A 45-year-old female patient,gravida3,para3 was admitted to the emergency room because of pelvic pain and irregular menstruation. An human chorionic gonadotropin level ordered as part of the routine test was 210 IU/L. A pelvic ultrasound was negative for intrauterine pregnancy a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22467
Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are susceptible to bacterial infections, particularly those caused by encapsulated pyogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Significant morbidity and mortality attributable to these infections has been reported in patients with MM. I...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22934
Aortic dissection is an emergency condition in which there is a tear in the wall of the major artery carrying blood from the heart. As the tear extends along the wall of the aorta, blood flows within the layers of the vessel, and leads to aortic rupture or decreases perfusion in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22829
In accordance with the last World Health Organization (WHO) classification, myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are classified on the basis of the presence or absence of BCR-ABL1 gene transcript, or the presence or absence of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) in the karyotype. Previou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22951
Aim: To enlighten and update the clinicians about the diagnosis and management of recurrent verrucous carcinoma. Presentation of Case: A single case of Oral verrucous carcinoma of the alveolar ridge is reported. The patient was treated by surgical resection of the lesion there wa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22662
The simultaneous presence of lung carcinoma and primary hyperparathyroidism, both causative conditions for hypercalcemia, is quite rare. A 56-year-old woman was diagnosed with hypercalcemia, caused by asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism attributable to a parathyroid adenoma....
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22590
Jessica Barbosa de Oliveira Gonçalves, Ellen Cristina Gaetti Jardim, Bruna Trazzi Pagani, Rogério Leone Buchaim, Beatriz Flavia de Moraes Trazzi, Marcelo Morgueti, Daniela Vieira Buchaim & Marcelo Rodrigues·International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports·2015
The Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor (CCOT) was first described by Gorlin in 1962. Due to its clinical, radiographic, and histopathological variables, it presents a wide variety of terminologies. The present report presents an extraosseous lesion (unrelated to teeth) with tota...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22326
Aims: Cornual or interstitial pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy with high maternal morbidity and mortality. Different medical approach may require managing this form of unusual ectopic pregnancies. Presentation of Case: We hereby present two cases of cornual ectopic p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22329
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients infected with Multidrug resistance (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli. After S. pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the second...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/21765
Saint triad consists of colonic diverticulosis, gall stone and hiatus hernia. But there are reports of colonic diverticulosis with cardiomyopathy. This is a case report of Saint Triad with dilated cardiomyopathy and duodenal diverticulosis. So all patients who fall under Saint Tr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/22364