BACKGROUND Delayed presentation of carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following many years after self-inflicted penetrating injury of the neck is extremely rare. Open surgical carotid repair may involve sternotomy for proximal vascular control. Endovascular treatment is evolving as a less-invasive treatment option. METHODS We report a 55-year-old man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia who pr...

BACKGROUND Implantable venous access port (IVAP)-related blood stream infections (BSIs) are one of the most common complications of implantable venous ports. The risk factors and pathogens for IVAP-related BSIs are still controversial. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all patients who received IVAPs at a Hospital in Taiwan from January 1, 2011 to June 31, 2014. Two types of venous port, Ba...

BACKGROUND An implantable port device provides an easily accessible central route for long-term chemotherapy. Venous catheter migration is one of the rare complications of venous port implantation. It can lead to side effects such as pain in the neck, shoulder, or ear, venous thrombosis, and even life-threatening neurologic problems. To date, there are few published studies that discuss such co...

Early detection and characterization of outdoor aerosol releases of Bacillus anthracis is an important problem. As health departments and other government agencies address this problem with newer methods of surveillance such as environmental surveillance through the BioWatch program and enhanced medical surveillance, they increasingly have newer types of surveillance data available. However, ex...

An 87−year−old woman was admitted to our hospital with cholangitis caused by a cholangiocarcinoma (Figure 1). She re− fused surgery, so a self−expandable metal− lic stent (SEMS) (Memotherm; Bard Inc. Billerica, Massachusetts, USA) was placed endoscopically. One year later, she pres− ented with cholangitis related to tumor progression. We placed a second and a third coaxial “Y”−shaped SEMS (Lumi...