acute fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the myocardium characterized by the rapid deterioration of the hemodynamic status of the affected individual. with prompt recognition and appropriate management, complete recovery of ventricular function is likely within a few weeks. we introduce a 28-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis, who experienced circulat...

Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) based microfluidic devices have gained popularity in biomedicine field over the last few years. In this paper, a comprehensive overview of microfluidic devices such as micropumps and microneedles has been presented for biomedical applications. The aim of this paper is to present the major features and issues related to micropumps and microneedles, e.g., wo...

With the increasing advances in the fabrication and in monitoring approaches of nanotechnology devices, novel materials are being synthesized and tested for the interaction with biological environments. Among them, smart materials in particular provide versatile and dynamically tunable platforms for the investigation and manipulation of several biological activities with very low invasiveness i...

In India, a number of medicinal plants and their formulations are used to cure hepatic disorders in traditional systems of medicine. No systemic study has been done on protective effect of Cucumis trigonus Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. Protective action of C. trigonus fruit extracts was evaluated in this study in animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was induced by carbon tet...

primary hepatic lymphoma (phl) was a rare malignancy usually presenting with abdominal pain, malaise, hepatomegaly, b-symptoms, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and jaundice. it mostly involves liver without any palpable lymphadenopathy and leukemia in peripheral blood smear. on july 22, 2014, a 64 year old man presented with abdominal pain localizing in right upper quadrant and fullness from 2 years ...

a 34-year-old hiv positive-man was admitted to the hospital due to fever and abdominal pain. constant and generalized abdominal pain started 3 months prior to admission (pta) in upper quadrants of abdomen followed by mild odynophagia, early satiety and more than 20 kg weight loss since then. intermittent fever begun 7 days pta and cough, sputum and dyspnea started since 5 days pta. his general ...