We present a case of serious and progressive neuropathy shortly following the administration of the herpes zoster subunit (HZ/su) vaccine, otherwise known as Shingrix. The progressive neuropathy occurred a week following the vaccination and progresse...
Many ocular complications are described in the literature after dental injections. Facial nerve palsy is a rare complication. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I classification under orthodonti...
Background and Clinical Significance: The recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix) helps prevent shingles and its complications in adults 50 and older. While minor side effects are common, severe adverse reactions are thought to be rare, and long-term s...
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive malignant tumor overall and remains an incurable neoplasm with a median survival of 15 months. Since 2005, the gold standard treatment for glioblastoma has remained unchanged, and it is a common goal of the scienti...
Gardasil 4, a human papilloma virus vaccine, has been shown to protect against various cancers, including cervical cancer. Common side effects include injection site pain, fever, headaches, and muscle aches. In some individuals, the severe side effec...
Background and Clinical Significance: Cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) and cavum vergae (CV) are anatomical variations that may persist into childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. When these cavities become abnormally large, they are classified as cysts....
Carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) is a routine marker employed for follow-up of colorectal tumors. We aimed to determine whether a CEA increase within the normal range can be linked to a risk of recurrence. From the period of 2006–2013 we selected...
Developmental hip dysplasia or developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) includes a wide range of deformities of the hip, such as congenital dysplasia, subluxation, and dislocation. It is usually identified through neonatal screening during the first...
A healthy man in his 40s was referred to the Oral Surgery and Implantology Unit of Geneva University Hospital for diagnosis and management of facial swelling affecting the right side of his lower jaw. The patient’s history revealed that the pat...
Gingival cysts of the adult are rare and benign odontogenic lesions of the oral cavity, accounting for almost 0.3% of all odontogenic cysts. Their differential diagnosis is still challenging for surgeons as it includes other gingival inflammatory or...
Background: The modern concept of pharmaceutical healthcare implies monitoring the pharmacotherapy outcomes and reporting adverse drug reactions. Objective: To present a suspected hematuria as the adverse rivaroxaban reaction in a patient with atrial...
Unlike the well-documented bothropic and crotalid snakebites in Brazil, lachetic envenomings (i.e., triggered by the bushmaster snake) are rare and present significant diagnostic challenges. This case describes a severe envenoming induced by a Laches...
Background and Clinical Significance: Among the odontogenic tumors, ameloblastoma is one of the most notorious, although it remains relatively rare, accounting for approximately one percent of all oral tumors. This neoplasm, derived from odontogenic...
This study evaluates the effectiveness of diode laser therapy, specifically the Biolase Epic X at 940 nm and 0.8–1 W, in conjunction with scaling and root planing (SRP) for treating generalized periodontitis. Background and Clinical Significanc...
Background and Clinical Significance: Local anesthetic injections, routine in dental practice, ensure pain control during procedures like root canal treatments. Though generally safe, they can occasionally cause hematomas, localized blood accumulatio...
(1) Background: Secondary tumors of the hyoid bone are extremely rare in clinics. In the literature, there is only one study about hyoid bone metastases from sigmoid adenocarcinoma. (2) Methods: We report a case of hyoid bone metastases in a 78-year-...
Background: Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya are endemic to tropical regions and are common causes of acute febrile illness in both adults and children. The Philippines, home to more than one hundred million residents and visite...
Infantile hemangiomas (IHs), boasting a prevalence ranging from 4% to 10%, stand as the most commonly encountered benign tumors during the early stages of human life. We present the case of a 2-year-9-month-old child who was born preterm with very lo...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that precision medicine relies heavily on biological multi-omics discoveries. High throughput omics technologies, such as host genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, metabolomics/lipidomic...
Background and Clinical Significance: Head and neck teratomas are embryonal tumors that develop when totipotent germ cells escape the developmental control of primary organizers and form a more-or-less organoid mass in which tissues from all three ge...
Background: The systemic stress response to surgery is a complex physiological process characterized by neuroendocrine, sympathetic, and inflammatory activation. While necessary for survival, this response can lead to adverse outcomes such as hypergl...
Cold abscess of the chest wall is an uncommon disease that is mainly caused by tuberculous infection. Staphylococcal cold abscesses of the chest wall are extremely rare and usually clinically occult, frequently leading to a delay in diagnosis and con...
In 1957, Arvid Carlsson discovered that dopamine, at the time believed to be nothing more than a norepinephrine precursor, was a brain neurotransmitter in and of itself. By 1963, postsynaptic dopamine blockade had become the cornerstone of psychiatri...
Facial nerve palsy is most commonly idiopathic, but it can also result from infections, inflammatory and cerebrovascular disorders, tumors, and trauma. We report the case of a 68-year-old patient who developed iatrogenic facial nerve palsy subsequent...
Background: Complex implant reconstructions in patients with residual dentition due to periodontitis is a challenging task in many aspects. Methods: This study shows a full digital workflow combining 3D printing, guided implant placement, intraoral s...
Background and Clinical Significance: The occurrence of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), both with or without thrombocytopenia, following COVID-19 vaccination, is well documented and more common in recipients of vector vaccines. Cases of CVST...
Background and Clinical Significance: Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a chronic condition affecting up to 20% of breast cancer survivors. Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) has traditionally included techniques to redirect lymph flow toward a...
The ingestion of foreign bodies is a common cause for presentation in the emergency department by pediatric, adult, or elderly psychiatric patients. Swallowed foreign bodies sometimes represent a great challenge for surgeons due to the obstruction or...
Tissue expansion (TE) is a rather widely accepted technique in plastic surgery, with variable indications; among numerous other indications, it is commonly used in scar management. In our research, we focused on the significance of TE as an important...
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a clonal, rare, complement-mediated hemolytic anemia. PNH can be associated with marrow failure and thrombophilia. We present a clinical report of splenic vein thrombosis in a patient with classic PNH. A 4...
Background and Clinical Significance: Dental demineralization is a multifactorial process influenced by biofilm activity, diet, and systemic conditions. While gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is known for its role in enamel erosion, its contrib...
Background and Clinical Significance: Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is characterized by recurrent, cue-triggered and intrusive urges to use cocaine (craving), compulsive drug-seeking despite adverse consequences, and impaired control over intake, often...
Background: Secondary PTSD is defined as the natural, consequential behaviors and emotions that result from knowledge about a traumatic event experienced by a significant other deriving from working with suffering individuals. Pediatric health provid...
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a challenging dermatological condition, can be described as a chronic, painful, follicular, occlusive disease that is characterized by painful nodules, abscesses, and sinus tracts generally located in the intertriginous...
Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms in gene encoding is the key enzyme in the folates pathway, methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), which causes methylation disorders associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated associatio...
Background and Clinical Significance: Ischemic optic neuropathies (IONs) are significant causes of vision loss resulting from compromised blood flow to the optic nerve. Diabetes mellitus (DM) exacerbates the risk of IONs through chronic hyperglycemia...
Introduction: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is one of the most lethal forms of acute mediastinitis. It originates from an odontogenic or deep neck infection, which descends to the mediastinum through the fascial planes. It is a rare condition,...
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is one of the chronic kidney diseases that occurs in childhood. Starting from a few case reports in the 1950s–1970s and up to the present, the relationship between idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) and the...
Background: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) after a long latent infection. HTLV-1 induces the indolent or aggressive type of leukemia in 5% of HTLV-1 carriers. ATL, especially the aggressi...
Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab sampling is a simple procedure that has become extremely popular in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era, with hundreds of million specimens collected every day. However, rare but serious complications have been report...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be linked to various factors that narrow the upper airways, such as obesity, adenotonsillar hypertrophy and craniofacial abnormalities. Hypothyroidism has also been described as a risk factor for OSA. However, the im...
Background and Clinical Significance: Avatar Therapy (AT) for individuals with treatment-resistant auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) in schizophrenia aims to address emotional responses, beliefs about voices, self-perception, and coping strategie...
A 75-year-old female with a history of stomach cancer and depression was referred to our hospital for left cervical lymphadenopathy. The biopsy of her left cervical lymph node revealed noncaseating granulomas with multinucleated giant cells. The posi...
Caused by age or trauma, collapsed connective tissue can cause nerve entrapment and damage within the tarsal tunnel. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is relatively underdiagnosed. This study presents an intervention targeting damaged tissues surrounding the ne...
Introduction: In all cases of cardiac arrest, adequate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance is crucial for survival. There are differences between the performances of CPR in pediatric cases compared to CPR in adults. In all cases in which...
Background: Multinodular Vacuolating Neuronal Tumors (MVNTs) are mixed glial–neuronal brain lesions classified as World Health Organization (WHO) CNS grade 1 tumors, often associated with long-term epilepsy. First described by Huse et al. in 20...
Background and Clinical Significance: Anaerococcus tetradius (A. tetradius) and Gardnerella vaginalis (G. vaginalis) are rare etiological factors for postpartum endometritis and are typically associated with bacterial vaginosis. However, in some...
The prevalence of osteoporosis is high, reportedly affecting 200 million people worldwide. A major problem associated with osteoporosis is that femoral fractures cause a decline in general function and loss of independence, greatly reducing patients&...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the most common procedure performed for the management of symptomatic gallstone disease. This, however, can be complicated by the formation of fistulous communications between the biliary tree and the gastrointestinal...
The implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in clinical oncology has enabled the analysis of multiple cancer-associated genes for diagnostics and treatment purposes. The detection of pathogenic and likely pathogenic mutations is crucial to...
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