Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure for the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph nodes and masses. Its complications are rare and include hemorrhage, pneumothorax and infections such as mediastinitis. We report the case of a 51-year-old patient who presented with a localReceived: March 27, 2015 Accepted after revision: June 11...

Iris cysts can arise from iris pigment epithelium or stroma. We present 3 cases of iris cysts which have been managed in different ways. In a one-month neonate, cyst was punctured with keratome and gentle diode laser endophotocoagulation was applied to the base. A2.5-month infant presented with watering and blepharospasm since birth. Clear fluid was aspirated from the cyst with a 27-gauge needl...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to create reference values for jitter measured with concentric needle electrodes. METHODS Operators worldwide contributed recordings from orbicularis oculi (OO), frontalis (FR), and extensor digitorum (ED) muscles in healthy controls. Criteria for acceptable signal quality were agreed upon in advance. Fifteen or 20 recordings of acceptable quality from e...

BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsies represent only a small portion of a breast lesion. Rare lesions with overlapping features may be underestimated in such small samples. CASE REPORT: A 67-year-old female underwent core needle biopsy of a 27-mm breast tumour demonstrating infiltrative glands without significant desmoplasia. Periglandular collagen IV immunostaining and the small glands were reminis...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive procedure for the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph nodes and masses. Its complications are rare and include hemorrhage, pneumothorax and infections such as mediastinitis. We report the case of a 51-year-old patient who presented with a localReceived: March 27, 2015 Accepted after revision: June 11...

We report a case of acute (24 h) double flexor tendon rupture of the little finger after a single injection of collagenase clostridium histolyticum into a palmar Dupuytren's contracture cord which caused metacarpophalangeal joint contracture. Tendon surgery was performed 48 h postinjury with primary repair and standard rehabilitation but it resulted in poor active flexion due to adhesions. Prev...

Granular cell tumor presenting as a thyroid mass is very rare. It may arise from the thyroid gland or from the tissues/organs adjacent to the thyroid gland. It may cytologically mimick other common thyroid tumors. The accurate evaluation of these tumors may be important for management. We describe a granular cell tumor arising from the tissue adjacent to the thyroid gland and with multiple orga...

INTRODUCTION The military recommends that a 500 mL bolus of Hextend® be administered via an intravenous (IV) 18-gauge needle or via an intraosseous (IO) needle for patients in hypovolemic shock. PURPOSES The purposes of this study were to compare the time of administration of Hextend and the hemodynamics of IV and IO routes in a Class II hemorrhage swine model. METHODS This was an experimen...

Background—In patients with a hepatic mass, malignancy can be diagnosed or excluded by a needle biopsy. However, this procedure can cause the formation of subcutaneous metastatic nodules in the needle tract. We present a case of recurrent subcutaneous seeding four years after a biopsy of a small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Case report—A 30 year old woman with hepatitis B liver cirrhosis pre...

PURPOSE Accurate and efficient guidance of needles to procedural targets is critically important during percutaneous interventional procedures. Ultrasound imaging is widely used for real-time image guidance in a variety of clinical contexts, but with this modality, uncertainties about the location of the needle tip within the image plane lead to significant complications. Whilst several methods...