OBJECTIVE To show celiac disease (CD) and its poor pregnancy outcome relationship, and to demonstrate the importance of a gluten-free diet together with low-dose low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and low-dose corticosteroid (LDC) in the management of pregnancies with CD. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study consisted of 2 groups of patients. Six patients with CD (control group) on a gluten-free ...

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is known to be a cause of pulmonary embolism. While the involvement of renal veins and the inferior vena cava by tumor thrombus is a relatively common finding (21-35% and 4-10% respectively), the frequency of tumor thrombus extension into the right side of the heart is rare (0.5-2%). We report a case of giant tumor thrombi filling right ventricle in RCC patient with a...

ABSTRACT Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus that causes disease 2019 (Covid-19). On January 30, 2020 WHO declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency of international concern, and caused millions deaths worldwide. COVID-19 infection can increase in patients who are pregnant. Changes immune system physiology pregnant women risk complications from infection. ...

conclusions in conclusion, in spite of usually benign features, chronic otitis media may lead to serious complications such as brain abscess. every effort should be made for microbiological diagnosis of the causative pathogen(s) for appropriate antibiotic treatment. introduction brain abscess is a rare life-threatening focal intracerebral infection. the etiology of brain abscess depends on trau...

We present the case of a 66-year-old coach of a national shooting team who had degenerative osteoarthritis in his both knees, but otherwise was healthy and took no regular medication. Neither he nor his family had any cardiovascular risk factors. He did not smoke or use alcohol. His ability to walk was restricted because of osteoarthritis. He was scheduled for bilateral total knee arthroplasty ...

690 parietal-temporal-occipital region of the left brain hemisphere (FIGURE 1AB). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) demonstrated dilated right heart cavities with right ventricular hypokinesis, elevated arterial pulmonary pressure of 51 mmHg, and a floating echogenic mass of 10 × 40 mm in the right atrium (RA). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a large 55-mm long thrombus in th...

To the Editor: The paper by Stoyianni et al.1 reports a case of rhabdomyolysis in a uterine leiomyosarcoma patient treatedwith three cycles of trabectedin after failure of two previous chemotherapy lines (doxorubicinifosfamide and gemcitabine-docetaxel). Liver tests before the third cycle of trabectedin were within the normal range, except for a modest increase in alkaline phosphatasem, which w...

STUDY QUESTION Is it possible to restore ovarian function and natural fertility following the cryopreservation and autotransplantation of whole ovaries, complete with vascular pedicle, in adult females from a large monovulatory animal model species (i.e. sheep)? SUMMARY ANSWER Full (100%) restoration of acute ovarian function and high rates of natural fertility (pregnancy rate 64%; live birth...