Month: November 2020

Wire Swallowing: A Purging Behavior

1. Clinical ImagePurging is a self-inflicted behavior, to ridding the body of food consumed in order to lose weight or prevent weight gain. Self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse, diuretic abuse, enemas and excessive exercise are well-known purging behaviors. Purging disorder affects 2.5-4.8% of adolescent females; the behavior mostly affects physiologically and potentiates physical harm [1, 2]. …

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Putative Regulatory Element Located in the Introns 9 and 17 of the ACE2 Gene May Be Influenced By COVID-19 Risk Variants

1. Abstract Preliminary genomic data of the SARS-CoV2 virus responsible for COVID-19 showed that, its ability to infect relies on special cell surface spike proteins that have binding affinity to the human protein angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2). Among several patients analysed, it usually infects most age groups evenly. However, only a small percent of the confirmed …

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Helicobacter Pylori Infection of Lingual Dorsum. Risk of Gastric Infection Helicobacter Pylori

1. Clinical Image The role of Helicobacter pylori in the oral cavity has been researched/studied by our study group for the last 28 years. At that time, there wasn’t a clinical entity that included Burning, Lingual Papillary Hypertrophy and Halitosis (BHH) together. However, the patients who presented this condition did not find an effective response …

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The Potential Role of Transient Elastography in Assessing Patients with Primary Budd Chiari Syndrome

1. Abstract 1.1. Background: Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) is a rare disease defined as hepatic venous outflow obstruction at any level from the hepatic venules up to the cavo-atrial junction. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) is performed as a decompressive treatment in some patients. 1.2. Aim: To evaluate the potential role of Transient Elastography (TE) in …

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Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: The Challenges in Diagnosis and Review of Treatment

1. Abstract Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm (PCN) is an asymptomatic tumor which is increasingly being found by advanced imaging techniques in recent years. We report the case of a 56-year old man who presented as an outpatient with intermittent abdominal pain and abdominal distension for one year. His blood tumor markers showed that serum cancer antigen …

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Radiographic and Clinical Features of COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients in Border Yanbian Minority, Autonomous Prefecture, China: A Case Report

1. Abstract In this case report, we collected five confirmed COVID-19 patients. We collected epidemiological data of patients, and according to typical clinical symptoms, laboratory test, myocardial enzyme, C-reactive protein and chest CT scanning results evaluation of patient’s condition and treatment effect. Here we used the low flow oxygen (1-3 L/min), antiviral, interferon inhalation treatment, …

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