INTRODUCTION Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinomas (MANECs) derived from cystic duct are extremely rare. PRESENTATION OF CASE An 80-year-old woman was admitted to the department of surgery, Onomichi general hospital with abnormal liver function and jaundice. Enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) detected a well-enhanced papillary tumor in the cystic duct, which protruded into the common ...

INTRODUCTION Lymphadenectomy (LND) has recently attracted considerable interest from urological surgeons, as extended lymphadenectomy might have a role in accurate staging or improving patient survival in those patients with urological malignancies. Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a relatively rare neoplasm, accounting for about 5% of all urothelial cancers. Up to 30% of patients wit...

Background: In the literature, there is a lack of questionnaires, which evaluate patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) from biopsychosocial perspective. Objectives: This study was planned to examine reliability and validity BETY- Biopsychosocial Questionnaire (BQ) in individuals diagnosed PsA. Methods: Test-retest method used BETY-BQ. comparing test-retest results, intraclass coefficient (ICC...

Abstract Background pacemaker (PMK) implantation is a routinary procedure although it isn’t free from complications, some of with could be life–treathing. Case report: A female 84 years old hypertensive cardiomiopathy and atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation theraphy Dabigatran was subjected (29th Sept) for sick sinus syndrome (SSS) after syncope. The day the chest radiography showed left–api...

Current immune-modulating therapies for IgM paraproteinemic neuropathies (IgM-N) are often associated with severe complications and have not provided reliable evidences of long term efficacy. Neuropathy associated with antibodies to myelin-associated-glycoprotein (antiMAG) is a chronic-demyelinating sensorimotor neuropathy that counts for 50% of these diseases. Titre reduction of these antibodi...

the present study is aimed at the overall improvement in the efficacy, reduced toxicity and enhancement of therapeutic index of cisplatin. nanocapsules of cisplatin containing ethylcellulose have been prepared using solvent evaporation technique under ambient conditions. the prepared nanocapsules were used for controlled drug release of anticancer agents with gold and iron oxide nanoparticles. ...