Case report: Reversible splenial lesion syndrome preceding the onset of multiple sclerosis by Matthias Mauritz, Dariia Kliushnikova, Ferdinand Otto, Andrea Harrer, Andrea Harrer, Tobias Moser, Richard Friedrich Radlberger, Waltraud Kleindienst, Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Peter Wipfler

“…Whether an infection associated with the occurrence of the reversible splenial lesion syndrome could play a role in the later development of multiple sclerosis is unknown.MethodsCase Report.ResultsA 27-year-old woman developed an infection-related reversible splenial lesion syndrome. …”
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Diferentes medidas de frequência fundamental e satisfação vocal de homens e mulheres transgênero by Diego Henrique da Cruz Martinho, Eric Rodrigues Dias, Ana Carolina Constantini

“…Método Estudo quantitativo observacional e transversal, com aplicação do Trans Woman Voice Questionnaire (TWVQ), gravação das vozes (vogal sustentada e fala automática) e extração de sete medidas acústicas relacionadas à posição e variabilidade da fo de pessoas transgênero. …”
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Tumor-To-Tumor Metastasis of Poorly Differentiated Gastric Carcinoma to Uterine Lipoleiomyoma by Ryo Kiyokoba, Hiroshi Yagi, Hideaki Yahata, Yoshiaki Kawano, Eisuke Kaneki, Kaoru Okugawa, Kenzo Sonoda, Kiyoko Kato

“…Here we report a case of metastasis from a primary gastric cancer to a uterine lipoleiomyoma. A 65-year-old woman presented with locally advanced gastric cancer with computed tomography (CT) evidence of peritoneal dissemination and a 9 cm pelvic mass. …”
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Two independent families with de novo whole APC gene deletion and intellectual disability: a case report by Moriya Iwaizumi, Terumi Taniguchi, Risa Kojima, Harumo Osawa, Kyota Tatsuta, Mayu Sakata, Satoshi Osawa, Kiyotaka Kurachi, Ken Sugimoto

“…Case presentation Patient of family 1 is a 32-year-old woman presented with > 500 colorectal adenomatous polyps, gastric fundic gland polyposis, several duodenal adenomas, and mild intellectual disability (ID). …”
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Generation of a transgene-free Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line (JNCHi002-A) from a female heterozygous carrier of the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene mutation... by Rujin Tian, Yixiao Li, Hongmei Xin, Yue Jiang, Haozheng Zhang, Lin Zhong, Zhongtao Gai, Qianqian Deng, Chunhui Wang, Kaihui Zhang

“…We generated a human iPS cell line from a 38-years-old woman carrying a heterozygous mutation (c.387delC) in LDLR gene. …”
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Cerebellar metastasis from colorectal cancer: a case report by Carla E. Angulo-Rojo, Luis J. Castillo-Gaxiola, Karen Gaxiola-Gastélum, Alma M. Guadrón-Llanos, Javier A. Magaña-Gómez, Diana L. Baldenebro-Félix, Diana L. Baldenebro-Félix

“…While metastasis typically occurs in the liver, lungs, and peritoneal cavity, metastasis to the brain, particularly the cerebellum, is exceedingly rare.Case presentationThis report discusses the case of a 50-year-old woman diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the descending colon. …”
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Recurrent Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia cured with long-term oral minocycline treatment in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: a case report and literature review by Yutaka Kakizoe, Yasunobu Iwata, Terumasa Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Miyasato, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Masataka Adachi, Hideki Yokoi, Masashi Mukoyama

“…Case presentation A 59-year-old woman undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for lupus nephritis presented with a high fever. …”
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Resilience in maternal, newborn, and child health in low- and middle-income countries: findings from a scoping review by Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Babasola O. Okusanya, Nchelem K. Ichegbo, Ifeanyi C. Mgbachi, Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Fatima Abdulaziz Sule, Olalekan A. Uthman

“…The synthesised consensus definition of ‘maternal, newborn, and child resilience’ is ‘A woman’s ability to prevent or adapt to significant and challenging circumstances including threats, tragedy, and trauma to herself during pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium and to her neonates or children five years or younger’. …”
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Esophageal perforation more than 10 years after anterior cervical spine surgery: a case report and literature review by Hua Luo, Zhangfu Wang, Shuang Mi, Wenjun Pan, Xingbing Feng, Zhenghua Hong

“…This case report presents the clinical course, diagnostic challenges and management strategies of a patient who had a late-diagnosis esophageal perforation after anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). A woman in her 50s underwent ACSS for cervical spondylosis. …”
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A Rapidly Enlarging Squamous Inclusion Cyst in an Axillary Lymph Node following Core Needle Biopsy by Cunxian Zhang, Jinjun Xiong, M. Ruhul Quddus, Joyce J. Ou, Katrine Hansen, C. James Sung

“…A 73-year-old woman was found to have a 1.7 cm axillary mass, for which a core needle biopsy was performed. …”
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The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits by Natalia Pérez-Ferre, Mercedes Galindo, M. Dolores Fernández, Victoria Velasco, Isabelle Runkle, M. José de la Cruz, Patricia Martín Rojas-Marcos, Laura del Valle, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…Despite a significant reduction in outpatient clinic visits in the experimental group, particularly in insulin-treated women (2.4 versus 4.6 hours per insulin-treated woman resp.; P<.001), no significant differences were found between the experimental and traditional groups regarding HbA1c levels (all women had HbA1c <5.8% during pregnancy), normal vaginal delivery (40.8% versus 54.2%, resp.; P>.05) and large-for-gestational-age newborns (6.1% versus 8.3%, resp.; P>.05). …”
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Rapid Destructive Arthropathy of the Knee in Parkinson’s Disease with Pisa Syndrome: A Case of Knee-Spine Syndrome by Hirokazu Takai, Masato Kitajima, Seiko Takai, Tomoki Takahashi, Ken-ichi Katsura, Makoto Tokunaga, Susumu Watanabe

“…This close relationship of the knee and spine has been reported as knee-spine syndrome. A 60-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease (PD; Hoehn-Yahr stage IV) had severe knee pain with moderate lateral osteoarthritis of the knee (Kellgren-Lawrence classification grade II). …”
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Chondrosarcoma Arising from the Posterior Iliac Crest Extending into the Spinal Canal by Kota Wada, Akio Sakamoto, Rei Kato, Takashi Noguchi, Takayoshi Shimizu, Bungo Otsuki, Koichi Murata, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Shuichi Matsuda

“…Extension into the spinal canal from the extracannular space is seen mainly for neurogenic tumors, but it is rare in nonneurogenic tumors. A 75-year-old woman suffered from sciatic pain and numbness in her lower left extremity. …”
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Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term by Sailesh Kumar, Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer

“…Category 1 CS were defined as one that required a decision-to-delivery time interval of &lt;30 min when there was an immediate threat to the life of a woman or fetus. Neonatal outcomes analysed were gestation at delivery, birth weight, Apgar scores, acidosis at birth, need for resuscitation, admission to neonatal intensive care and neonatal seizures and death.Results A total of 30 719 women delivering at term were included. …”
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Endometrial Carcinoma Presenting with an Isolated Osseous Metastasis: A Case Report by Nesrine Tounsi, Ines Zemni, Fatma Saadalah, Maher Slimane, Nadia Boujelbene, Mohamed ali Ayadi, Chargui Rhiad, Rahal Khaled

“…We present a case of a 56-year-old woman treated for endometrial cancer with isolated ribs bone metastases. …”
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Abuse and misuse of tramadol in patients with non-oncologic pain in a region of Southern Europe by M. Perelló, K. Rio-Aigé, G. Cereza, P. Rius, F. J. Pérez-Cano, M. Rabanal

“…These results indicate that there is non-therapeutic use among patients who visit community pharmacies for information on two profiles.Conclusion This study shows that being an aged woman and suffering from chronic pain seems to involve a risk of generating dependence on tramadol. …”
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Transition from hypothyroidism to Graves’ disease, development of thyroid eye disease, progression to optic neuropathy after inpatient pulse therapy, and long-term administration o... by Koichiro Mizuochi, Yuji Hiromatsu, Yui Nakamura, Aya Sonezaki, Ayaka Adachi, Tamotsu Kato, Nobuhiko Wada, Tomohiro Kurose, Shiho Watanabe

“…A 55-year-old woman transitioned from hypothyroidism to Graves’ disease (GD) and then developed thyroid eye disease (TED) with proptosis and diplopia. …”
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Mobile Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty for Valgus Knee Osteoarthritis with Permanent Patellar Dislocation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kohei Kamada, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Koji Takayama, Daisuke Araki, Shingo Hashimoto, Shinya Hayashi, Takehiko Matsushita, Ryosuke Kuroda

“…We report a challenging case of an 80-year-old woman diagnosed with permanent patellar dislocation with tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis treated by a mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty utilizing navigation system. …”
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Computed tomography–guided percutaneous transthoracic core needle biopsy for the diagnosis of mediastinal masses by Sukanta Kodali, Sourindra Nath Banerjee, Jaydip Deb, Pulak Kumar Jana

“…Case 1: A 35-year-old woman was found to have an anterior mediastinal mass on both a chest X-ray and a CT thorax. …”
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Impact of the national health guidance intervention for obesity and cardiovascular risks on healthcare utilisation and healthcare spending in working-age Japanese cohort: regressio... by Yusuke Tsugawa, Shingo Fukuma, Mitsuru Mukaigawara, Toshiaki Iizuka

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of population-level health guidance intervention introduced nationally in Japan on healthcare utilisation and spending.Design Retrospective cohort study, using a quasiexperimental regression discontinuity design.Setting Japan’s nationwide employment-based health insurers.Participants Participants in the national health screening programme (from January 2014 to December 2014) aged 40–74 years.Predictors Assignment to health guidance intervention (counselling on healthy lifestyles, and referral to physicians as needed) determined primarily on whether the individual’s waist circumference was above or below the cut-off value in addition to having at least one cardiovascular risk factor.Primary and secondary outcome measures Healthcare utilisation (the number of outpatient visits days, any medication use and any hospitalisation use) and spending (total medical expenditure, outpatient medical expenditure and inpatient medical expenditure) within 3 years of the intervention.Results A total of 51 213 individuals within the bandwidth (±6 cm of waist circumference from the cut-off) out of 113 302 screening participants (median age 50.0 years, 11.9% woman) were analysed. We found that the assignment to the national health guidance intervention was associated with fewer outpatient visit days (−1.3 days; 95% CI, −11.4 to −0.5 days; p=0.03). …”
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