We present the case of a 33-year-old male patient suffering from lymphocytic pleural effusion, as a result of pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a malignant tumor of the pleura that is mainly caused by chronic exposure to asbestos fibers and more than 40 years of exposure are needed to develop the disease. Early studies on the relationship of asbestos and mesothelioma were issued in the 1960...

A 37-year-old man presented to our department complaining of severe chest pain triggered by the slightest physical exercise. The symptoms appeared 6 months previously and have gradually worsened. His medical history was unremarkable, and he had no cardiovascular risk factors except smoking. A 6-lead ECG at rest was normal, as was the chest x-ray. The ultrasonography examination revealed severe ...

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence of complications in comparison with the benefits of tracheostomy in young pediatric burn patients (newborn to 3 years old). DESIGN Retrospective survey. SETTING Tertiary care burn center. PATIENTS A total of 1549 consecutive pediatric burn patients, of whom 180 were intubated. INTERVENTIONS Tracheostomy was performed in 76 children. MAIN OUTCOME MEA...

In May 2008, a 21-year-old single, non-obese, diabetic lady was referred to our clinic for routine eye examinations. The patient had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus three months earlier and was receiving 100 milligrams of metformin daily and 80 milligrams of gliclazide twice daily orally, consistently maintaining her blood glucose levels between 72-90 mg/dl. She had a positive family hist...

This is a twenty two years old male patient with weight loss, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly and elevated liver function tests. The serological markers for viral B, C hepatitis and tumoral markers were normal. The CT scan demonstrated a hipodense, nodular lesion in the liver and the histological examination was reported as a typical fibrolamellar hepatocarcinoma

cc This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 22-year-old man presented with low-grade fever and hemoptysis of four month duration, a...

Elevated enzyme activities in plasma may sometimes be due to the presence of macroenzymes.1,2 Macroenzymes are high molecular mass complexes of plasma enzymes with immunoglobulins (IgG, IgA or IgM) or other plasma components with reduced plasma clearance and prolonged half life, resulting in elevated serum activities due to the “trapping” of the enzymes in serum.3 These results may thus be erro...

Objective: Fragile X syndrome is the second etiology for inherited mental retardation. It may concomitant with other psychiatric disorders. Intellectual disability (ID) is a state of functioning that typically begins in childhood and is characterized by limitations in intelligence and adaptive skills. We intend to introduce a male young patient with Fragile X syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive d...

Background: COVID-19 pandemic is a global concern. In this study we suggest using a novel three-dimensional treatment mainly based upon immune system modulation to revolve the virus chaos, regarding to the cytokine storm introduced as the main character of COVID-19 infection scenario. Case Presentation: A young man infected by 2019-nCoVwho suffered from respiratory arrest and loss of conscious...