PURPOSE To report the rate of postoperative ectasia after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with femtosecond laser-assisted flap creation, in a population of patients with no identified preoperative risk factors. METHODS A retrospective case review of 1,992 eyes (1,364 patients) treated between March 2007 and January 2009 was conducted, with a follow up of over 4 years. After iden...

Mammary duct ectasia is a rare finding in males. We report a case of mammary duct ectasia in a 58 year old male with liver failure and end stage renal failure. We discuss radiology findings of mammary duct ectasia as well as potential risk factors and management options for symptomatic male mammary duct ectasia.

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare hereditary connective tissue disorder that affects the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and ocular systems. Pregnancy further increases the potential for cardiovascular risks due to increases in blood volume, heart rate and stroke volume. The choice of anesthetic technique is very important in patients with MFS. Du...

Arun Gopalakrishnan, Sanjay Ganapathi, Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Harikrishnan Sivadasanpillai, Ajitkumar Valaparambil Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Sir, W read with interest the article by Kerr et al on coronary artery ectasia and congratulate the authors for their work.1 We would like to share a few per...

In a study of 1000 consecutive coronary arteriograms, 12 patients (all men) had coronary artery ectasia. Ectasia was found most frequently in the circumflex or right coronary artery. Only 1 patient had ectasia in the left anterior descending coronary artery. In 11 patients, ectasia of one artery was associated with severe stenosis or occlusion of other vessels, typical of arteriosclerosis. Hist...

Directional coronary atherectomy can cause ectasia (final area stenosis less than 0%), presumably due to an excision deeper than the angiographically "normal" arterial lumen. In a multicenter series in which quantitative coronary arteriography was performed after directional atherectomy in 382 lesions (372 patients), ectasia after atherectomy occurred in 50 (13%) lesions. By univariate analysis...