9 articles in this issue
Marwan Ma’ayeh, Nikhil Purandare, Michelle Harrison, Michael P. Geary
This is a case of a rapidly enlarging cutaneous pedunculated tumor on a patient’s thumb during her pregnancy. This was excised and identified as a hemangioma. A literature search identified a possible hormonal factor in causing an accelerated growth of th... see more
Nicola Stadler, Stefan Hofstätter, Klemens Trieb
We report a case of a 65-year-old man with a painful nonunion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ). It is one of the main severe complications of this surgery. Its prevalence is described between 5% and 10% across different operative techniques. ... see more
Naohiro Yoshida, Kozue Kodama, Yukiko Iino
A case of sublingual epidermoid cyst presenting distinctive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings is described. A 39-year-old man presented to our hospital with a three months progressive left submandibular swelling, difficulty moving his tongue, and ... see more
Sawsen Meddeb, Mohamed Salah Rhim, Mouna Kouira, Sarra Mestiri, Mohamed Bibi, Mohamed Tahar Yacoubi
Ewing’s sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (EWS/PNET) are rare malignant and aggressive tumors, usually seen in the trunk and lower limbs of children and young adults. They are uncommon in the breast. We report a case of a 43-year-old woman who deve... see more
Girish D. Bakhshi, Sachin S. Shenoy, Kavita V. Jadhav, Mukund B. Tayade, Suhaib S. Rawoot, Kavitha Jain
Sternal tuberculosis secondary to tuberculous mastitis is uncommon. The invasion of the sternum following a primary focus in the breast has not been reported. This may be due to the resistance offered by pectoral fascia and periosteum to the spread of inf... see more
Alessandro Fancellu, Antonio Pinna, Alberto Porcu
Functioning adrenocortical carcinomas are rare diseases with dismal prognosis. A 41-year-old man presenting with gynecomastia had a giant feminizing adrenocortical carcinoma at stage IV. Although surgical resection was controversial, we removed the primar... see more
Evdokia Sourla, Vasilis Bagalas, Helias Tsioulis, Asimina Paspala, Sofia Akritidou, Athanasia Pataka, Katalin Fekete, Ioannis Kioumis, Ioannis Stanopoulos, Georgia Pitsiou
The systemic vasculitides are multifocal diseases characterized by the presence of blood vessel inflammation in multiple organ systems. Their clinical presentation is variable extending from self-limited illness to critical complications including diffuse... see more
Clayton J. Stitzel, Brian Dovorany, Mark W. Morningstar, Aatif Siddiqui
The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate and 6-month effects of a scoliosis traction chair on scoliosis rotation and Cobb angle. The scoliosis traction chair has been used clinically for 10 years and has been part of previous studies, but ha... see more
Nikhil Mehta, Sudarshan Babu, Kumar Venugopal
Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is a frequent emergency and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in spite of improved recognition, diagnosis and management. Trauma is the second largest cause of disease accounting for 16% of global burden. ... see more