Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome or Gebrochenes-Herz-Syndrome, is a rare entity which may masquerade as acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with sudden onset of chest pain and/or dyspnea, transient left ventricle apical akinesia, electrocardiographic changes typical of ACS and mild increase in cardiac enzymes in the background of normal coron...

Cultural value system is a very important and significant issue in the life of Ogonis in Nigeria. This is because it is the compendium of their entire life. In this study the first of its kind, the process of ethnic identity formation among the Ogoni adolescents is explored. Sixteen participants (8males and 8 females) completed the semi structured interviews and the qualitative data collected w...

Ocular involvement in lymphoma is a relatively rare condition that can result from a primary intraocular lymphoma or an intraocular manifestation of systemic lymphoma. Lymphoma manifestations frequently masquerade as other more benign intraocular conditions including allergic or infectious conjunctivitis, uveitis, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, acute retinal necrosis, or herpetic retin...

Africans’ greatest problem was the incursion of white men tino Africa many decades ago, even though European authors described as darkness before coming man, natural growth that had been established in African kingdoms aborted brought and imposed another culture upon Africa. The Odo masquerade cult has outlived colonial invasion is still serving a worship cultural system. objective this study t...

The masquerade syndrome was first described by Theodore (1), and Irvine (2) independently in 1967, as chronic blepharoconjunctivitis due to an underlying conjunctival carcinoma. Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia and sebaceous cell carcinoma have been reported to show intraepithelial (pagetoid) spread to the conjunctiva mimicking chronic blepharoconjunctivitis, or cicatrizing conjunctivitis...

We report a case of Q fever-related antiphospholipid syndrome in a patient presenting with acalculous cholecystitis and pneumonia. Serial laboratory tests indicated that the previous serological tests suggesting hepatitis C virus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections were false-positives. The patient's fever persisted despite treatment with doxycycline, but disappeared 1 day after initiation...

Given that information is an extremely valuable asset, it is vital to timely detect whether one’s computer (session) is being illegally seized by a masquerader. Masquerade detection has been actively studied for more than a decade, especially after the seminal work of Schonlau’s group, who suggested that, to profile a user, one should model the history of the commands she would enter into a UNI...