Behçet’s disease: recurrent ischemic stroke as an initial presentation – a case based review by Anwar Albasri, Wesam Gouda, Faisal Alsaqabi, Mahmoud M. Magdy, Ashraf A. Mostafa, Nehal El Ghobashy

“…A detailed examination revealed a history of recurrent orogenital ulcers, leading to a diagnosis of BD. …”
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ST-elevation in aVR with Diffuse ST-segment Depression: Need for Urgent Catheterization? by Bruce M. Lo, Megyn K. Christensen, Katherine E. Schaffer, Theodore J. Tzavaras

“…Case Presentation: A 33-year-old female with a history of antiphospholipid syndrome presented with exertional chest pain and ST-elevation in aVR with diffuse ST-segment depression. …”
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The Diagnosis of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound by Ibrahim Alnaami, Muzaffer Siddiqui, Maher Saqqur

“…A 50-year-old Caucasian man presented with a one-year history of episodic positional vertigo and ataxic gait that were induced by a neck extension and resolved by an upright position or a neck flexion. …”
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Relapse of Psychosis Status Post Meningioma Resection by Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amber N. Edinoff, Haseeb A. Akuly, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Rita Horton, Anthony Sin, Donard Dwyer, City Mohammad Amin, Sana Shamim

“…A 53-year-old Caucasian female with a previous psychiatric history of bipolar I disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder presented to the emergency department after endorsing 10-11 months of auditory and visual hallucinations, persecutory delusions, depression, anosmia, weakness of lower extremities, and headache. …”
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An Unusual Cause of Transient Ischemic Attack in a Patient with Pacemaker by Jagadeesh Kumar Kalavakunta, Vishal Gupta, Basil Paulus, William Lapenna

“…We present a 77-year-old man with history of atrial fibrillation and pacemaker placement who was admitted for transient ischemic attack. …”
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Emphysematous Aortitis due to Clostridium septicum in an 89-Year-Old Female with Ileus by Susana Urgiles, Harold Matos-Casano, Kyaw Zin Win, Jeronimo Berardo, Utpal Bhatt, Jilan Shah

“…The patient did not have a history of malignancy. While colon cancer could not be ruled out, it is possible that ileus may have contributed to or resulted in bacterial translocation in this case. …”
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Changing Management of Clinical Low-Stage Testicular Cancer by Timothy Gilligan

“…However, recent randomized trials have shown that radiotherapy doses and field sizes can be lowered without compromising cure rates and it is possible that this reduction in radiation exposure will reduce the rate of secondary cancers. At this point in history, stage I patients have three treatment options following radical orchiectomy: adjuvant (sometimes called “primary”) chemotherapy (carboplatin for seminomas and the combined regimen of bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin for nonseminomas), surveillance, and either retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (for nonseminomas) or radiotherapy (for pure seminomas). …”
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Gambaran Karakteristik Pasien Stroke yang Mengalami Konstipasi Pasca Rawatan by Maria Valentina Sibarani, Rahmi Ulfah, Esi Afriyanti

“…The frequency distribution test results are more constipation suffered by women (68.52%), junior high school education (50%), history of IRT work (37.04%), average age of 53 years, stroke duration of 63 months and long time using laxative 23 months. …”
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Growth Rate Analysis of an Untreated Glomus Vagale on MRI by Jeffrey Tzu-Yu Wang, Allen Yu-Yu Wang, Sheila Cheng, Lavier Gomes, Melville Da Cruz

“…A literature review of radiologic studies examining the natural history of head and neck paragangliomas was also performed.…”
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Riding High in the Saddle: African American Subversion in the 1930s Western by Susan Savage Lee

“…In addition to this, a closer look at William’s manipulation of a western like Harlem Rides the Range helps locate and explore black identity in early cinema history.…”
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Sous les vagues bleues, le paysage by Christophe Camus

“…We have attempted to reconstruct a part of this invention taking as a starting point the simple notion that most of us, even those of us who are not divers, can now imagine and picture the ocean depths thanks to the efforts of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and other diving pioneers. The history of diving is well documented, but our study focuses on the ways in which it was described, narrated and shown in order to invent a landscape that for a long time had remained invisible and inaccessible to ordinary people. …”
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Le territoire limnique, une alternative à la gouvernance des plans d’eau par masses d’eau ? by Pascal Bartout, Laurent Touchart

“…The current governance of bodies of water within French territory by "water masses" and "watersheds" is the result of a rich history, both scientific and regulatory. However, it proves unsatisfactory in its failure either to take into account limnological diversity or to integrate the lentic question within a codified approach which is preferentially and partially potamological. …”
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Isolated Interrupted Aortic Arch: Unexpected Diagnosis in a 63-Year-Old Male by Hassan Javadzadegan, Jahan Porhomayon, Alireza Sadighi, Mehrdad Yavarikia, Nader Nader

“…A 63-year-old male with history of hypertension, dyspnea on exertion, and chronic chest pain was admitted for elective cardiac angiography. …”
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The role of the patients register in early diagnostics of familial adenomatosis coli by A. M. Kuzminov, A. V. Karpuhin, Yu. Yu. Chubarov, I. Yu. Sachkov, T. A. Savel’yeva

“…Of them 117 proposituses with detailed hereditary history taken to the present time, and 118 their natural relatives actively involved in investigation, were included in the Register of family adenomatosis.Results. …”
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Factors Affecting Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Epilepsy by Mehdi Abbasi, Atie Moghtadaie, Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi

“…The following factors were assessed in this review: previous surgical history, age at implantation and gender, types of epilepsy, duration of epilepsy, age at epilepsy onset, frequency of attacks, antiepileptic drugs, VNS parameters, EEG findings, MRI findings, and biomarkers. …”
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Lactente com Angina de Ludwig complicada: um relato de caso by Mariana Digiovanni Pechebea, Angelica Maria Moro Ozosco, Ana Paula Cauduro Couto, Carolina Oliveira de Paulo, Diana Lorena Garavito Ramirez, Luiza Valentim Centenaro, Wendell Paiva Vita

“…The diagnosis is clinical and should be considered in any patient with a history of fever associated, stiff neck, induration and local edema. …”
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Chronic Q fever: An ongoing challenge in diagnosis and management by Ira Das, Nicola Guest, Richard Steeds, Peter Hewins

“…A 51-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement presented with complaints of feeling generally unwell, pyrexia and occasional unproductive cough over a period of several weeks. …”
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Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: A Diagnostic Dilemma by Pardeep Masuta, Ioana Amzuta

“…This case describes a woman with a history of tobacco abuse who presented with a dry cough and was found to have an enlarging, 4 cm right upper lobe nodule without lymphadenopathy on CT imaging of the chest. …”
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Plummer Vinson Syndrome: A Rare Syndrome in Male with Review of the Literature by Priyadarshini Karthikeyan, Nalini Aswath, Ramesh Kumaresan

“…Mutual interaction of systemic and oral health has largely been underestimated by many patients in the developing countries and hence this report includes a note on importance of adequate medical history taking and its relevance to the dental health and treatment.…”
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Persevering Routing Technique Based on Event Occurrence Patterns for Wireless Sensor Networks by Majid Rafigh, Maghsoud Abbaspour

“…This paper proposes a new routing algorithm schema based on event occurrence history to secure K-Coverage of event paths and maintain the maximum degree of coverage. …”
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