scholarly journals Gluteal Abscess: Diagnostic challenges and management

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (05) ◽  
pp. 345-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kishore Puthezhath ◽  
Balaji Zacharia ◽  
Tils P Mathew
Keyword(s):  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Clinical Feature ◽  
Data Search ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Caries Spine ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Gluteal Abscess

Gluteal abscess is a well-documented presentation of a caries spine and other local bony foci of tuberculosis. Still, during a PUBMED data search, only one report of vertebral tuberculosis presenting only as a gluteal abscess in adults was found in English medical literature. The current article describes a case of tuberculosis of the lumbar spine with gluteal abscess as the only clinical feature, in an immunocompetent young adult.

Wilfred Harris' Early Description of Cluster Headache

Cephalalgia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Boes ◽  
DJ Capobianco ◽  
MS Matharu ◽  
PJ Goadsby
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Headache ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Significant Interest ◽  
Early Description ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Acute Attacks ◽  
Cluster Phenomenon

Wilfred Harris was a London neurologist with a significant interest in the treatment of neuralgia. Harris' descriptions of what he called migrainous neuralgia were the first recorded of cluster headache in the English medical literature. He was probably one of the first to describe the cluster phenomenon itself and the effectiveness of ergotamine in treating acute attacks of cluster headache. His seminal contributions to the clinical and therapeutic spectrum of cluster headache are reviewed.

scholarly journals Alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the oral cavity: A review of literature

Rare Tumors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 203636131881090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Shelke ◽  
Gargi Sachin Sarode ◽  
Sachin Chakradhar Sarode ◽  
Rahul Anand ◽  
Ghevaram Prajapati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Soft Part ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Malignant Neoplasm ◽  
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma ◽  
Prognostic Features ◽  
English Medical Literature

An alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a malignant neoplasm primarily affecting the soft tissues of head and neck. The aim of the present review is to systematically present the demographic and clinico-pathological data of articles published in the English medical literature. A comprehensive search of the databases (PubMed, Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) along with cross references to the published articles on alveolar soft-part sarcoma for eligible studies/case reports published since 1957 till date was done to retrieve the data. A total of 74 cases were identified and analyzed from 42 papers published in the English medical literature. All the clinical, radiographic, and prognostic features were analyzed and presented along with the treatment strategies. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy of uncertain histologic origin with a propensity for vascular invasion and distant metastasis. This neoplasm requires careful clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic evaluation to reach to the correct diagnosis.

Testicular Germ Cell Tumor and down Syndrome

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 431-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
María José Villanueva ◽  
Fátima Navarro ◽  
Antonio Sánchez ◽  
Mariano Provencio ◽  
Félix Bonilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Germ Cell ◽  
Germ Cell Tumor ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Germ Cell Tumors ◽  
Testicular Germ Cell Tumor ◽  
Cell Tumor ◽  
Testicular Germ Cell Tumors ◽  
Testicular Germ Cell ◽  
English Medical Literature

The association between Down syndrome and testicular germ cell tumors may be more frequent than expected according to chance, but few reports have focused on this excess. We report two cases of this association and review the English medical literature.

Folie à Cinq: A Clinical Study

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (476) ◽  
pp. 583-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Study ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Clinical Entity ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Folie À Deux ◽  
Folie A Deux

Ever since the clinical entity of “Folie à Deux” was first introduced (Lasègue and Falret, 1877), a great number of clinical and theoretical studies have appeared in the literature dealing with this relatively rare and interesting mental syndrome. In the English medical literature, up to date, 93 cases of “Folie à Deux” have been reported (Gralnick, 1942), a further 17 cases of “Folie à Trois” (Wolff, 1957; Dewhurst and Eilenberg, 1961), one case of “Folie Imposée à Quatre” (Ropschitz, 1957), one case of “Psychosis of Association” involving a mother and three sons (Page, 1942) and one case of “Folie à Quatre” involving four members of a family (Gralnick, 1943), have also been reported. I personally recorded one example of “Folie à Trois” at the Lebanon Hospital for Mental Diseases in 1947, involving a mother and her two daughters, and another interesting case of “Folie à Deux” in Baghdad (1961) involving a young boy who broke down under the influence of his spiritualist cousin. During the course of the boy's illness the cousin broke down herself into an acute delusional state. Both patients eventually recovered completely.

scholarly journals Clinical feature in adolescent and young adult with suspected carcinoma of unknown primary

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. vii86
Author(s):  
Asuka Kawachi ◽  
Makoto Koudaira ◽  
Yuko Tanabe ◽  
Jyun Hashimoto ◽  
Mayu Yunokawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Clinical Feature ◽  
Unknown Primary ◽  
Carcinoma Of Unknown Primary

scholarly journals Aneurysm of an aberrant splenic artery: An extremely rare occurrence

Vascular ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 637-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Bhoil ◽  
Ashwani Tomar ◽  
Sushma Makhaik ◽  
RG Sood ◽  
Nishant Nayyar
Keyword(s):  
Superior Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Mesenteric Artery ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Splenic Artery ◽  
Surgical Planning ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Anatomical Variant ◽  
English Medical Literature

An aberrant splenic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery, also known as the splenomesenteric trunk, is a rare anatomical variant seen in less than 1% of the population and is more common in females. Aneurysms of the splenic artery originating anomalously from the superior mesenteric artery are extremely rare; only 35 cases of aneurysm of an aberrant splenic artery have been described so far in the English medical literature. We report an extremely rare case of aneurysm of aberrant splenic artery in a 28-year-old man in whom the lesion was detected during routine abdominal scanning and confirmed on computed tomography angiography. Aneurysms of an anomalous splenic artery originating from the superior mesenteric artery are extremely rare; however, they are clinically important because possible rupture could be catastrophic. Exploring these variations is important especially if surgical intervention is contemplated. This could greatly affect the surgical planning and avoid injuries to major arteries and organs intraoperatively.

The bittersweet rhetoric of controversiality in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French and English medical literature

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise Salager-Meyer ◽  
Nahirana Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Medical Discourse ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Medical English ◽  
Community Influences ◽  
French And English ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Linguistic Means ◽  
Intellectual Climate

This paper investigates the evolution of the linguistic means used by scientists to convey academic conflict in French and English medical discourse. The 185-year span studied (1810–1995) was divided into nine 20-year periods. The rhetorical strategies expressing academic conflicts were recorded in 180 papers and classified as direct or indirect. The results were analyzed using χ2 tests. Between 1810 and 1929, no cross-linguistic difference was found in the frequency of either direct or indirect academic conflict. Between 1930 and 1995 direct academic conflict was more frequent in medical French than in medical English (p = .013), and indirect academic conflict more common in medical English than in medical French (p = .0001). Qualitatively speaking, nineteenth-century medical French and medical English academic conflicts were personal, polemical and provocative. Regarding twentieth-century academic conflict, medical French conflicts tend to remain personal and categorical whereas medical English academic dispute is characterized by its politeness and/or the shifting of conflict responsibility onto some inanimate entity. Our study indicates that the intellectual climate in a given scientific discursive community influences the rhetoric of conflict.

scholarly journals The Syndrome of Infantile-Onset Saccade Initiation Delay

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Salman ◽  
Kristin M. Ikeda
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Joubert Syndrome ◽  
Global Developmental Delay ◽  
Optokinetic Response ◽  
Motor Delay ◽  
Ocular Pursuit ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex ◽  
Motor Apraxia

Introduction:Infantile-onset saccade initiation delay (ISID), also known as congenital ocular motor apraxia, is characterized by the inability to initiate volitional horizontal saccades. Other abnormalities including developmental delay and ataxia have been reported. The frequency of these abnormalities is unknown. We performed a detailed review of the medical literature to quantify features of ISID.Methods:We searched the English medical literature for articles related to ISID from 1952 to 2010. Whenever possible, patients were excluded if they had acquired SID, Joubert syndrome or neurodegenerative conditions. The minimum prevalence was calculated for each abnormality.Results:Sixty-six articles with information on 288 patients were included in the analysis. Head thrusts were reported in 84.7%. Blinks without head thrusts were used to initiate saccades in 41%. The fast phases of the optokinetic response and vestibulo-ocular reflex were impaired in 69.8% and 34.4% respectively. Smooth ocular pursuit was abnormal in 33%. Global developmental delay occurred in 41.3%, speech or language delay in 36.5%, cognitive delay in 17%, hypotonia in 35.8%, motor delay in 48.6%, and ataxia/clumsiness in 49.3% of patients. Neuroimaging was performed on 197 patients and was normal in 39.1%. Abnormalities involved the cerebellum (24.9%), cerebrum (15.7%), other infratentorial structures (11.7%), and corpus callosum (6.1%).Conclusions:Infantile-onset saccade initiation delay is frequently associated with deficits in reflexive saccades and less frequently with impaired smooth ocular pursuit. Developmental delay, hypotonia, and ataxia occur frequently in ISID, suggesting more global brain impairment and not just a saccadic disorder.

scholarly journals Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Definition, Staging, and Ultrasound Assessment

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eftichia Kontopoulos ◽  
Ramen H. Chmait ◽  
Ruben A. Quintero
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Staging System ◽  
Cervical Length ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ultrasound Evaluation ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
English Medical Literature ◽  
Ultrasound Assessment ◽  
Definition Of

Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the definition of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and the sonographic diagnostic assessment of these cases prior to therapy.Materials and Methods: The article addresses the terminology used to refer to the condition and describes the systematic ultrasound assessment of the condition, including the ultrasound diagnosis, the staging of the disease, cervical assessment and pre-operative mapping.Results: From an etymologic and medical point of view, the term ‘fetofetal transfusion’ is more appropriate than ‘TTTS’. However, as the latter, and its attendant acronym TTTS, have been widely adopted in the English language, it is impractical to change at this point. TTTS is defined sonographically in the combined presence of a maximum vertical pocket (MVP) of 8 cm or greater in one sac and 2 cm or less in the other sac, regardless of the gestational age at diagnosis. Staging of the condition using the Quintero staging system is practical, reproducible, and accepted. Transvaginal cervical length assessment should be an integral part of the ultrasound evaluation. Pre-operative mapping to anticipate the location of the placental vascular anastomoses and avoid injuring the dividing membrane is also discussed.Conclusions: The term ‘TTTS’ can continue to be used in the English medical literature. The condition can be diagnosed and assessed following a systematic ultrasound methodology. The use of such ultrasound methodology breaks the examination into a distinct set of components, assuring a comprehensive examination and proper communication among caregivers.

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