Corneal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
1. Image Article A 76-year-old woman presented to the ophthalmologist with a 1-year history of redness, fleshy mass, foreign body sensation and decreased vision in her left eye.
Incidental Finding of Neuroendocrine Tumor in Extension Study With 18f-Fdg Pet- Tc of Choroidal Melanoma
1. Abstract We present the case of a patient who came to our Nuclear Medicine department for a 18F-FDG PET-CT scan after recent diagnosis of coroidal melanoma. Incidentally, we detected a mesenteric lesion that did not show FDG avidity but was highly suspicious for a second neoplasm.
A 16-Year-Old Girl with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
A 16-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with severe ab dominal pain that could not be relieved. She was initially misdi agnosed as enterocolitis and did not improve after symptomatic treatment, the rupture of the spleen and massive blood accumu lation in the abdominal cavity were detected by ultrasonography and CT (Figure 1).
Coma Due to Wernicke Encephalopathy During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
We report the case of a 49 yr., woman who developed a coma dur ing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Brain MRI was crucial for the diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy.
Esophageal Stenosis Due to Coexisting Conditions Dysphagia Aortica and Thoracic Compression Fractures
A 90-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with dyspnea and a sensation of being choked after eating red rice with beans. This was her first such experience.
Diffuse cystic airspaces in bilateral lungs caused by anlotinib
A 31-year-old woman, who was diagnosed of stage IVB pulmo nary adenocarcinoma in July, 2018, accepted first-line treatment of afatinib and second-line treatment of platinum-based doublet chemotherapy.
Floating thrombi in the right ventricular outflow tract
A 51-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for an intermit tent syncope. No abnormal findings on physical examination. Lab oratory results showed B-type brain natriuretic peptide of 1044.0 pg/ml (reference range, < 100), D-Dimer of 5.69 mg/L (reference range, < 0.5), FDP of 19.0 ug/ml (reference range, < 5), and blood NT-proBNP of 2580.0 pg/ml (reference range, < 125). Electrocar diogram demonstrated sinus rhythm, left axis deviation, and ab normal T-wave.
Janeway lesions as the primary sign of an infected radial artery aneurysm after cannulation
A 52-year-old man with subarachnoid hemorrhage (Fisher 2, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Grading Scale 1) un derwent endovascular coiling and was admitted to the intensive care unit for standard of care treatment. For invasive blood pres sure monitoring, an arterial line was established in the right radial artery
Multiple-scale Computational Studies of Redox-controlled Supramolecular Co-assembly Nanoplatform: Toward Immunochemotherapy-driven Antitumor Augment
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1)/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) blockades provide an effective and safe therapeutic option in the field of refractory cancer therapy. However, not more than 30% response rate of most cancers seriously impedes their therapeutic efficacy. Previous investigations have proved the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy for unsatisfactory response to anti-PD1
A protruded leision with hemorrhage of unexpected histological findings
An 83-year-old man complained of repeated hematochezia for 3 months. No other medical history was reported except for the percutaneous needle aspiration of left renal cyst 10 years ago. Colonoscopy revealed a 25-mm protruded lesion with central ulcer formation at the descending colon (Figure 1A).