After eight additional cycles of chemotherapy consisting of temozolomide and irinotecan, which led to stable disease, the patient underwent preparative conditioning with fludarabine (150 mg/m2), melphalan (140 mg/m2), and 12 Gy of TBI for subsequent allogeneic CBT. The patient received tacrolimus and a short-term course of methotrexate for GVHD prophylaxis. The patient underwent engraftment on day 17. He then developed grade 3 GVHD, which was managed by increasing the prednisolone dose and was later discharged on day 85. The patient also received proton beam therapy (39.6 Gy) from days 121 to 150 post-transplantation for a right supra-mediastinum tumor with residual I123-MIBG accumulation in the right adrenal gland.
The patient remained healthy with no evidence of GVHD until presentation at our hospital with a productive cough on day 159. As his older brother displayed similar cold symptoms, a rapid antigen test for RSV was performed, which revealed a positive result. His respiratory symptoms gradually worsened, and he revisited our hospital on day 194 with dyspnea and intercostal retractions. Upon admission, he was given 0.7-1.0 mg/kg of prednisolone, which failed to improve his respiratory condition. Chest computed tomography on day 231 revealed infiltration, ground-glass opacity, and septal thickening in the bilateral lung fields along with right pleural effusion. Echocardiography showed an elevated tricuspid regurgitation peak velocity of 4.1 m/s and an interventricular septum close to the isobaric, indicating the presence of PH. In addition, pericardial effusion was detected. On day 231, the patient was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit, where mechanical ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide (NO) were initiated. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy on day 244 revealed diffuse intra-alveolar hemorrhage and edema on hematoxylin-eosin (HE)-stained samples. Elastica van Gieson staining revealed diffuse obstructive lesions due to fibrocellular components with plump endothelial cells in the pre-septal pulmonary veins and venules. While pulmonary muscular arteries and arterioles showed mild medial hypertrophy and focal intimal thickening (Heath-Edwards Grade 2), severe stenosis with concentric intimal fibrosis or plexiform lesions was present. Based on these results, the patient was diagnosed with PVOD with mild pulmonary arterial/arteriolar lesions. Of note, HE staining also revealed enlarged type II pneumocytes with multinucleated and giant cell-like features, indicating the presence of prior lung injury that was likely attributable to his preceding viral infection.
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A 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with metastatic neuroblastoma and underwent intensive chemotherapy, autologous HSCT, and allogeneic cord blood transplantation (CBT). He experienced PVOD on day 194 following CBT after displaying upper respiratory symptoms and positive RSV antigen test results approximately one month prior. Pathological examination of a lung biopsy specimen revealed lung injury suspected to be associated with viral infection in addition to PVOD-related findings, suggesting that RSV infection might have contributed to the onset of PVOD.
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65-year-old male with no personal or family history of pathology of relevance. His condition began in 2020 with productive cough that intensified and was accompanied by shortness of breath with small to medium effort; as well as loss of 10 kg of weight in a period of 4 months. He went to a doctor who requested a chest X-ray that showed massive, multilocular right pleural effusion with right bronchial obstruction and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. A thoracocentesis was performed with a biopsy of the right lung and parietal pleura. The histopathological study reported an adeno-squamous carcinoma. His evolution was bad, which is why he was referred to our institution. On admission, a physical examination found him cachectic, with right pulmonary hypoventilation, 92% oxygen saturation and pneumokoccal dysfunction, with no evidence of systemic or haemodynamic compromise. A chest X-ray was performed that showed complete opacity of the right hemithorax, and a pleural catheter was placed with a serohematic flow. In the histopathological study of the revision material, the lung parenchyma was replaced by a poorly differentiated neoplasm with a solid mantle and syncytia, surrounded by abundant lymphocytes and plasma cells. The neoplastic cells had large, ovoid nuclei, fine chromatin, prominent nucleolus and wide, poorly defined cytoplasm. An immunohistochemical study was performed that was positive for CKAE1/AE3, CK 5/6, p63, EBER ISH, and negative for Napsina A, TTF-1 and CK 7, which ruled out the reference diagnosis of adeno-squamous carcinoma and established the diagnosis of CTLP. Molecular study in the paraffin block was positive for PD-L1 (SP263) +++ in approximately 100% of the neoplastic cells, and negative for EGFR, K-RAS, ALK, ROS1. In order to confirm the pulmonary origin of the neoplasm, a nasopharyngeal examination was performed that was negative. In April 2021, a PET-CT was performed that reported a heterogeneous parahilary pulmonary lesion that compromised the main bronchus and caused atelectasis; as well as multiple cervical, mediastinal and peri-gastric lymphadenopathies. The catheter was removed due to partial resolution of the effusion and chemotherapy treatment with gemcitabine/cisplatin was initiated. He received 6 cycles, however, the patient reported hearing loss and AKIN I acute renal failure was documented, so cisplatin was changed to carboplatin, and maintenance durvalumab was continued. In December 2021, disease progression was documented and he died in January 2022 due to respiratory failure.
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We report the case of a 65-year-old man with a pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, who presented with cough, dyspnea, and weight loss. A chest CT scan showed a poorly defined nodule located in the right lung. A trans-thoracic biopsy of the lesion was performed, and microscopic examination revealed large polygonal cells arranged in sheets, infiltrated by abundant lymphocytes and plasma cells, around the interstitium. The neoplastic cells were positive for cytokeratin 5/6 and p63, and negative for Napsina A and thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1). PD-L1 expression was positive (approximately 100%) by immunohistochemistry; as was the nucleus of the neoplastic cells by in situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNA (EBER-ISH). The patient received six cycles of a combination chemotherapy regimen based on platinum (gemcitabine/cisplatin) plus durvalumab. He progressed and ultimately died 9 months after diagnosis.
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A 13-year-old male patient was admitted to the Children’s Hospital in Damascus after noticing a palpable enlarged mass in the left inguinal region. His medical history was unremarkable except for a surgical intervention on his spine 6 years ago due to an accident, which resulted in the loss of motor function and sensation in both of his lower extremities.
Due to the long period he had spent in bed, the patient developed decubitus sores on his left foot. The only finding on clinical examination was a mass in the left inguinal area, which was movable on deep structures and so was the overlaying skin on it. The mass was not tender on palpation, and no signs of local inflammation were observed.
Laboratory tests revealed an Elevated ESR (119 mm/h in the first hour). Other Basic Laboratory tests including (Complete Blood Count, Liver function tests, electrolytes, Urea, Creatinine and LDH) were ordered and were within normal ranges for age. Ordering these tests was essential to rule out systemic diseases. Given the absence of indicative physical findings for systemic disorders or immunodeficiencies, additional tests like those for HIV or Direct Antiglobulin were deemed unnecessary.
A CT of the abdomen, chest, and pelvis showed enlarged lymph nodes inferior to the inguinal ligament, with the largest measuring approximately (3.5 × 2.4 cm). Other organs and nodes were within normal limits.
All of the above-mentioned investigations were essential to rule other high-risk diagnosis including lymphoma and leukemia. However, these were not sufficient to reach the definite diagnosis, so a decision of surgical resection of the nodes was taken.
To confirm the diagnoses and exclude other potential differentials presenting with enlarged lymph nodes, surgical removal of all of these enlarged nodes was performed under general anesthesia, and biopsies were sent for microscopic study.
The biopsy showed hyperplastic nodal architecture with proliferation of histiocytes and plasma cells with vascular proliferation, consistent with Plasma cell subtype of Castleman’s Disease.
The patient was discharged from the hospital after 14-day period after ensuring that there were no remaining enlarged lymph nodes. The only recommendation was oral prednisolone. The patient underwent follow-up using a whole-body CT scan every three months. During each hospital visit, a comprehensive clinical examination and laboratory tests (e.g. Complete Blood Test, ESR, C-reactive protein, liver function tests, renal function tests) were performed in addition to the CT scan. After a 12-month follow-up period, the patient reported no new symptoms or enlarged lymph nodes. Additionally, no abnormalities were observed during clinical examination or in laboratory tests.
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We report a unique case of a 13-year-old boy who presented with a palpable enlarged mass in the left inguinal region without any constitutional symptoms. Surgical removal of this mass was essential to exclude worrying causes. Pathologic examination revealed proliferative changes consistent with Castleman's disease plasma cell type which is one of the rarest forms of the disease in children. To our knowledge, this case is the first reported case of Unicentric Castleman Disease (UCD) in the inguinal area. During a 12-month-period of follow-up, no additional lymph node enlargements or other symptoms were reported.
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The medical records of patients with a diagnosis of congenital myotonia studied and followed in the pediatric neurology consultation in a third-level hospital between 2015 and 2020 were reviewed. The inclusion criteria were to present a clinical diagnosis – myotonia, warm-up phenomenon, characteristic electromyographic pattern and/or family history – and/or a molecular diagnosis (mutation in the CLCN1 gene). The clinical signs and symptoms, as well as the results of the complementary explorations and the genetic mutation found, were collected by reviewing the medical record. Demographic variables (age and sex), course of the disease (age of onset, symptoms and signs, time elapsed until diagnosis and clinical evolution), family history and evaluation of the response to treatment were collected.
Five cases with clinical diagnosis of congenital myotonia were identified (three with Becker's disease and two with Thomsen's disease). The incidence in relation to the number of births was estimated at 1:15,000 newborns for cases with Becker's phenotype and 1:21,000 newborns for Thomsen's phenotypes.
Most of our patients were female, and the male was the only one who started before the age of six. The initial clinical presentation included myotonia in the lower limbs in four of the five patients and in the upper limbs in all but one. The age at onset ranged from 22 months to 12 years, with a median of 6 years. Genetic diagnosis was performed in all cases approximately two years after onset, and the family of one patient refused to have it performed. All had a worsening with cold, but the warming phenomenon was only in those with the Becker phenotype.
Patients with recessive congenital myotonia showed some progression. As a family history, it is worth noting that patients 2 and 3 were sisters, without the parents showing any clinical signs, and that the mother of patient 1 showed mild clinical signs that were doubtful with the cold. The patient who refused the study had a history of myotonia in the maternal branch.
Blood tests did not show elevated creatine kinase in any of the patients. The electromyogram was abnormal in all patients except the first one at 2.8/12 years of age. The test was not repeated later because it was not considered necessary.
The most used treatment initially was oxcarbazepine (in patients with recessive form), with a good response in general. In case 2 it lost efficacy with time and mexiletine was initiated. Patient 4 initiated several drugs without success due to loss of efficacy or side effects. Patient 5 rejected treatment due to mild clinical presentation.
Patient 1 had a previously undescribed, likely pathogenic mutation (CLCN1: c.824T>C) inherited from his mother. Cases 1 to 3 had the Becker phenotype with composite heterozygosity mutations, and cases 4 and 5 had the Thomsen phenotype. Case 5 declined genetic testing.
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The medical records of patients with a diagnosis of congenital myotonia studied and followed in the pediatric neurology consultation in a third-level hospital between 2015 and 2020 were reviewed. Demographic variables (age and sex), course of the disease (age of onset, symptoms and signs, time elapsed until diagnosis and clinical evolution), family history and evaluation of the response to treatment were collected. Five cases with a clinical diagnosis of congenital myotonia were identified (three with Becker disease and two with Thomsen disease). The incidence in relation to the number of births was estimated at 1:15,000 newborns for cases with a Becker phenotype and 1:21,000 newborns for Thomsen phenotypes. We found a probably pathogenic mutation not previously described (CLCN1: c.824T>C).
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A 67-year-old female patient presented with a six-year history of recurrent swelling in the left lower limb. One year prior, she was diagnosed with an AVM in the lower limb at another hospital. Two months before hospitalization, the patient underwent embolization treatment, which included the placement of two coils (20 mm x 40 cm, BSX, USA). Despite this intervention, the patient’s left lower limb swelling did not show any improvement. The patient has been experiencing fatigue and difficulty of breathing for a month. As these symptoms of heart failure progressed and worsened, the patient was transferred to Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for further evaluation and treatment. The patient had no prior history of cardiovascular diseases, injuries, or surgeries. However, she reported a history of oral estrogen use for menopausal syndrome seven years ago.
She exhibited significant edema and skin sclerosis in the left lower limb. Additionally, absent pulses were observed in the popliteal artery and distal regions. A noticeable tremor was also present in the left thigh. The patient was seated during the examination. Echocardiography revealed cardiac enlargement, along with moderate mitral regurgitation and severe tricuspid regurgitation. The left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) was measured at 60%, and there was an elevation in b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels to 2853 ng/L. The electrocardiogram showed a sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 105 beats per minute and evidence of left atrial enlargement. Chest CT scans confirmed cardiac enlargement, while no respiratory system abnormalities were detected. Preoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA) provided further insights, revealing a left iliac artery aneurysm, a significantly enlarged femoral artery, and complex AVMs in the superficial femoral artery. Additionally, the femoral and superficial veins appeared significantly enlarged on arterial phase imaging. Notably, the left lower limb popliteal artery and anterior tibial artery were not visualized. Based on these findings, the patient was diagnosed with complex congenital lower limb AVMs, acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure, and classified as NYHA Class IV.
The patient exhibits distinct symptoms of acute heart failure, and preoperative ultrasound assessment has revealed a volume flow of 3400 ml/min in the CFA. Given that embolization using coils may not effectively reduce the flow rate of the AVMs, the utilization of covered stents is a viable option. These stents effectively decrease the flow of lower limb AVMs, thereby improving the patient’s heart failure condition. Additionally, staged embolization treatment can further enhance the treatment outcome by improving the nidus of the lower limb AVMs.
CTA of the patient revealed significant dilatation of blood vessels, with a maximum diameter of 32 mm for the iliac artery, 27 mm for the common femoral artery (CFA), and 22 mm for the superficial femoral artery (SFA). To minimize access site complications, antegrade access was achieved through a surgical approach of the CFA. Under general anesthesia, intravascular covered stents were inserted through an open femoral artery approach, utilizing 14 F (Cook Medical, USA) catheter sheaths intraoperatively. complex AVMs were visualized in the superficial femoral artery and profunda femoris artery, accompanied by early visualization of an enlarged femoral vein.
Preoperative CTA measurements indicated a diameter of 19 mm for the middle segment of the SFA, leading to the selection of a 20 mm–12 mm/120 mm aorto-uni-iliac covered stent (MicroPort, China). A 0.035 guidewire, in conjunction with a single-curve catheter, was used to access the popliteal artery. Subsequently, it was replaced with a 0.035 super-hard guidewire to provide support during the implantation of the stent graft. The stent was deployed precisely at the distal end of the superficial femoral artery, the location with the highest concentration of AVMs. Completion angiography revealed a significant reduction in venous opacification around the stent and clear visualization of the popliteal artery. Postoperatively, the left femoral artery was sutured using a 6 − 0 vascular risk suture, resulting in a significant improvement in the patient’s heart failure symptoms. The patient has heart failure, so the surgery duration should not be excessive. It is planned to perform embolization treatment in the second phase.
One week post-treatment, ultrasound examination revealed a reduction in volume flow to 1600 ml/min in the CFA, with a BNP level of 1198ug/l. Targeting the nidus with embolization therapy is expected to further decrease the flow velocity of arteriovenous malformations. The right CFA was punctured, allowing the insertion of a 5 F arterial sheath and a 5 F catheter for angiographic examination. Guided by ultrasound, the drainage vein of the AVM was punctured, and a 5 F vascular sheath was introduced. The contrast agent confirmed the presence of a nidus and its draining veins. The embolization procedure of the draining veins involved the use of a coil (18–20 mm x 40 cm, BSX, USA), two microcoils (4 mm x 42 mm, 5 mm x 10 mm, USA), 3% polidocanol (6 mL Kruelle, Germany), and 99% anhydrous ethanol (10 mL).
Completion angiography showed a significant reduction in the visualization of AVMs and draining veins, indicating their disappearance. During the one-year follow-up, the patient exhibited notable improvement in lower limb swelling and cardiac function. The volume flow in the CFA decreased to 780 ml/min. Echocardiography revealed minor enlargement of the left and right atria, slight mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, and a left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) of 71%. Notably, BNP levels decreased significantly.
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We present a case involving a patient with congenital AVMs in the lower limb, who had suffered from prolonged swelling in the left lower limb and recently developed symptoms of heart failure. At the age of 67, the patient was definitively diagnosed with a complex congenital AVMs in the lower limb. This article delves into the practical experiences and limitations encountered in employing an abdominal aortic stent graft, coupled with embolization, to address acute heart failure caused by complex congenital AVMs in the lower limb.
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28-year-old male patient with no significant history presented to the dermatology department with a 48-hour history of a skin condition characterized by two erythematous plaques with central vesicles and superficial ulceration located on the flexor surface of the right arm and forearm equidistant from the elbow crease, accompanied by a burning sensation and pruritus at the site of the lesions. He did not have systemic symptoms or self-medicate. As a background, he reported that he was on vacation in the coastal region of Ecuador at the time of the lesions. An incisional biopsy was performed that reported epidermis with acanthosis, parakeratosis and spongiosis, neutrophils in the stratum corneum and perivascular lymphocyte infiltration in the superficial, middle and deep dermis. Based on the clinical characteristics, the background of travel to a tropical region and the histological findings, a diagnosis of Paederus dermatitis was made. Treatment with antihistamines, topical steroids and cold compresses was indicated. After 8 days of treatment, the lesions resolved, leaving a post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
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The case of a 28-year-old male patient who presented to the dermatology department with a 48-hour history of two erythematous plaques with central vesicles and superficial ulceration located on the flexor surface of the right arm and forearm, accompanied by a burning sensation and pruritus at the site of the lesions, without accompanying symptoms, is reported. As a background, he stated that he was on vacation in the coastal region of Ecuador at the time of the lesions. An incisional biopsy was performed and, due to the clinical characteristics and the background of travel to a tropical region, the diagnosis was made as dermatitis by Paederus and treatment with antihistamines, topical steroids and cold compresses was indicated. After 8 days of treatment, the lesions subsided, leaving a post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.
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Technique
Information about the procedure of TFD.
The patient receives intravenous photosensitizer (Photogen®, King of Prussia, PA, USA - 1.5 mg/kg) 24 h before the procedure. Its peak light absorption is at the wavelength of 630 nm. The procedure begins with standard duodenoscopy (Olympus TJF-180) under general anesthesia. After the identification of the greater duodenal papilla and the retrograde cannulation, the digital cholangioscope (SpyGlassTM DS, Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) is introduced into the common bile duct. Then the cholangioscopic examination helps to identify the neoplastic stenosis. Under direct visualization, the illumination catheter (Medlight S.A., RD10-323, Switzerland) is advanced through the cholangioscope. This consists of a typical three-way cannula. The first port has a 1 cm long cylindrical light diffuser at the end. Two black radiopaque marks demarcate the limits of the diffuser. The second port accommodates a 0.025 inch guidewire and the third is a portal for injection. After positioning under cholangioscopic guidance, illumination is initiated. The dose is 90 J/cm², with a power of 70 mW/cm². Repositioning is recommended every centimeter to cover the entire stenosed area. At the end of the procedure, new cholangioscopy evaluates the bile duct for immediate outcome and adverse events.
Post-procedure care
The patient is fasted for the next 24 h. If no adverse event is detected, oral diet is initiated. Discharge from hospital is done under strict guidance on photoprotection (prevention of exposure to light and use of sunglasses), especially during the first week after the session of TFD.
RESULTS
This procedure was performed in an 82-year-old man who presented to our tertiary center with obstructive jaundice and weight loss over the previous two months. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed severe dilation of the common bile duct associated with choledocholithiasis. ERCP confirmed these findings but was unable to remove the stones due to the disproportionate dilation of the common bile duct. Therefore, a plastic biliary stent was chosen. The patient showed improvement in his clinical condition, but the cholestasis returned 45 days after the first procedure. Two other ERCPs failed to remove the stones. During the third procedure, a long irregular stenosis of the common hepatic duct was apparent and he was referred for another echoendoscopic evaluation.
In addition to the choledocholithiasis, the new EUS revealed a dilated common hepatic duct with a well-circumscribed hypoechoic solid mass measuring 1.8x2 cm, which was compressing the common hepatic duct. The mass appeared to also involve the common hepatic artery. An ultrasound-guided needle biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of moderately differentiated cholangiocarcinoma (Bismuth I).
After staging, the mass was considered inoperable and the patient was referred for palliative treatment. After a multidisciplinary meeting with the oncology team, adjunctive PDT was proposed to treat the recurrent biliary obstruction. The procedure went without complications and lasted 150 minutes. At the end, a biliary drainage was performed with a 10 Fr plastic stent, since a self-expanding metal stent was not available at that time.
The patient showed no signs or symptoms of photosensitivity in the following week. There was, however, early recurrence of cholestasis complicated with cholangitis. ERCP revealed obstruction of the stent with debris and biliary sludge secondary to tumor necrosis. A biliary scan followed by new drainage resolved the patient's acute condition. Subsequently, he remained asymptomatic for three months, the longest period since the onset of the disease. At his next recurrence, he was drained with a self-expanding metal stent. He continued with systemic treatment and eventually required a duodenal stent for palliation of dysphagia. He died due to complications of pulmonary metastases two years after the onset of symptoms and 15 months after the session of TFD.
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Patient receives intravenous photosensitizer 24 h before the procedure which begins with regular duodenoscopy. After identification of the main papilla and retrograde cannulation, the digital cholangioscope is introduced into the common bile duct. Then the cholangioscopic examination helps to identify neoplastic stenosis. Under direct visualization, the illumination catheter is advanced through the cholangioscope. Repositioning is done every centimeter. At the end of cholangioscopy, the bile duct is evaluated for immediate outcome and adverse events.
Result: This procedure was performed in an 82-year-old man with obstructive jaundice for the past two months. EUS and ERCP revealed severe dilation of the common bile duct associated with choledocholithiasis. In addition, there was dilation of the hepatic duct to a well-circumscribed hypoechoic solid mass measuring 1.8x2 cm, compressing the common hepatic duct. It was considered inoperable and the patient was referred for palliative treatment with PDT, which remained asymptomatic for three months. He died of complications 15 months after the PDT session.
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A 77-year-old woman with haematemesis presented to the emergency room. Her medical history included only hypertension and dyslipidaemia. When she presented to the emergency room, her vital signs indicated shock (heart rate: 100 beats/min, blood pressure: 79/56 mmHg), and blood tests revealed anaemia (haemoglobin: 9.6 g/dL), which suggested upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Non-contrast-enhanced CT was performed immediately because of renal dysfunction. CT revealed that the third part of the duodenum flexed steeply on the right side of the aorta and ran caudally, without crossing anterior to the aorta. The jejunum was located on the patient’s right side. The second part of the duodenum and the stomach were dilated, and there were high-density gastric contents that were considered to indicate a haematoma.
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed following the CT examination, which revealed a mucosal laceration at the gastric cardia. Bleeding from lacerations of the cardia of the stomach as a result of forceful vomiting was first reported by Mallory and Weiss in 1929.1 In our case, the third part of the duodenum flexed steeply, and the lumen was narrowed, which caused an obstruction. As a result, repeat vomiting was considered to have caused Mallory–Weiss syndrome.
On the basis of the CT findings showing that the duodenal-jejunal junction was located in the right hemi-abdomen, intestinal malrotation was suspected.2 However, 7 days later, when CT was repeated, spontaneous resolution of the malpositioned jejunum was seen. The patient was then discharged from the hospital. However, months later, she was rushed to the emergency room for repeat haematemesis. Dynamic CT was performed before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, on admission, and revealed contrast extravasation in the dilated stomach. Additionally, the third part of the duodenum was flexed on the right side of the aorta, and the duodenal-jejunal junction and jejunum were again located in the right hemi-abdomen. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a laceration at the gastric cardia, as in the previous endoscopy, which was considered Mallory–Weiss syndrome.
Two months after the second episode of haematemesis, the patient presented to the emergency room with nausea. Non-contrast-enhanced CT revealed no abnormalities in the duodenal positioning, but there was oedematous wall thickening in the second part of the duodenum. If we had not had previous CT images, we would have suspected duodenitis, but on the basis of all of the CT findings, we suspected the possibility of an underlying condition after the right-sided deviation of the small intestine had resolved spontaneously.
In summary, CT was performed 4 times over 5 months. The third and fourth parts of the duodenum and the jejunum deviated repeatedly, but this resolved spontaneously, which is not indicative of intestinal malrotation. Therefore, we diagnosed dysplasia of the ligament of Treitz.
Clinical outcomes
The patient underwent laparotomy, which revealed no abnormalities in the relative position of the duodenum to the jejunum. Additionally, the jejunum was located on the patient’s left side, and there was no intestinal malrotation. The ligament of Treitz was formed; however, its fixation in the upper jejunum was incomplete as it was attached only to the duodenum. The duodenal-jejunal junction was not fixed to the retroperitoneum, and the jejunum folded easily with the ligament of Treitz as a fulcrum. Surgically, the upper jejunum was fixed with 4 sutures to the retroperitoneum on the patient’s left side. The postoperative course was good, and the patient has remained symptom-free.
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A 77-year-old woman underwent CT to evaluate haematemesis. The images showed that the third part of the duodenum flexed steeply on the right side of the aorta and ran caudally, without crossing anterior to the aorta. The duodenal-jejunal junction and jejunum were located on the patient's right side. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a laceration at the gastric cardia, and a diagnosis of Mallory-Weiss syndrome was made. Repeat CT 7 days later revealed that the abnormal positioning of the intestinal tract had resolved spontaneously. Two months later, the patient experienced another episode of haematemesis, and CT revealed repeat deviation of the duodenal-jejunal junction and jejunum to her right side. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed another laceration at the gastric cardia, as in the previous study. On the basis of the initial CT findings showing the duodenal-jejunal junction in the right hemi-abdomen, intestinal malrotation was suspected. However, because the jejunum deviated repeatedly to the right side but resolved spontaneously, we diagnosed dysplasia of the ligament of Treitz. Laparotomy revealed a formed ligament of Treitz; however, fixation in the upper jejunum was incomplete. Additionally, CT revealed that the anterior pararenal space was loosely fixed and mobile. These factors may have caused the right-sided deviation of the small intestine.
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Patient and observation
Patient information (presentation of the patient): he is a 28-year-old single man without children, an active military. He has been present for 5 weeks with progressive abdominal pain, more marked in the epigastrium and the right hypochondrium, followed shortly after by a non-quantified fever, chills, profuse sweats in a context of anorexia and weight loss of 6 kg. Note that the patient is not a drinker or smoker, vaccinated with BCG and has no other contributing personal or family history.
Clinical findings: On admission, the physical examination found the patient in a general altered state, asthenic with a weight loss of 6 kg in one month. A clinical systemic inflammatory response syndrome was present with the following elements: a fever of 39.1 °C, tachycardia (124 beats/min), polypnea (22 cycles/min). The pulmonary examination and exploration of the superficial lymph node areas were without particularity. In the abdominal area, moderate sensitivity in the right hypochondrium with hepatomegaly was found.
Chronology: dates back to February 2022 with the onset of diffuse abdominal pain with diarrhea-constipation transit disorder, all in a context of preservation of general condition with low-grade fever predominantly at night. A syntagmatic treatment was unsuccessfully initiated. The evolution is marked by the persistence of low-grade fever associated with anorexia and progressive weight loss of 12 kg over three months. In the face of this transit disorder with unexplained fever and the deterioration of the general condition, the patient will be admitted to the emergency department for further investigation.
Diagnostic approach: upon admission, a biological infectious syndrome was reported with a neutrophilic predominant hyperleucocytosis (17800 cells/mm3) and a high C-reactive protein of 323 mg/L.
In the face of his abdominal pain, the lipase and troponin tests were normal at 38 IU/L (VN: <3 78 IU/L) and 4 ng/L (VN: 2 to 16 ng/L) respectively. The liver function was stable with ALT (alanine amino transferase) at 22 IU/L (VN: < 40UI/L), AST (aspartate amino transferase) at 17 IU/L (VN: < 35UI/L), GGT (gamma glutamyl transferase) at 42 IU/L (VN: < 50UI/L), PAL (alkaline phosphatase) at 115 IU/L (VN: 40- 150 IU/L) and normal bilirubinemia. The liver function was normal with a prothrombin rate of 78% and an albuminemia of 39 g/L. The blood ionogram and renal function were normal. The chest radiograph and abdominal ultrasound were without particularity.
With a procalcitonin positive at 4.1 ng/L, an infectious disease assessment to search for the infectious focus was initiated, including a cytobacteriological examination of urine and blood cultures during the febrile peaks at 39°C, which were both negative. The hepatitis viral B, C and HIV serologies, as well as the syphilis serology performed in hospital were all negative. The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and beta-2 microglobulin were normal at 231 IU/L and 2.28 mg/L respectively. The GeneXpert to search for the Mycobacterium on these bioptic pieces was negative. The quantiferon was negative. The search for the Mycobacterium on the morning expectorations of 3 consecutive days was negative.
On the morphological level, a thoraco-abdomino-pelvic scan showed an enlarged liver (hepatic arrow at 17 cm), the site of multiple, well-defined, rounded hypodensities, which were not enhanced after injection of the contrast agent. The largest lesions were in segment I (21 x 16 mm) and segment V (36 x 27 mm). No suspicious lesions were detected in the thoracic and pelvic levels. The first liver biopsies obtained by echo-guided puncture revealed subacute, fibro-inflammatory liver lesions, with no histological evidence of specificity or malignancy.
A liver MRI following the scan objectified a dysmorphic liver, the site of lesions in heterogeneous signal T2 surrounded by a wall in hyper signal T2, enhanced in the periphery after injection of the contrast agent, the largest of which is located in segment I (20 x 22 mm) and in segment V (33 x 31 mm). No deep lymphadenopathy had been objectified, either in the scan or in the MRI. A diagnostic laparoscopy performed on the hepatic nodules, the histological examination found epithelioid and gigantocellular granulomas of varying size with caseous necrosis in favour of a hepatic tuberculosis.
Therapeutic intervention: the patient was put on anti-tuberculosis treatment according to the standard protocol for months: Phase 1: quadritherapy (Isoniazide + Rifampicine + Pyrazinamide + Ethambutol) in a single oral intake each morning on an empty stomach for 2 months. Phase 2: bithrapia (Isoniazide + Rifampicine) in a single oral intake each morning on an empty stomach for 4 months
Follow-up and results of therapeutic interventions: from the first days of treatment, a good response was obtained with disappearance of the inflammatory syndrome with systemic response both clinically and biologically. After three months of treatment, a control scan of the liver showed a decrease in the number and volume of liver lesions.
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This clinical case was reported in a young Moroccan, presenting a picture of hepatic colic that had been developing for a month, associated with subtle signs of tuberculous infection. Non-specific hepatic nodular lesions were revealed on the scanner and on the hepatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The diagnosis of focal hepatic tuberculosis was confirmed after pathological analysis of hepatic nodule biopsies obtained after a laparoscopy. After the start of well-conducted anti-bacillary treatment, a good clinical-biological improvement was obtained.
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A 12-year-old boy with Down Syndrome and motoric disorders was referred from the Pediatric Department to the Oral Medicine Department of RS Hasan Sadikin Bandung. The patient was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and myeloradiculopathy. The patient’s mother said that the patient was admitted to the hospital because of weakness in both patient’s hands and feet. The patient had a history of falling down about one year ago. The patient’s mother also had a difficulty in cleaning the patient’s oral cavity regularly.
In the extraoral examination, the patient had a dysmorphic face. The patient also had a cracking and desquamative condition of the vermillion border of the lips. Lymph node examination could not be assessed because the patient wore a cervical collar. The intraoral examination showed an irregular ulcer with 1×0.7 cm in diameter, indurated margin, and white-yellowish base at the right lateral border of the tongue. There was dentinal caries on 63 tooth and also the tooth remnants on 55, 62, 74, and 85 teeth. The upper and lower tooth remnants were suggested to be extracted by pediatric dentist. The space of the extracted teeth will be maintained using a space maintainer. The 55 tooth was sharp and caused an occlusion trauma to the right lateral border of the tongue.
Laboratory examination showed a decrease in sodium value (130 mEq/L) and an increase in lymphocyte value (46%). The MRI examination was performed in the Radiology Department to determine the presence of abnormalities in the cervical spine. The results of the MRI examination showed a dislocation of the patient’s cervical spine. The patient’s mother provided informed consent to publish the patient’s case details and any accompanying images.
Based on the history review, the clinical examination, and appropriate investigation, the patient was diagnosed with a chronic traumatic ulcer mimicking OSCC, exfoliative cheilitis, reversible pulpitis of 63 teeth, and radix gangrene on 55, 62, 74, and 85 teeth. The diagnosis of the chronic ulcer was based on clinical examination. There was an indurated margin in the traumatic lesion, which mimicked Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma clinically. The patient has been hospitalized for 4 days and was given paracetamol 120 mg/5 mL oral suspension and amoxicillin 125 mg/5 mL oral suspension from the Pediatric Department. The patient also was given sodium chloride 0.9% solution, povidone-iodine mouthwash 1%, and petroleum jelly from the Oral Medicine Department. The patient’s mother was instructed to clean the patient’s oral cavity using gauze soaked in sodium chloride 0.9% solution, compress the ulcer using povidone-iodine mouthwashes 1% three times a day as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory agent to the oral ulcer, and apply petroleum jelly to moisturize the patient’s lips. The patient was also suggested to extract the 55, 62, 74, and 85 teeth.
In the second visit (3 days follow-up), oral lesions already showed improvement. In the third visit (1-week follow-up), the size of the oral ulcer at the lateral border of the tongue was getting smaller and the lesion of the lips had some improvement.
In the fourth visit (10 days follow-up), the size of the oral ulcer at the lateral border of the tongue already had significant improvement. Two days after the fourth visit, the patient underwent neurosurgery. The patient was observed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit postoperatively. After two weeks of observation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the experienced respiratory failure and was declared dead.
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A 12-year-old boy with Down Syndrome and motoric disorders was referred to Oral Medicine Department. In the extraoral examination, the patient had a dysmorphic face and dry lips. Lymph node examination could not be assessed because the patient wore a cervical collar. The intraoral examination showed an irregular ulcer with 1×0.7 cm in diameter, indurated margin, and white-yellowish base at the right lateral border of the tongue. The 55 teeth were sharp and caused an occlusion trauma to the right lateral border of the tongue. The patient was diagnosed with a chronic traumatic ulcer mimicking OSCC based on clinical examination. The medication given to the patient were sodium chloride 0.9%, povidone-iodine mouthwash 1%, and petroleum jelly.
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We present a case of a 59-year-old lady with a twelve-year history of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis who was referred to ophthalmology with a few weeks’ history of bilateral blurring of vision.
The patient had no past ophthalmic history and no drug history other than the anti-epileptic medications related to her multiple sclerosis. Previously documented ophthalmic examinations did not reveal any signs of Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy, and the patient has no family history of corneal pathology.
The patient had been on amantadine therapy at a dose of 100mg twice daily for the past 7 years and was started on levetiracetam 250mg twice daily as an add-on agent. Visual deterioration was experienced shortly after commencement of levetiracetam therapy for a breakthrough seizure.
On examination, the patient’s best corrected visual acuity was 0.5 logMAR right eye and 0.5 logMAR left eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed corneal edema involving both eyes and absence of uveitis. Corrected intraocular pressures were 16mmHg right eye and 18mmHg left eye. Corneal topography was performed which confirmed bilateral significant corneal thickening with a right central corneal thickness of 936μm and left central corneal thickness of 1134μm. The rest of the eye examination was normal.
Since amantadine is a known cause of corneal edema, it was agreed with the patient and her caring neurologist to switch from amantadine to lamotrigine. Levetiracetam therapy was continued at this stage. No improvement in vision was noted two months after this change in treatment. The patient expressed the wish to temporarily stop levetiracetam on a trial basis in view of the direct temporal association between the onset of symptoms and the commencement of the medication.
Amantadine was re-introduced, while levetiracetam dose was tapered. Improvement in vision was noted a few days after levetiracetam dose reduction. Levetiracetam was stopped altogether, and the patient remained on amantadine and lamotrigine. A provisional diagnosis of levetiracetam-induced corneal edema was made at this stage. Her vision normalized and repeat corneal topography six months after stopping the levetiracetam showed a right central corneal thickness of 567μm and a left central corneal thickness of 573μm, and a visual acuity of 0.2 logMAR both eyes. Slit-lamp examination confirmed clear cornea and the absence of corneal guttata in either eye.
The patient was examined again thirteen months after the first presentation. No further changes in her medications were made, and her vision had remained stable at 0.2 logMAR in both eyes. Repeat corneal topography showed no further changes.
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A 59-year-old woman was referred to the ophthalmology department with a few weeks’ history of bilateral blurring of vision. She is a known case of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, and she was started on levetiracetam by her neurologist a few weeks prior to referral in view of new seizure activity. Examination revealed bilateral clinically evident corneal edema, which was documented on corneal topography.
Results
Upon levetiracetam dose reduction, symptoms started to improve and eventually the medication was stopped altogether. The patient’s vision and corneal edema normalized on follow-up.
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A 77-year-old male patient presented with a history of moderate cognitive impairment. The patient was admitted to the emergency department for a tonic-clonic seizure at home. The patient presented hemodynamically unstable in the context of a postcritical state and suspected intrapelvic bleeding. The code for a polytraumatized patient was activated, not because of the mechanism of injury, but because of the patient's hemodynamic status. He was stabilized and optimized in the emergency department with intravenous fluid and transfusion of packed red blood cells. A pelvic girdle was placed. Once hemodynamic stability was achieved, a physical examination was performed. Clinically, the patient presented a shortening of the lower limb compared to the contralateral limb, external rotation and joint blockage when performing the log roll test in both limbs. He presented functional impotence in both hips. Given the patient's condition when he arrived at the emergency department, it was not possible to assess the neurological status. He had no signs of external injuries or bruises. Distal pulses were present at the foot level. He could move his upper limbs. A chest and anteroposterior pelvic radiograph was performed as part of the code for a polytraumatized patient, pending completion of an abdominal-pelvic computed tomography (CT) study. A bilateral femoral dislocation was diagnosed in the pelvic radiograph. The patient underwent a procedure to correct the dislocation.
Computed tomography angiography to rule out vascular lesions given the instability in hemodynamic that presented itself on admission. Vascular lesions were ruled out after the angiography. In the 3D-CT reconstruction of the pelvis, a bilateral transverse acetabular fracture was found, according to the classification of Letournel and a bilateral longitudinal fracture of the iliac wing was found, along with intrapelvic protrusion of both femoral heads. After initial evaluation, supracondylar traction was placed on the femoral head in both extremities and the pelvic traction was removed. The patient was admitted to the recovery unit until surgery, where he remained with the traction supracondylar femoral head in both extremities and the pelvic traction was removed. The patient was operated on the eighth day of admission. In our service, the acetabular fractures were ruled out after seven days waiting for the formation of a fibrosis in the focus of fracture and the decrease of intraoperative bleeding during surgical procedures. It was decided to perform the surgery in two stages due to the long duration of each intervention. Both surgeries were performed with general anaesthesia, tranexamic acid was administered to prevent intraoperative bleeding and decrease blood transfusions in relation to the surgeries; and antibiotic (cefazolin 2 g preoperatively and 1 g of cefazolin every 8 hours postoperatively for 24 hours) as an intrahospital protocol. During the postoperative period, enoxaparin 40 mg was administered subcutaneously every 24 hours for seven weeks. Initially, the surgery of the left hemipelvis was performed since, at the radiographic level, it presented greater pelvic protrusion and it was not desirable that a hematoma in the soft tissue phase could generate complications at the time of extraction of the femoral head (vascular injuries, intraoperative bleeding). The supracondylar traction was removed. The patient was placed in lateral decubitus, and a posterior lateral approach was performed with a Moore's autograft in the acetabular background (fracture focus). Subsequently, the anti-protrusion ring was implanted (Burch SchneiderTM Reinforcement Cage, Zimmer Biomet) anchored to the ischium and ilium. Prior to the implantation of the ring, it was necessary to perform dissection of the gluteal musculature (gluteus minimus and medius) to correctly place the femoral head. The medial ischial fracture of the ring was also anchored with screws. The check was performed under the control of a scope to verify the correct implantation. Subsequently, a double mobility cementaed acetabular ring was implanted and then the non-cemented femoral stem was implanted. After finishing the placement of the components, the capsule and pelvic musculature were closed by means of transosseous trochanteric points. The surgery of the right hemipelvis was performed seven days later. The patient was placed in lateral decubitus. To address the longitudinal fracture of the iliac wing, the first window of the ilio-inguinal approach was performed. It was synthesised with a six-hole anatomical plate. Subsequently, the same procedure as the previous surgery was performed, using an anti-protrusion ring with a double mobility cemented femoral stem and non-cemented femoral stem. This type of anti-protrusion rings are used when there are acetabular fractures that could be equivalent to a pelvic disjunction (type IV classification of acetabular defects of the AAOS) and an anchorage in the ischium and ilium of the ring is needed to support the ring. They are not indicated for isolated fractures of the anterior or posterior wall of the acetabulum where there is no involvement of the acetabular background. During admission, the patient remained in bed and was mobilised to avoid decubitus ulcers. Once the second intervention was performed and when the patient tolerated it clinically, he began to transfer with the use of a wheelchair. In bed he was allowed to have a full range of motion without restriction. The patient was discharged four weeks later and did not begin to load or walk until six weeks. He began to load with the use of a walking stick. We decided to delay loading because, despite the use of arthroplasty as a treatment, it was decided to wait until there was an initial consolidation of the graft in the acetabular background that provided better support for the ring. It was also added that the patient presented bilateral involvement and it would be difficult to start partial loading, given that he did not have a healthy hip to support. During the follow-up of the patient, at 12 months of the intervention he was already doing full load with the use of a walking stick, with a Harris hip score of 79 in the left hip and 77 in the right hip; and a score of 12 on the WOMAC scale. He has not presented any postoperative complications to date. The patient is satisfied clinically, he reports occasional discomfort and a slight limp of the right side. He has a full range of motion in the examination and does not report having had any episode of instability since the surgery.
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77-year-old patient with a history of moderate cognitive impairment who suffered bilateral central dislocation of the hip in the context of a generalized convulsive seizure. Clinically, upon arrival in the emergency department, the patient presented a shortening of the lower right limb compared to the contralateral limb, external rotation and joint blockage when performing the log roll test in both limbs. Imaging and clinical optimization study was performed prior to surgery. It was performed in two stages: first the left hip on the eighth day of admission and the right hip on the fifteenth. In both surgeries the same procedure was performed by implanting an anti-protrusive ring and prosthesis with double mobility acetabulum with non-cemented femoral stem. In the immediate postoperative period, the patient did not present any complications associated with the surgery. In the 12-month follow-up, the patient performed a full load with a Harris hip score (HHS) of 77 in the right hip and 79 in the left; 12 points in the WOMAC scale. He has not presented any postoperative complications to date.
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A 19-month-old boy was admitted to the Emergency Department because he fell from his baby feeding highchair. This fall occurred in apparent well-being, without the presence of anticipatory signs or symptoms. First, he fell on his gluteus and then he banged his head (occiput) on the ground. He presented with vomiting (three episodes) and he was very irritable. His respiratory rate and heart rate were >60 breaths and >150 beats per minute, while oxygen saturation was <80%. Upon physical examination, the child was hydrated and conscious, but irritable. More importantly, we noted subcostal retractions, and, at the auscultation, decreased breath sounds in the left basal part of chest. The patient was ventilated with an AMBU balloon connected to an oxygen source and monitored with a pulse oximeter. Despite our intervention, oxygen saturation fell below 70% and the more we ventilated, the more the saturation dropped down. The lung ultrasound showed the absence of the typical A lines and the consolidation of the lung, which was directly visualized as a solid parenchyma. On the basis of the poor clinical condition, the patient underwent orotracheal intubation with a cuffed endotracheal tube. After the baby was stabilized, he underwent a chest computed tomography (CT) showing complete atelectasis of the left lung with an interruption of the main left bronchus at 12 cm from bronchial bifurcation. An FBA was suspected as the mother also stated that the baby in the previous days had an intensive cough attack and disappeared within 24 h without any treatment. Therefore, a rigid bronchoscopy was performed and an almond of 2 cm in diameter in the main left bronchus was found and promptly removed.
The patient had never consumed almonds or other nuts before and in this circumstance ingested the almond by chance.
The baby had a progressive clinical improvement, and after 24 h, he was extubated and discharged from intensive care to be admitted to the general pediatrics ward for a few days with gradual and a total respiratory function recovery.
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We describe the case of a 19-month-old boy who accessed the emergency room initially for a head trauma. The clinical evaluation, however, revealed an unexplained serious respiratory distress needing tracheal intubation. After our evaluation, we hypothesized that the severe respiratory distress determined an altered state of consciousness with following head trauma. The radiological findings raised the suspicion of foreign body aspiration for the presence of an atelectasis of the entire left lung. The computed tomography showed an abrupt interruption of the main bronchus at 12 mm from the hull. The following bronchoscopy identified an almond of 2 cm.
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The patient was a 4-month-old male from central Mexico with two healthy male siblings. His mother was hypothyroid during the first trimester of pregnancy and took drugs. The infant was born with normal weight and size, was breast-fed, and received the BCG vaccine with no scarring. The mother of the patient was a prisoner in a jail cell with the infant in a crowded cell with two others.At 4 months, the patient was medically evaluated for a painful tumor in the left axilla. A chest X-ray showed suggestive images of rib fractures; the mother was suspected of child abuse, and the infant was admitted to a pediatric hospital. The infant was weighed (4,190 g) and measured (58 cm) below the third percentile, oxygen saturation of 70%, fever, cough, increased volume in the left axilla, and pain, redness, and warmth. The blood count showed: hemoglobin of 8.8 g/dL (11.0-12.6), 29.3 × 109 leukocytes/L (6.0-17.5), 18.4 × 109 neutrophils/L (1.0-8.5), 7.0 × 109 lymphocytes/L (4.0-13.5), 3.5 × 109 monocytes/L, 459 × 109 platelets/L (150-350), and C-reactive protein of 16 mg/L (< 3.0). The first thoracoabdominal tomography showed an abscess in the left axilla, lytic lesions in ribs 3-6, left apical pneumonia, pulmonary nodules in both lungs, and enlarged cervical and mediastinal lymph nodes. The biopsy of the left axilla abscess reported myositis and suppurative panniculitis. Only the culture for bacteria from the bronchoalveolar liquid was negative, and the PCR for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was negative. After 41 days of hospitalization and receiving two antimicrobial regimens of ceftriaxone-clindamycin and cefepime-vancomycin, the patient was discharged.
Two months later, at eight months of age, he was readmitted to hospital with a fever, irritability and a suppurating abscess in the left scapula. The blood count showed haemoglobin of 10.8 g/dl (10.5-12), 21.2 × 109 leukocytes/L (6-17), 12.2 × 109 neutrophils/L (1.5-8.5), 7.5 × 109 lymphocytes/L (4-10.5), 1.2 × 109 monocytes/L (600), and 583 × 109 platelets/L (150-350); the serum test for HIV was negative. A left apical consolidation, bronchiectasis, lytic lesions in ribs 2-7 and dorsal vertebrae 2-7, and a multilocular fluid collection were observed on a chest scan; ultrasound showed a fistula associated with the scapular abscess. The patient received piperacillin-tazobactam, which was later replaced with voriconazole after Aspergillus fumigatus was detected in the secretion sample culture. Given the recurrence and severity of the infection, an innate immunity defect was suspected. The dihydrorhodamine test showed no production of reactive oxygen species and the gp91phox expression in neutrophils was absent, establishing a diagnosis of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease. The pathogenic variant detected by next-generation sequencing was c.80_83del/Y (p.Val27Glyfs*33) in CYBB. The mother was a carrier of the variant (c.80_83del/WT). The two older male siblings, who were apparently healthy, could not be genetically tested. The patient was discharged after 65 days of hospitalisation and 28 days of voriconazole treatment. Daily antibiotic prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and antifungal prophylaxis with fluconazole twice a week were initiated. Two months later, at one year of age, the infant was readmitted due to multifocal pneumonia, for which mechanical respiratory assistance was required. The galactomannan antigen was detected in the serum and A. fumigatus was detected in the culture of the lavage fluid, so treatment with voriconazole was initiated again. The patient suffered a multiple organ failure and died one month after admission.
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A case of infant with chronic granulomatous disease and invasive aspergillosis is reported. The infant was a 4-month-old male infant living with his mother in a prison cell. The infant had tumors in the left axillary region and a chest X-ray suggested rib fractures; he was hospitalized on suspicion of child abuse. A chest X-ray showed an axillary abscess, osteolysis of ribs, pneumonia and pulmonary nodules; the patient received broad spectrum antibiotics and was discharged. At 8 months, he was readmitted with fever and extension of the purulent abscess to the left shoulder region; a chest X-ray showed worsening of the condition. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the secretion of the abscess and invasive aspergillosis was diagnosed; voriconazole was initiated for 28 days. A dihydro rhodamine test was performed and a diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease caused by the pathogenic variant c.80_83del/Y of the CYBB gene, carried by the mother (c.80_83del/WT), was made. At 12 months, the patient was readmitted with invasive aspergillosis, resistant to treatment, with fatal outcome.
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Male patient, 25 years old, Sundanese, presented at the Dental Hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran with the chief complaint of mouth sores, which are painful on the upper and lower lips and exacerbated when eating and talking. Initially, four days ago, canker sores started in the oral cavity, then appeared on the lips two days later. The patient tried to self-medicate by applying petroleum jelly which he used to relieve his symptoms, but it did not improve. The patient replaced the drug with triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% in orabase ointment purchased at the pharmacy and applied it once a day. Canker sores were getting better but did not cure.
The patient had history a of fever for about a week before the canker sores appeared and there were no lesions on other parts of the body. He stated that the workload was quite heavy and he had not consumed a balanced nutritional diet for about one and a half months. He had no medical history, history of food allergies, or history of taking medication. He had no history of alcohol consumption or smoking, but he had a frequent habit of licking his lips. He also had a history of chickenpox when he was a child.
The patient had no fever with all vital signs within normal limits on general examination. Extra-oral examination showed no abnormalities in the lymph nodes. There were serosanguineous crusts that felt painful and bleed easily on the lips. Intra-oral examination revealed erythematous lesions, irregular in shape, and had diffuse borders, accompanied by pain in the upper and lower labial mucosa. Hyperkeratotic white plaque that could not be scraped off, irregular in shape, has diffuse borders, without pain in the region of tooth 38 left buccal mucosa. Yellowish-white plaques were seen on 1/3 of the posterior surface of the dorsal tongue, which could be scraped off without leaving an erythematous area, and there were indentations in the form of dental impressions without pain on the lateral right and left sides of the tongue. A painless hard nodule about 2×1 x 0.5 cm in size was seen in the midline of the hard palate. Several teeth were found in caries, radix, and edentulous conditions in all regions. The oral hygiene was poor.
Examination of psychological conditions was evaluated using the DASS-21 questionnaire and showed normal depression level (score 0), normal anxiety level (score 6), and normal stress level (score 6). Based on history and clinical examination, the working diagnosis was suspected HAEM, accompanied by the coated tongue, frictional keratosis, crenated tongue, torus palatinus, reversible pulpitis of tooth 18, irreversible pulpitis of tooth 47, chronic apical periodontitis et causa radix of tooth 15, and edentulous teeth 28, 37, 36, and 46. The differential diagnosis of suspected HAEM lesions on the lips was exfoliative cheilitis. However, exfoliative cheilitis did not have herpes virus involvement. The patient was indicated for serological testing (IgG anti-HSV-1) to confirm the diagnosis. Oral health-related quality of life was measured, and the results of the OHIP-14 examination at the first visit were 35 (moderate OHRQol).
The non-pharmacological therapy included instruction to maintain oral hygiene by brushing the teeth and tongue using a soft-bristled toothbrush two times a day and using non-detergent toothpaste. Education was given such as increasing the intake of water by at least two liters per day, consuming a balanced nutritional diet, avoiding acidic, spicy, hard, and monosodium glutamate-containing foods, and stopping the bad habit of licking and peeling the skin of the lips. The pharmacological therapy included topical and systemic medications. The topical medications included instructions to compress the lips with gauze moistened with 0.9% NaCl solution at least three times a day and to apply a thin layer of triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% in orabase to the lips three times a day. The systemic medications included instruction to take a multivitamin once a day.
The progress of improvement was visible in the first follow-up, two days after the initial visit. The pain in the lips was reduced, but the canker sores have not healed. Extra-oral examination revealed serosanguinous crusts on the lips which were still painful and bled easily. The serological test result (IgG anti-HSV-1) was positive with a ratio of: 6.32 (positive: ratio > 1.1). The definitive diagnosis was established based on the history, clinical examination, and serological tests as HAEM. The non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapy was continued, and systemic medication was added in the form of instructions to consume acyclovir 200 mg tablets five times a day for one week.
Significant improvement was visible in the second follow-up, five days after the previous visit, showing excellent healing in all of the patient’s oral lesions. The OHIP-14 result at the last visit was 4 (good OHRQoL). The patient’s physical, psychological, and social conditions showed improvement and returned to normal after 7 days of treatment. Patient was referred to continue dental and oral care in the periodontics, dental conservation, oral surgery, and prosthodontics departments. The patient has approved and written informed consent for the case details to be published included publication of the images, and the institution has also approved for publication. This case had complied with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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A 25-year-old male patient came to the Department of Oral Medicine with the chief complaint of painful canker sores on the lips. Extra-oral examination revealed serosanguineous crusts on the lips that were painful and easily bleed. Intra-oral examination showed diffused and painful irregular erythematous lesions on the upper and lower labial mucosa. The anti-HSV1 IgG test was positive. The patient was diagnosed with HAEM.
Case management: Pharmacological therapy included triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% in orabase, acyclovir tablets, multivitamins, and 0.9% NaCl. Non-pharmacological therapy included advice on maintaining good oral hygiene, avoiding spicy and sour foods, and breaking the bad habit of licking the lips.
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A 29-year-old woman, Para 1, with abnormal vaginal bleeding of one-month duration presented to the gynecology outpatient department of a level 2 hospital. She was HIV positive, commenced on antiretroviral treatment following diagnosis, but had defaulted the antiretroviral treatment for one month when she became ill with vaginal bleeding, resulting in virological and immunological failures (viral load 37400 copies/mL and CD4 count 26 cells/μL). Of note, it was unclear when the patient first started showing HIV symptoms. However, she was diagnosed with HIV about a year prior to presentation. Physical examination revealed a large mass on the cervix measuring 8 × 8 cm extending to the parametrium and to the pelvic side walls bilaterally. There was bleeding on contact and foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Ultrasonography detected a bulky cervix and bilateral hydronephrosis. The patient was clinically diagnosed with cervical malignancy stage 3B. She was recommenced on antiretroviral therapy with a treatment change from TLD (Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir combination) to a preferable renal friendly regimen (Lamivudine-Abacavir-Dolutegravir combination). A punch biopsy of the cervix was performed, and the histopathological report revealed the diagnosis of an extra-nodal BL. The immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization confirmed the diagnosis, with CD20, CD75a, CD10, PAX5 and Bcl-6 positive. In addition, the CD44 and c-Myc were positive, with the EBER-ISH demonstrating focal positivity. The Ki67 demonstrated a proliferation index of almost 100% and PAX5 moderately positive BCL6. She had white cell count of 2.67 x109/L, haemoglobin of 5.7g/dl and platelet count of 71 × 109/L. Results of other investigations were serum creatinine 187 mmol/L, urea 11.1 mmol/l, albumin 21 g/l, aspartate transaminase 41 U/l and alkaline phosphatase 100 U/l.
Following histological confirmation of the diagnosis and review at an oncology multidisciplinary meeting, she spent 43 days waiting to start treatment at oncology unit. The delay was due to long waiting list. This delay exceeded the 48 hours waiting period during which oncological treatment for BL should commence following diagnosis. The treatment plan was chemo-radiation therapy, and the patient gave written informed consent for the case to be published. However, she demised in the gynaecological ward on the 43rd day while waiting to start the treatment. During the 43 days, further imaging could not be performed due to poor functionality of the available CT and MRI machines. In addition to antiretroviral therapy, the patient received other supportive care such as blood transfusion and analgesia. Again, the number of days between the diagnosis of the BL and her death was 43 days. Histopathological postmortem was not performed as the diagnoses (BL and retroviral disease) were known. We reckon that the main primary cause of death is challenging to assign because of the multiple principal diagnoses. Because BL has rapid progression and high mortality rate in persons living with HIV particularly with high viral load, the attending physician certifying the death assigned BL as the most likely cause of death. However, the secondary cause of death was multiple organ failure (renal and haematological inclusive).
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The patient was a 29-year-old woman, Para 1, with abnormal vaginal bleeding for a month and living with HIV and had a CD4 of 26 cells/μL. The histological examination of the cervical biopsy confirmed an extra-nodal BL. She had International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage 3B cervical cancer based on presence of hydronephrosis and pelvic wall involvement. The patient was reviewed at the oncology multidisciplinary meeting and required chemoradiation. There was delay in her management due to a long waiting list for chemoradiation at oncology unit in the referral center and the patient demised 43 days after diagnosis and did not receive the treatment.
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A 56-year-old female patient presented with complaints of dyspnea that required oxygen supplementation. Her medical history dates back to July 2013 when she was hospitalized in the chest ward for dyspnea and cough with yellow sputum. She was subsequently diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome complicated with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and PAH (Table I). Her chest X-ray at that time showed vascular markings with interstitial thickening, costophrenic (CP) angle blunting and cardiomegaly. An echocardiogram revealed a pulmonary arterial (PA) systolic pressure of 99 mmHg, enlargement of the right atrium and ventricle, D-shaped left ventricle (LV), and severe tricuspid regurgitation. Chest CNYCT showed no filling defects, excluding pulmonary embolism; it also displayed an enlarged pulmonary trunk, right atrium (RA), and right ventricle (RV), further evidencing pulmonary hypertension. Symptoms of dry mouth, dry eyes, and cracked tongue mucosa, with a Schirmer’s test showing <5 cm, oculus uterque (OU). A positive minor salivary gland biopsy, nuclear medicine scan showing impaired salivary gland function, and a positive anti-Ro test, confirmed Sjogren’s syndrome. She started on Revatio (Sildenafil) 20 mg three times a day (TID) for pulmonary hypertension control, adding Tracleer (Bosentan) in 2016 due to disease progression. A right heart catheterization (RHC) revealed a mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) of 39 mmHg, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) nearly 15 Woods, and a wedge pressure of 4, indicating pre-capillary type, group I, CTD-related PAH in 2017. The right heart catheterization (RHC) report allowed for insurance coverage of Opsumit (Macitentan) 10 mg once a day (QD), replacing Tracleer (Bosentan) in 2017. From 2017 to 2020, she was hospitalized multiple times for steroid treatments to manage her underlying Sjogren’s syndrome.
Pulmonary hypertension treatment is risk-based, and until 2017, the patient was considered low to intermediate risk, controlled with two medications (Sildenafil + Macitentan). Her condition remained stable until October 2020, when she experienced worsened dyspnea accompanied by cough and expectoration of white sputum, suggestive of infection. On November 10, 2020, the patient experienced severe dyspnea, cold sweats, and cyanosis, with SpO2 dropping to 70%, necessitating 100% O2 via face tent. Blood gas and lab tests revealed a lactate level of 5.2 mmol/l and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) over 10,000 pg/ml, strongly suggesting cardiogenic shock. She was prepped for intensive care unit (ICU) admission, intubated, and initiated on four pulmonary hypertension medications. Her condition stabilized and showed improvement, preventing further deterioration. On November 12, 2020, evaluation for heart-lung transplantation began. Her condition continued to improve with off vasopressors on November 13, 2020, and extubating on November 14, 2020, and transferred to a general ward on November 21, 2020, with O2 tapered to nasal cannula 2l/min. A follow-up RHC continued to show elevated pulmonary artery pressure, likely attributed to chronic hypertension leading to right heart strain and eventual failure. After intensive care unit (ICU) treatment, she was referred to National Taiwan University Hospital for evaluation for heart-lung transplant.
Reviewing the records since the onset of her illness, it was evident that pulmonary artery pressure had steadily increased, and the distance covered in the 6-minute walk test was progressively shortened. Currently, the patient is classified as high risk. She continues regular hospitalizations for control. Despite the relatively stable condition, her chief complaint during the admission is still dyspnea. The physical examination revealed mild rhonchi ILD and a pansystolic murmur indicative of severe valvular heart disease, with no other significant findings. Ventavis (Iloprost) 10 mcg/ml 2 ml was added in 2020. Molecular hydrogen therapy (1 capsule/day) was initiated in May 2023. Hydrogen capsules (PURE HYDROGEN) were purchased from HoHo Biotech Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan, ROC). Each capsule contained 170 mg of hydrogen-rich coral calcium containing 1.7×1,021 molecules of hydrogen, which is equivalent to 24 cups of water with 1,200 ppb of hydrogen or 0.6 mM of hydrogen per 200 ml of water. Adjuvant therapy with hydrogen capsules resulted in increased CD127 + Treg, decreased anti-Ro antibody, decreased B cell subsets, and stabilization of clinical symptoms and signs was observed following the addition of hydrogen therapy in this patient. No adverse reactions or events were observed following the administration of hydrogen capsules. Flow cytometry and serological examination were employed for whole-blood analysis to assess changes in immune cells and autoantibody before and after hydrogen therapy. For subsequent whole-blood analysis via flow cytometry, blood samples were prepared using standard fluorescent dye preparation methods and fluorescent antibody reagent kits with dried reagents (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, USA). The methods, steps, immunophenotypic analysis, and cell gating were conducted following previously described procedures. Our analysis of immunophenotypic markers before and after hydrogen therapy revealed increased CD127 + Treg and decreased B cell subsets after treatment. Moreover, this study adheres to the CARE reporting guidelines (2013 CARE Checklist).
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We present the case of a 56-year-old female with CTD-PAH, diagnosed in 2013 with Sjogren’s syndrome complicated by interstitial lung disease (ILD) and PAH. Despite treatment with sildenafil, bosentan, macitentan, iloprost, and corticosteroids, her condition deteriorated, resulting in severe dyspnea and cardiogenic shock in 2020. In May 2023, molecular hydrogen therapy was initiated as an adjuvant treatment. The patient received daily hydrogen capsules, which led to increased CD127+ Treg cells, reduced anti-Ro antibodies, and decreased B cell subsets. Her clinical symptoms stabilized without adverse effects.
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The patient was a 45-year-old male born in Pakistan who had resided in Portugal for 7 years. He had a history of grade 3 obesity, with no other known personal history or usual pharmacological therapy.
The patient sought emergency care for fever, dry cough, dyspnea, chest pain, dysgeusia, headache and myalgia with 4 days of evolution. In the summary neurological examination at admission, there were no reported changes. In the evaluation of the respiratory system, tachypnea and pulmonary auscultation with bilateral rough vesicular murmur, without other adventitious sounds, were noted. The remainder of the objective examination showed no changes.
Of the complementary diagnostic tests performed at admission, there was a slight increase in inflammatory parameters and in arterial blood gases under an inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2) of 21%, with type 1 respiratory failure and extensive predominant bilateral, peripheral and basal opacities on chest teleradiography. After a positive reverse-transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 (nasal and oropharyngeal exudate) and negative tests for influenza A and B, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila, a diagnosis of pneumonia by SARS-CoV-2 infection was established.
Over the first 48 hours, progressive worsening of fatigue, dyspnea and type 1 respiratory failure, requiring an increase in supplemental oxygen therapy, were observed. Due to the lack of improvement, noninvasive mechanical ventilation was initiated; however, due to poor adherence, high-flow oxygen therapy was initiated through a nasal cannula, without a response to therapy.
In this context, the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), level III, where he underwent sedoanalgesia and orotracheal intubation with connection to invasive mechanical ventilation.
On the eleventh day of hospitalization, treatment with remdesivir, dexamethasone, enoxaparin and empirical antibiotic therapy with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and azithromycin, administered on suspicion of bacterial overinfection, was continued. During this period, sustained fever was observed, with a weak response to antipyretic therapy, with improvements in inflammatory parameters after the third day of hospitalization in the ICU.
To exclude any concomitant infectious etiology, intravenous devices were replaced, and blood cultures, cultures of the tip of the central catheter and bronchial secretions, urinalysis, urine culture and transthoracic echocardiography were performed. Among the cultures, the blood culture yielded the only positive result, i.e., Klebsiella pneumoniae, which is sensitive to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, which the patient was already receiving. The summary echocardiogram did not reveal valve changes suggestive of endocarditis, but the patient presented hypokinesia of the lateral wall and left ventricular apex, as well as poor biventricular function. A slight increase in troponins (1.8ng/mL) and ST-segment depression in leads I and aVL were confirmed, suggesting the existence of acute coronary syndrome or septic cardiomyopathy.
Other noninfectious causes of febrile symptoms in the critically ill patient were excluded, including treatment with neuroleptics or altered thyroid function.
Notably, there was a need for inotropic support with dobutamine in the ventilatory weaning phase as well as noninvasive ventilatory support after orotracheal extubation, which occurred on the fifteenth day of hospitalization.
On the sixteenth day of hospitalization (nineteenth day of confirmed disease), there was an episode of altered state of consciousness, conjugated deviation of gaze to the right and myoclonus of the face and thoracic region to the left followed by a generalized tonic-clonic seizure crisis, which ceased after midazolam therapy. The hypothesis that the seizure occurred in the context of a hypoxic-ischemic event was excluded because the patient remained normotensive, there was never a peri-event or hypoxemia, serum lactate level was normal, and diuresis remained preserved. Any ionic or glycemic disorders that could explain the inaugural seizure episode were excluded.
In the post-critical period, there was an absence of eye opening, no verbal response, failure to localize to pain (coma scale of Glasgow 7), and persistent left hemiparesis grade 3 out of 5. Due to the need for airway protection, the patient was sedated, subjected to orotracheal intubation and started on anticonvulsant therapy.
In the process of diagnosis of the convulsive episode, after cranial computed tomography confirmed no changes, the patient was subjected to lumbar puncture, with turbid CSF output and mild proteinorrachia but without pleocytosis and with normal opening pressure. In the CSF, neurotropic virus and venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL), acid-alcohol resistant bacteria tests and an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 were requested, and samples were collected for culture. Electroencephalography was performed 1 hour after propofol suspension and under fentanyl, with a single record and total duration of 13 minutes; the findings indicated no changes.
After confirmation of a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the CSF, without CSF pleiocytosis, the hypothesis of bacterial but nonviral meningitis was excluded, considering the hypothesis of encephalitis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed on the seventeenth day of hospitalization showed multiple image artifacts associated with patient movement during the procedure, suggesting the need to repeat the examination.
After discontinuation of sedoanalgesia, a change in consciousness was observed, with a Glasgow coma scale score of 14, persistent left hemiparesis with muscle strength grade 4 in 5 and an absence of involuntary movements, allowing safe orotracheal extubation in 24 hours. Given the favorable clinical outcome, brain biopsy was excluded. On the twenty-first day of hospitalization, the patient was transferred to the ward.
The patient maintained apyrexia without altered state of consciousness. No new episodes of involuntary movements were observed, and on the twenty-sixth day of hospitalization, he underwent a reassessment MRI, which revealed no pathological changes. As he maintained a favorable clinical evolution, the patient was discharged on the thirty-first day of hospitalization without antiepileptic drugs and with an appointment for follow-up with the internal medicine department.
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The authors present the clinical case of a 45-year-old man admitted for pneumonia with a positive result for SARS-CoV-2, with no neurological history, who, on the 16th day of admission, presented a sudden change in consciousness accompanied by a conjugate deviation of the gaze to the right and myoclonia of the face and thoracic region to the left, followed by a generalized tonic-clonic convulsive seizure, associated with persistent left hemiparesis. From the study carried out, the existence of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid is highlighted. The patient presented a clinical evolution with gradual improvement, and the outcome was favourable.
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This is a 32-year-old patient, a baker, from Bamako, who was admitted to the Infectious and Tropical Diseases department of the CHU du Point G (Bamako, Mali) on 27 April 2023 for chronic productive cough, otalgia and a chronic right-sided purulent otorrhea.
The symptomatology would be of progressive installation in 1 month, initially treated in a medical center with artésunate, paracetamol and unspecified antibiotics for confirmed malaria and acute otitis media, without success. He is immunosuppressed by a HIV1 infection, diagnosed and put on a tritherapy antiretroviral (TARV) Tenofovir/Lamivudine/Dolutégravir 7 months ago, not observed due to denial of his illness.
The general physical examination found a fever (38.2 °C), altered general condition, otalgia, purulent right foul-smelling otorrhea, a right basal pulmonary condensation syndrome, a normal neurological examination, without the involvement of the cranial nerves, mainly the facial nerve VII and the VIII cochleovestibular nerve.
In the ENT examination, the otoscopy of the right ear showed an inflammatory external auditory canal with purulent secretions and the presence of a single tympanic perforation in the anterior-inferior quadrant. The left ear is normal. The Rinne and Weber test is in favor of a right conductive hearing loss.
Immuno-virological evaluation shows a CD4 count of 118 cells/pl and a viral load of 12,370 copies/ml at the time of diagnosis of HIV infection, compared to a viral load of 9,460 copies/ml and a CD4 lymphocyte count of 193 cells/pl at the 6th month of antiretroviral treatment. At the time of diagnosis of tuberculosis at the 7th month, the immuno-virological evaluation shows a CD4 count of 89 cells/pl and a viral load of 10,230 copies/ml.
The Ziehl Neelsen bacilloscopy was positive with a cross in the gastric washings on admission and 19 days later in the right ear swab because of the persistent otorrhea. The Xpert-MTB/GeneXpert test did not detect rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The frontal chest radiograph shows a more accentuated bronchovascular network at the base of the right lung.
The diagnosis of tuberculosis of the middle ear concomitant to a pulmonary localization in the field of immunosuppression by HIV1 is therefore retained.
The patient is put on oral first-line anti-tuberculosis for 6 months, a fixed dose of a quadra-therapy in the intensive phase of isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol for 2 months (2RHZE), followed by a bi-therapy in the maintenance phase of isoniazid and rifampicin for 4 months (4RH) at a dose of 3 tablets/day in the morning on an empty stomach, associated with vitamin B6 (1 tablet/day). He benefits from two sessions of therapeutic reinforcement with anti-retroviral drugs. The ART is restarted on 4 May 2023 with his consent, given the good tolerance of the anti-tuberculosis drugs, with the combination of tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir at a dose of 1 tablet/day associated with dolutegravir 50 mg as a supplement (1 tablet/day) according to the protocol for the management of HIV/AIDS. A chemoprophylaxis with cotrimoxazole 960 mg (1 tablet/day) is undertaken as well as a cleaning of the external auditory canal by aspiration and the instillation of ciprofloxacin ear drops (2 drops 3 times a day) for 14 days.
The evolution is favorable after 14 days of treatment, marked by a pyrexia, a good general state, the amendment of the cough and otorrhea with the negativation of the bacilloscopy in the gastric tube liquid and the swab of the pus of the right ear. At the end of the maintenance anti-tuberculosis treatment, the clinical healing is complete with a normal ENT and neurological examination. The bacilloscopy associated with the Xpert-MTB/GeneXpert test at the end of the 2nd month of the intensive phase, during the 5th month and at the end of the 6th month of the maintenance phase were negative. The HIV viral load performed after 3 months of ART is 329 copies/ml.
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The patient presented with a chronic productive cough, otalgia and a chronic right-sided purulent otorrhea. The search for acid-fast bacilli was positive by direct examination in the gastric tube liquid and the swab of the auricular pus.
An anti-tuberculosis treatment of 6 months, associated with adjuvants, led to the patient's complete recovery.
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A 23-month-old boy with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy at birth with good brain motor potential and normal psychomotor development. He had a personal history of restrictive cardiomyopathy and was included in a cardiac transplant programme when he was 16 months old. He also required the implantation of an external Berlin Heart biventricular support device. In order to prevent embolic events, double antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment was administered. When he was 23 month old presented with disconnection and right hemiparesis. A computerised tomography (CT) scan showed a hyperdense left middle cerebral artery (MCA), as well as a chronic right parietotemporal infarction. His blood analysis showed: red cells 4.16 × 106 µ/L; haemoglobin 11.4 g/gL; activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) 93 seconds and international normalised ratio (INR) 1.08.
Intravenous thrombolytic treatment was contraindicated due to double antiplatelet and anticoagulant treatment at full dose with heparin, so an intra-arterial thrombectomy was performed. Although the patient was 23 months old, he was in the third percentile of the weight curve (10 kg). Under general anaesthesia, the right femoral artery was punctured and an 11 cm long 4F sheath (Cordis, Ireland) was placed. A 4F vertebral Radiofocus catheter (Glidecath of Terumo, Belgium) was used to confirm the occlusion of the M1 segment of the left MCA. The artery was recanalised by mechanical thrombectomy with a stentriever using the 4F vertebral catheter as a tutor, positioning it in the petrous segment of the carotid artery. A 3 mm × 20 mm Trevo XP Pro Vue device (Stryker, The Netherlands) was used, with a straight Rapid Transit microcatheter (Codman Neurovascular, UK), opening the artery in one pass. The whole system was removed (tutor catheter, microcatheter and stentriever) simultaneously. In the control run, an iatrogenic dissection of the left internal carotid artery was detected, which had no clinical significance, however, as the left hemisphere was irrigated through the anterior communicant artery.
One month later, his heart transplant was carried out successfully. Neurologically, the only long-term sequel that came as a result of the stroke was a right upper limb spasticity.
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A 16-month-old boy with restrictive cardiomyopathy who was listed for a cardiac transplant. At 20 months he required an implantation of an external biventricular support device (Berlin Heart) and had a left hemisphere stroke at 23 months. An intra-arterial approach was used and produced good clinical results. One month later, a heart transplant was performed successfully.
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52-year-old male patient with no medical history, transferred from a lower-level hospital to our institution due to a tonic-clonic seizure secondary to alcohol withdrawal and non-reduced right LFGHP. He was evaluated by a traumatologist 24 hours after admission, and was found to be conscious, with bilateral ecchymosis of the shoulders and severe limitation of passive external rotation on both sides. In addition, the patient was restrained physically at this point, with both feet and his left hand held down by intermittent psychomotor agitation.
The initial evaluation included a thorough review of the patient's admission radiographs, which showed a right LFGHP and a left simple posterior dislocation. This second injury (simple posterior dislocation of the left shoulder) was not diagnosed at the referring facility, and took approximately 48 hours to be diagnosed at our facility.
Computed tomography (CT) of both shoulders was requested to better characterize the injuries. These images showed a marked worsening of the left shoulder injury since the time of the first radiographic study, possibly secondary to the physical restraint of the patient. This evidence of progression from a simple left posterior glenohumeral dislocation on admission radiographs to a LFGHP on the CT taken 48 hours later.
Planning
The preoperative study of the right shoulder showed bone indemnity of the glenoid and 40% involvement of the articular surface of the humerus, but with a large fragment with the possibility of osteosynthesis in continuity with the lesser tuberosity, so it was planned to fix this fragment by spongeous screw 4.0 mm partial thread and high strength sutures. In the left shoulder, no significant bone defect was evidenced in the glenoid and the defect of the articular surface of the humerus was 20%, so it was planned to fill the defect with the fragment of the lesser tuberosity at the time of osteosynthesis (imitating the surgery of McLaughlin).
Surgical technique
Open reduction and internal fixation with bilateral locked-plate is decided. The patient is placed in a beach chair position and the surgical fields are prepared in the usual way for the right shoulder. The fracture focus is accessed by a classic deltopectoral approach. A digital maneuver is performed to reduce the posterior fragment of the humeral head with a posterior mini-open incision of the size of a standard diagnostic arthroscopy portal. A provisional reduction of the fracture is achieved using high-strength sutures and needles. A partial 4.0 mm spongy screw and high-strength sutures are used to fix both fragments of the humeral head. Definitive fixation of the fracture with a Philos (Depuy Synthes®) plate achieves adequate reduction and stability of fragments. Fixation is increased with high-strength sutures to the tendons of the rotator cuff that are tied to the plate. Closure by planes of the right shoulder, healing and immobilization of the extremity with a universal shoulder immobilizer.
The surgical field of the left shoulder is immediately prepared. Classic deltopectoral approach is performed again to reach the fracture focus using an accessory posterior portal for digital manipulation and reduction of the humeral head. Fixation and osteosynthesis are performed in the same way as described for the right shoulder with the exception of the spongiosa screw, as the anterior fragment could be adequately fixed only with the use of high strength sutures.
Postoperative management consisted of the use of bilateral shoulder immobilizer for four weeks. A pendular exercise of flexion-extension of the elbow and exercises of the fist were given to be performed from the second postoperative week to tolerance (according to the level of pain). In the radiographic control of the first month, loss of reduction of the greater left tuberosity was observed. It was decided to perform revision surgery achieving adequate fixation of the fragment with high-strength sutures.
The patient is left with a shoulder immobilizer for an additional four weeks on the left shoulder. The self-administered exercise regimen is restarted as described previously from the second postoperative week on a bilateral basis. At the sixth week after the revision surgery, face-to-face kinesiological therapy is initiated twice a week. After 30 sessions of kinesiological rehabilitation, the patient is able to return to work five months after the initial injury.
Follow-up one year after the initial surgery shows that the patient has recovered strength and mobility in the right shoulder. The left shoulder still has severe limitations in the range of motion, especially in external rotation. At this point, it is decided to perform arthroscopic joint release surgery and remove the osteosynthesis in the left shoulder.
In his last check-up two years after the trauma, the patient showed a favorable evolution, consistent with the functional scales evaluated.
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52-year-old male patient, transferred to a high-complexity center for a tonic-clonic convulsion and a right LFGHP. In the initial study with radiographs, a right shoulder injury was confirmed and a simple posterior glenohumeral dislocation of the left shoulder was diagnosed, which had not been previously detected. The study was complemented with a computed tomography (CT) of both shoulders, showing a bilateral LFGHP, which demonstrated intrahospital aggravation of the injury of the left shoulder. An open reduction and osteosynthesis with a bilateral blocked plate was performed in one time. The left shoulder required two reinterventions, one for osteosynthesis failure and another for joint release. Two years after the procedure, the patient was satisfactorily progressing with a 5% on the Quick DASH scale and a score of 72 and 76 on the Constant scale in the left and right shoulder, respectively.
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multiclinsum_gs_en_439.txt
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A 70-year-old white man was treated for severe symptomatic aortic regurgitation due to healed endocarditis using TAVI from the apical approach. TAVI was performed at that time because he was considered a high-risk surgical patient due to secondary pulmonary hypertension, severely impaired left ventricular function with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 20%, chronic renal failure, and a logistic EuroSCORE I of 24.36%. At the time he was treated by diuretics (torasemide 20 mg once a day), an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ramipril 5 mg once a day), a ß-blocker (bisoprolol 2.5 mg twice a day), and an aldosterone antagonist (12.5 mg once a day). On admission he had cardiac decompensation and resulting dyspnea (temperature 36.7 °C, pulse 99/minute, blood pressure 109/48 mmHg) but his emotional status and neurological constitution were good. The laboratory results were unremarkable except for: a mild increase in liver enzymes, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 59 U/l and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 67 U/l; a known chronic renal insufficiency (creatinine 2.1 mg/dl); and a mild decrease in hemoglobin (Hb) 10.7 g/dl. No urine analysis was done. Due to normal C-reactive protein and normal count of leukocytes no microbiological examination was performed. After interdisciplinary discussion of the case (including a normal coronary angiography that was performed a few days before) and cardiac recompensation, he was initially treated with an implantation of a JenaValve 27 mm self-expandable valve. Despite a good result after implantation with the JenaValve and minimal transvalvular central insufficiency, he presented recurrent cardiac decompensation due to his severely impaired LVEF. His case was discussed again at an interdisciplinary meeting: 4 weeks after TAVI he underwent the implantation of a LVAD system (Thoratec® HeartMate II). His postoperative course was uneventful. He remained asymptomatic for 1 year until the LVAD system showed recurrent significant high flow alarms. Echocardiography examinations during this year showed a continuous increase in transvalvular central insufficiency to the level of a severe regurgitation without any sign for structural alteration of the leaflets of the JenaValve prosthesis. Treatment options were discussed and a new TAVI as valve-in-valve was decided.
The procedure was performed under general anesthesia using a CoreValve Evolut R 29 mm prosthesis. The prosthesis was implanted without prior valvuloplasty. The flow rate of LVAD was reduced to minimum and pacing with a frequency of 140 beats/minute was applied during placement of the valve prosthesis. Positioning was done with great care using fluoroscopic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance with the aim of having the ventricular strut end of the CoreValve Evolut R prosthesis between the ventricular end and the “cusp feelers” of the JenaValve prosthesis. This position was obtained because of JenaValve structure and individual computed tomography analysis of our patient which had shown the ventricular edge of the JenaValve well positioned in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). The first positioning was successful with no need for repositioning. After the last fluoroscopic control the CoreValve Evolut R was released successfully in the planned position. Slow rapid pacing was stopped and the LVAD flow was increased and required good hemodynamic under normal LVAD flow. His postoperative course was uneventful and he has shown a very good recovery. A second TEE did not show any change regarding the performance of the valve-in-valve and only marginal residual insufficiency. At 12-month follow-up our patient had no complaints and had a satisfactory capacity in daily life. Echocardiography showed no relevant aortic regurgitation and an increase of LVEF to 33%. At that time the 6-minute walk test was significantly increased to 381 m (compared to 148 m on admission).
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We report the case of a 70-year-old white man who was treated for severe symptomatic aortic regurgitation using transcatheter aortic valve implantation from the apical approach. Because of recurrent cardiac decompensation 4 weeks after implantation he underwent the implantation of a left ventricular assist device system. A year later echocardiography showed a severe transvalvular central insufficiency. Our heart team decided to choose a valve-in-valve approach while reducing the flow rate of left ventricular assist device to minimum and pacing with a frequency of 140 beats/minute. There was an excellent result and our patient is doing well with no relevant insufficiency of the aortic valve at 12-month follow-up.
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