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Advanced gastric cancer linitis plastica presented with disseminated intravascular coagulation...by platelet activation secondary to increased plasma levels of von Willebrand factor.3 ,1215The prognosis ofadvancedgastric cancer with DIC is poor. Few studies have compared the prognosis between patients undergoing palliative chemotherapy and best supportive care. Patients who received only supportive ...
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Cortical blindness due to cerebral infarct in advanced pancreatic cancer...-year-old man, a known case ofadvancedpancreatic cancer on cisplatin and gemcitabine-based chemotherapy, presented with sudden bilateral painless loss of vision with altered sensorium. Clinical examination showed a normal pupillary light reaction, normal anterior segment and normal fundus. MRI brain ...
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Fatal multiple deer tick-borne infections in an elderly patient with advanced liver disease...Fatal multiple deer tick-borne infections in an elderly patient withadvancedliver disease Shiven Chabria, Onyema Ogbuagu Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Correspondence to Dr Shiven Chabria, shiven.chabria@yale.edu Accepted 1 February ...
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Extramedullary haematopoiesis in axillary lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer...previous reports in the literature of extramedullary haematopoiesis in axillary lymph nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locallyadvancedbreast cancer.1 ,2 In one of these cases, metastatic carcinoma of the axillary nodes was identified from intraoperative specimens but found on later evaluation ...
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Bilateral saccular inguinal hernias in an elderly woman presenting with advanced ovarian cancer...of transverse colon together with saccular metastatic tumour spread. Disseminated omental disease and ascitic fluid were noted throughout the peritoneal cavity secondary to ovarian carcinoma. As a consequence of extensive malignant disease andadvancedage, the patient was treated conservatively ...
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Adenocarcinoma of an ileal conduit developing 8 years after cystoprostatectomy for locally advanced prostate carcinoma...of the affected bowel segment. There is no valuable data about the benefit of radiation or chemotherapy, nor of the treatment of anadvancedtumour stage.This report describes a case of a secondary malignancy that developed in an ileal conduit (IC), which was successfully surgically removed.Case presentationA 70 ...
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Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis following treatment with single-agent pembrolizumab for advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma...in an effort to avoid immune detection.2 ICIs have been trialled and approved in many histological subtypes of cancer and recently in gastrointestinal malignancies as well.3 4 Pembrolizumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, is now specifically approved for the treatment ofadvancedgastro-oesophageal cancers as monotherapy ...
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The development of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis secondary to anabolic steroid abuse...in keeping with a diagnosis ofadvancedfocal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The patient went on to require renal replacement therapy within weeks of presentation. The authors suggest that anabolic steroid abuse is a direct cause of FSGS. People with raised body mass index are known to be at increased ...
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Role of psychotherapy in managing a case of generalised aggressive periodontitis...of generalised aggressive periodontitis becomes more challenging when the patient is young and turns to the clinician at anadvancedstage of the disease as it involves multiple tooth loss or requires multiple tooth extraction. The emotional effects of tooth loss are devastating for some patients and have ...
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Optic shrinkage and retraction in opacified hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens: an anterior segment optical CT-based observation...with hydrophilic acrylic IOLs. We report a case ofadvancedIOL opacification appreciated on anterior segment optical CT (ASOCT)as a shrunken biconcave optic retracted away from the posterior capsule (PC), unlike the other eye which had a clear biconvex IOL of similar material abutting the PC. After IOL exchange ...
