Anterolateral leg alopecia: unknown entity or yet underreported?

International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.


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Cervical lymphadenopathy from PRP treatment with microneedling therapy

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, EarlyView.


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Effect of high-flow high-volume-intermittent hemodiafiltration on metformin-associated lactic acidosis with circulatory failure: a case report

Metformin-associated lactic acidosis is a well-known life-threatening complication of metformin. We here report the case of a patient who developed metformin-associated lactic acidosis without organ manifestat...

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Should we provide anti‐HPV vaccination for patients with genital hidradenitis suppurativa?

British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 0, Issue ja, -Not available-.


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Novel therapeutic approaches to xeroderma pigmentosum

British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 0, Issue ja, -Not available-.


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A Retrospective Study to Assess the Role of Using Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Frozen Section in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Swelling

Abstract

The most cost-effective test is fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Many surgeons use intraoperative frozen section to confirm the FNAC findings and to guide the extent of thyroid surgery. Though it is a valuable tool in the diagnosis of the thyroid lesion and determining the extent of thyroid surgery, still in certain cases diagnosis can be incorrect or inconclusive, so histopathology of the excised specimen remains the most reliable test. The purpose of this study will be to compare the result attained by FNAC and frozen section of the thyroid to the final histopathological diagnosis, in order to establish their role in thyroid surgery today. A retrospective study with a total of 140 patients who underwent thyroid surgery at the ENT department, of a tertiary hospital in coastal Karnataka. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy were calculated for FNAC and frozen section. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive rate, and negative predictive rate of frozen section was found to be 66.7%, 88.4%,76.6%, 82.4% respectively for detecting malignancy. This was found to be higher than the results of FNAC for the same which were 64.4%, 77.8%, 64.4%, 77.8% respectively. As the sensitivity of FNAC is similar to frozen section in detecting malignant cases, FNAC is a good tool for screening the patient for determining malignancy in thyroid, but frozen section is more specific in confirming the malignancy.

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Two Cases of Lingual Arteriovenous Malformations with Comorbidities Treated by Glue Embolization: A Report with Review of Literature

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) involving the tongue are uncommon lesions in the head and neck region. They present with bleeding that can be massive and life-threatening apart from debilitating symptoms of pain, ulcers, difficulty in phonation or swallowing. Various therapeutic approaches have been used in their management—surgery, endovascular embolization, radiation and ablation procedures like laser ablation. We report two patients—a 34 year-old man and 56 year-old female who presented with massive bleeding due to lingual AVM and had comorbidities as liver cirrhosis and chronic medical renal disease respectively, and treated with glue embolization, with a review of the literature.

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