Abstract: Different from ordinary Protein-Energy Wasting (PEW), cachexia of uremia aggravates the complications of uremia in the vicious circle of low protein, volume overload and inflammatory response, which seriously affects the quality of life and survival rate of patients...
Keywords: Kidney disease cachexia; Protein-energy wasting (PEW); Pre-albumin; Inflammation
Abstract: Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) associated with chronic inflammation is a recently described entity associated with Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. Here we report a case of DLBCL developing in a background of chronic osteomyelitis and metallic implant following fracture after...
Keywords: Primary bone lymphoma; Chronic osyteomyelitis; EBV-association; DLBCL
Abstract: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare, genetic disease characterized by mutations in the Tissue Non-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNSALP) gene, decreased activity of the TNSALP enzyme in target tissues. In this case we aim to introduce a patient who suffers from this very rare disease...
Keywords: Hypophosphatasia; Osteogenesis imperfect; Organic aciduria
Abstract: We present a case of acquired arteriovenous malformation with scar pregnancy in a patient with a previous Caesarean for placenta previa. Incidence of scar pregnancy is reported as 1 in 2,000 pregnancies. The incidence of arteriovenous malformation with scar pregnancy is rarer. Due...
Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Enhanced myometrial vascularity; Peak systolic velocity
Abstract: Kummell disease is a relatively rare group of conditions, which refers to a lack of blood supply to the bone leading to collapse due to poor nourishment. It typically presents in the elderly patients’ thoracic vertebrae, as a compressive deformation of the vertebral body as a result of minor trauma...
Keywords: Kummell disease; Osteoporotic fracture; Osteoporotic vertebral compression; fracture; Vertebral body collapse; Vertebral fracture
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