Malignancies of the small bowel are a rare occurrence with a worldwide incidence of less than 1.0 per 100,000 populations. Only 2% of the total annual incidence of digestive cancers occurs in the small intestine as compared to approximately 57% in the large intestine. This is in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/39299
Background: Treatment failure in patients who have chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) using tyrosine kinase inhibitors is common due to development of secondary mutations. Amanita phalloides (Amanita) contains low dose of alpha-amanitin (amanitin),which inhibitis RNA polymerase II (R...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/38205
In a study, we present the case of a 33-year-old obese patient with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) admitted for cesarean section. The patient was successfully managed by emergency caesarean section under spinal anesthesia. On physical examination after the operation, the f...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37824
This paper presented a case of a young male patient with end-stage renal failure, treated with chronic peritoneal dialysis, who was referred to our department due to peritoneal dialysis catheter malfunction, which was laparoscopically inserted three month earlier also in our inst...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37981
Introduction: Edwards’s syndrome (Tr18) is a genetic disorder caused by trisomy of the chromosome 18, and its penetrance is cc. 1:5000. This Edwards-syndrome or trisomy18 associated with many different conditions and abnormalities, with the opportunity for the ultrasound screenin...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37652
Osteosarcomas are neoplasms of bone that present diagnosis and management challenges. Here we discuss a sixty-seven year old patient who presented with a swelling on the mandible. Complete excision with biopsy led to correct diagnosis and complete recovery for our patient, who re...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37747
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of gall bladder are uncommon constitututing less than 2% of gallbladder malignancies and cases of gallbladder neuroendocrine cell carcinoma coexisting with adenocarcinoma are exceptionally rare. We present a 54 year old female with mixed adenoneuroendocri...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37870
This paper presented a case of a male patient, who was referred from the gastroenterology unit to our department for an emergency surgery due to an acute appendicitis with suspected perforation as shown on the abdominal computed tomography scan. The patient underwent a laparoscop...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/36692
Solid Pseudopapillary Tumour (SPPT) of the pancreas are rare tumours, accounting for only 1-2% of all pancreatic neoplasms. Increased rate of detection of this neoplasm in the last three decades is probably due to the increased awareness and the increased provision of imaging. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/37962
Gingival overgrowth (also called gingival hyperplasia, or gingival hypertrophy) refers to an increase in the size of the gingiva. It is seen as an adverse effect of drugs such as anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium channel blockers. Phenytoin is a commonly used antic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2017/36322