Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece by Maria A. Kyritsi, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Anna Katsiafliaka, Foteini Kolokythopoulou, Elias Plakokefalos, Vasileios Nakoulas, George Rachiotis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

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Low-Grade Malignant Triton Tumor of the Neck: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Taissir Omar, Hanaa Raslan, Sahar El Sheikh, Moataz Rizq, Awatef Draz

“…Rhabdomyoblastic differentiation in a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is termed malignant triton tumor (MTT), a rare neoplasm that poses a diagnostic dilemma in the differential diagnosis of neck masses and portends poor prognosis. …”
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Control of Cross Talk between Angiogenesis and Inflammation by Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Ocular Surface Diseases by Fei Li, Shao-zhen Zhao

“…Angiogenesis is beneficial in the treatment of ischemic heart disease and peripheral artery disease. However, it facilitates inflammatory cell filtration and inflammation cascade that disrupt the immune and angiogenesis privilege of the avascular cornea, resulting in ocular surface diseases and even vision loss. …”
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Regulation of Glial Cell Functions by PPAR-𝜸 Natural and Synthetic Agonists by Antonietta Bernardo, Luisa Minghetti

“…The pleiotropic effects of PPAR-𝛾 agonists are likely to be mediated by several mechanisms involving anti-inflammatory activities on peripheral immune cells (macrophages and lymphocytes), as well as direct effects on neural cells including cerebral vascular endothelial cells, neurons, and glia. …”
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Anti-MuSK-Positive Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Parkinsonism and Cognitive Impairment by S. Lanfranconi, S. Corti, P. Baron, G. Conti, L. Borellini, N. Bresolin, A. Bersano

“…The pattern of involvement of both peripheral and central nervous system dysfunction might suggest a common pathogenic mechanism, involving impaired cholinergic transmission.…”
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Unusual Presentation of a Small-Cell Variant of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma Case: When a Septic Picture Is Not Sepsis by Zhou Yu, Yifan Pang, Linda Wang, Daniel E. Ezekwudo, Foluso Ogunleye, Susanna S. Gaikazian, Mark Micale, James Huang, Ann Marie Blenc, Ishmael Jaiyesimi

“…In this report, we discuss the diagnostic challenge, histopathologic features, and unique cytogenetic features of this case, in order to raise awareness of this rare presentation and emphasize the importance of meticulous peripheral smear examination and early bone marrow evaluation.…”
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Threat of a Cycle Proof: Vertebral Artery Dissection Associated with Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Infarction by Francisco Monteiro, Pedro Oliveira, Artur Condé

“…He was admitted to the ENT Department with suspected diagnosis of peripheral vertigo. The patient developed hypoesthesia of the face, diplopia, right lateropulsion, and Romberg with preferential rightward fall, and imaging studies demonstrated an extracranial vertebral artery dissection concomitant with PICA territory infarction. …”
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Aetiology of Vertigo as Seen at the Federal Medical Center Lokoja, North Central Nigeria by Stephen Agbomhekhe Ogah

“…Hence, symptoms of imbalance can arise whenever there is a defect either in these peripheral sensors or the modulating central nervous system. …”
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Hopeful News for Physicians Who Involved in the Treatment of Critical Aluminum Phosphide (Rice Pill) Poisoning Patients by Fatemeh Vafapour, Moslem Sedaghattalab

“…GIK (glucose, insulin, and potassium) assists heart uptake of carbohydrates that are the major fuel substrate of the myocard muscle under stressed conditions and leading to correction of acidosis, increased myocardial contractility, and peripheral vascular resistance. Case Presentation. In this manuscript, a young woman with aluminum phosphide poisoning was described to have presented with hypotension, hypoxemia, and severe metabolic acidosis. …”
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Aggressive CD5-Positive Primary Bone Marrow Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Leukemic Presentation by Mark G. Evans, Sherif A. Rezk, Lauren C. Pinter-Brown, Xiaohui Zhao

“…Here, we present a 78-year-old man who presented with circulating peripheral blood lymphoma cells and a hypercellular marrow involved by diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, germinal center B-cell subtype. …”
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Granulocytic Sarcoma of the Stomach Presenting as Dysphagia during Pregnancy by Anuradha Sekaran, Santosh Darisetty, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Mohan Ramchandani, Duvuru Nageshwar Reddy

“…Biopsies from the gastric lesion showed granulocytic sarcoma of the stomach. Concurrent peripheral and bone marrow picture was suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia (AML–M4). …”
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Iatrogenic Pulmonary Nodule in a Heart Transplant Recipient by Atul C. Mehta, Juan Wang, Jarmanjeet Singh, Joseph Cicenia

“…We believe that this nodule was as a consequence of the TBBx. Formation of a peripheral pulmonary nodule (PPN) following a TBBx is occasionally encountered among the recipients of the lung transplantation. …”
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Irritable Bowel and Bacterial Overgrowth Syndromes: a Bacterial Link Hypothesis of Functional Disease by K. V. Ivashkin, V. R. Grechishnikova, M. S. Reshetova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…SIBO may represent a "peripheral" mechanism of IBS, aside to nonspecific inflammation, increased epithelial permeability and local immune system activation. …”
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Severe Primary Raynaud’s Disease Treated with Rituximab by Mohammed Shabrawishi, Abdurahman Albeity, Hani Almoallim

“…Raynaud’s phenomenon refers to reversible spasms of the peripheral arterioles that can be primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (PRP) or secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon (SRP) to underlying connective tissue disease, both of which are characterized by a triphasic color response triggered by cold exposure or stress. …”
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Understanding Muscle Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Gina Rutherford, Philip Manning, Julia L. Newton

“…Historically, there has been a tendency to draw psychological explanations for the origin of fatigue; however, this model is at odds with findings that fatigue and accompanying symptoms may be explained by central and peripheral pathophysiological mechanisms, including effects of the immune, oxidative, mitochondrial, and neuronal pathways. …”
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A Presentation of Cerebritis Secondary to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener) by James Norman, Ira Pande, Timothy Taylor, Bruno Gran

“…Neurological manifestations of GPA are common, most frequently as a peripheral neuropathy. Cerebritis as a principal presentation is extremely rare. …”
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Application of diosmin at intrahepatic portal hypertension by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. A. Avezov, M. M. Giyasov, S. G. Mirodzhova

“…Phlebodia-600 more significantly, than enalapril, decreased diameter of portal and splenic veins, but had no essential effect on peripheral blood flow velocity. Combined treatment by these agents along with decrease of diameter of veins significantly increased average rate of blood flow in portal vein and decreased splenic venous blood flow. …”
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El Mercosur agrario: ¿Integración para quién? by Agostina Costantino, Francisco Cantamutto

“…This process of regional integration was guided by the peripheral realism political perspective and within the framework of open regionalism which consecrated open markets as the most developed aspect of the new block. …”
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A Historical Review of African Scholarship and the Decolonial Discourse: Challenges and Prospects by Juliet Munyaradzi

“…This is pertinent to higher education in postcolonial Africa, whose indigenous knowledge systems and intellectual legacies have played peripheral roles because of coloniality and the global neoliberal trends. …”
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The Efficacy of Fan Therapy to Alleviate Breathlessness among Lung Cancer Patients by Komang Noviantari

“…Additionally, it was found that fan therapy can decrease respiratory rates in 60% of the articles and enhance peripheral oxygen saturation in 20% of the articles. …”
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