9 articles in this issue
Ibrahim Nasseh, Georges Aoun
One of the rare anatomical variations that can be of significant importance for the dentist is the bifid mandibular canal. Many complications can occur from this condition such as failure of anesthesia when performing inferior alveolar nerve block, diffic... see more
Dhouha Bacha, Abir Chaabane, Fatma Khanchel, Saloua Néchi, Hassen Touinsi, Emna Chelbi
Adrenal hemangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumor that is often discovered incidentally. It has never been reported in association with familial adenomatous polyposis. We report a case of a 60-year old man with a history of familial adenomatous poly... see more
Athanasia Alexoudi, Zoi Dalivigka, Anna Siatouni, Anastasia Verentzioti, Stylianos Gatzonis
The objective of the present case report is to punctuate the importance of individualized therapy procedures and the accurate diagnosis of the muscles involved in oromandibular dystonia and underline the role of electromyography (EMG). We report a woman w... see more
Arunabha Chakravarti, Sunil Garg, Rahul Bhargava
A case of multiple esophageal foreign bodies, which were retrieved successfully by rigid esophagoscopy in a 1-year old child is being reported. There are few cases of multiple esophageal foreign bodies in children reported in the literature; this case was... see more
Nishrutha Karthik, Karthik Gnanapandithan
Cocaine abuse is frequent in patients visiting the emergency department. The knowledge of the cardiovascular complications of cocaine is excellent among physicians. However the awareness regarding its abdominal complications, the most important of which i... see more
Hobia Gole, Raymond Chuk, David Coman
Kabuki syndrome is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous congenital malformation syndrome with protean clinical manifestations. This reflects the important epigenetic role in embryonic development of the two genes currently known to be associated wit... see more
Flavio Egger, Federica Targa, Ivan Unterholzner, Russell P. Grant, Markus Herrmann, Christian J. Wiedermann
Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) therapy may be inappropriate if prescription was incorrect, the patient’s physiological parameters change, or interacting concomitant medications are erroneously added. The aim of this report was to illustrate inapp... see more
Akiko Takashima, Naoki Takeshita, Toshihiko Kinoshita
A 41-year old pregnant woman underwent amniocentesis to conduct a conventional karyotyping analysis; the analysis reported an abnormal karyotype: 46,XY,add(9)(p24). Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is utilized in prenatal diagnoses. A single nucleoti... see more
Klemens Trieb, Rainer Fiala, Christian Briglauer
Surgical treatment of periprosthetic femoral fractures has a high complication and mortality rate of more than 10%. The aim of this study is to report the outcome of a consecutive single center patient group. Thirty-four consecutive patients (mean age 81.... see more