Successful Resolution of Uremic Tumoral Calcinosis with Conventional Hemodialysis Using a Low-Calcium Containing Dialysate
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
A 40-year-old Caucasian man with end-stage renal disease (ERSD) due unknown cause had been on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) since 2009 with 3.5 meq/l calcium dialysate.
Infectious Diseases Mimicking Ovarian Carcinomatosis
Two Filopina women presented with abdominal distension and had evaluations suggestive of advanced gynecologic malignancy. The first patient underwent surgery and was found to have peritoneal tuberculosis. Intra-operative...
Equivalence of Boosted Atazanavir Based Regimens and Currently Effective HAART Regimens with Other PI's/NNRTI's in HIV + Children and Adolescents with Elevated Lipid Levels
A frequent side-effect of antiretroviral therapy is elevation of plasma lipids and cholesterol. Atazanavir has been shown in adults to have a smaller elevation in plasma lipids in relation to other protease inhibitors. T...
Burkitt's Lymphoma Presenting as Endobronchial Lesion
Primary endobronchial tumor is seen rarely in young adults. Benign neoplasms such as hamartoma, hemangioma, papilloma, leiomyoma are seen more often whereas maling conditions are infrequent. Lymphoma is quite rare in chi...
The Use of the Gallbladder Wall for Reconstruction of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts in a Case of Agenesis of the Common Bile Duct: A Case Report
Unexpected anomalies of the extrahepatic biliary ducts were found intraoperatively during open cholecystectomy in a 49-year-old male, with calcular obstructive jaundice. The patient had congenital absence of the common b...
A Patient with Rare Heterogenic Histopathological Presentation and Atypical Sites of Metastases in Oropharyngeal/Hard Palate Cancer: A Case Report
A case of a 45-year-old Caucasian female oropharyngeal cancer patient, who developed rare metastases to the skin and pleura, is presented. The tumour was characterised by four different histological types of cancer (muco...