To excise or not to excise? Should GPs remove possible melanomas?

To excise or not to excise? Should GPs remove possible melanomas?

"The lobbying strategy is to keep excise as low as possible" - tobacco industry excise taxation policy in Ukraine

BACKGROUND Tobacco taxes are one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use. Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) claim they wish to develop and secure excise systems that benefit both governments and the profitability of the companies themselves. The objective of the paper is to use the case of Ukraine, with its inconsistent history of excise tax changes in 1992-2008, to explore tobacc...

Pneumatosis Intestinalis: Do Not Excise These “Polyps”!

A 52-year-old male with a history of recurrent deep venous thrombosis underwent a CT scan of the chest investigating a suspected pulmonary embolism. The scan revealed thickening of the splenic flexure with foci of air adjacent to the colon (Figure 1). The patient reported mild nausea and chronic intermittent hemorrhoidal bleeding without abdominal pain. Physical exam and labwork were unremarkab...

Vaginal Approach to Excise a Rare Paraurethral Leiomyoma

Leiomyomas are benign tumors of smooth muscle origin occurring throughout the genitourinary system. While leiomyomas in the uterus are frequently seen, urethral and paraurethral leiomyomas are extremely rare with a hand full of cases in the literature. Typically, periurethral leiomyomas can present with a mass protruding from the urethra originating from the proximal and posterior portion of th...

The Alcohol Excise: A Review