The Experience of Women with Obstetric Fistula following Corrective Surgery: A Qualitative Study in Benadir and Mudug Regions, Somalia by Adam A. Mohamed, Abiodun O. Ilesanmi, M. David Dairo

“…Obstetric fistula is a severe maternal morbidity which can have devastating consequences for a woman’s life and is generally associated with poor obstetric services leading to prolonged obstructed labour. …”
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A Case of Primary Breast Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with Chemotherapy Followed by Elective Field Radiation Therapy: A Brief Treatment Pattern Review from a Radiation Onc... by Kyu Chan Lee, Seung Heon Lee, KiHoon Sung, So Hyun Ahn, Jinho Choi, Seok Ho Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Junshik Hong, Sang Hui Park

“…We here report a case of primary breast lymphoma (PBL). A 44-year-old woman presented with a painless mass in the right breast. …”
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A prospective model of the potential clinical and economic impact of cervical cancer screening supported by a mobile phone app. by Fredrick Chite Asirwa, Brian W Bresnahan, Faith Yego, Dana Duncan, James K Karichu, Louis P Garrison

“…<h4>Results</h4>In a simulated cohort of women using the app-based intervention compared to conventional care, with 10,000 women in each arm, use of the app is projected to increase healthcare costs by $12.53 per enrolled woman during the trial period and to detect and treat an additional 247 women-229 with precancerous cervical lesions and 18 with cervical cancer. …”
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Medial and Lateral Meniscus Posterior Root Tears with an Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament by Yuki Okazaki, Takayuki Furumatsu, Yuya Kodama, Yoshinori Matsumoto, Motoki Takahashi, Toshifumi Ozaki

“…Case Presentation. A 67-year-old woman complained of right knee pain during weeding in a deep knee flexion position. …”
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Near-mortality Scenarios in Obstetrics: Case Studies of Severe Complications and their Management by Jayshree P Kulkarni, Swapnali Sansare, Sneha

“…Case 2 involves a 37-year-old Gravida 3 Para 2 Living 0 Abortion1 (G3P2L0A1) woman with 28.5-week In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF)-conceived DCDA twins and a history of a previous Lower Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS), requiring an emergency subtotal obstetric hysterectomy due to Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH). …”
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Occipital Condyle Fracture: A Case Report of a Typically Stable Fracture That Required Surgical Treatment by Takeshi Suzuki, Satoshi Maki, Masaaki Aramomi, Tomonori Yamauchi, Manato Horii, Koui Kawamura, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Seiji Ohtori

“…We report a patient who had a nondisplaced OCF with craniocervical misalignment (a condyle-C1 interval > 2.0 mm) and C1-C2 translation treated with a halo vest and occipitocervical fusion surgery. An 87-year-old Asian woman fell from a 4-meter height and hit her head. …”
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A Case of Adenomatous Goiter Involving Diffuse, Acute, and Painful Thyroid Enlargement after Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology by Toshiro Shimo, Katsuhiro Tanaka, Ryohei Ogata, Wataru Saito, Yusuke Ohta, Yoshikazu Koike, Tetsumasa Yamashita, Yutaka Yamamoto, Junichi Kurebayashi

“…The patient was a 44-year-old woman who exhibited a diffuse goiter during health screening. …”
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; a distinctive presentation with myocarditis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia: case report by Doaa Abdulwahab Mohammed Ayish, Fatma Ayish, Asayel Khamjan, Amal. H. Mohamed, Nagla Abdalghani, Osama Albasheer

“…Here, we present a rare case of EGPA with cardiac involvement that presented with acute heart failure.Clinical findingsA 44-year-old woman with a history of bronchial asthma and sinusitis presented with fever, shortness of breath, fatigue, unintentional weight loss, and polyarthritis. …”
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Prevalence of Obstetric Danger Signs during Pregnancy and Associated Factors among Mothers in Shashemene Rural District, South Ethiopia by Nega Terefe, Aderajew Nigussie, Afework Tadele

“…Obstetric danger signs are those signs that a pregnant woman will see or those symptoms that she will feel which indicate that something is going wrong with her or with the pregnancy. …”
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Case report: Resolution of VIPoma-related symptoms with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy by Turgut Bora Cengiz, Raksha Kulkarni, Virginia Corbett, Nasrin V. Ghesani, Edward Wolin, Munir V. Ghesani

“…The first patient was a 47-year-old woman with a grade 2 pancreatic VIP-secreting NET. …”
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Migrated intra-uterine device to infra-umbilical skin: a rare case report by Nigat Amsalu Addis, Yared Alem Sibhat, Yohannis Derbew Molla, Wasihun Nigdu Mengestu, Abebe Sinknew Seid, Michael Argaw Damite, Misganaw Abere Worku

“…Case Presentation We present the case of a 38-years-old Ethiopian woman with unusual migration of IUD to the infra-umbilical skin. …”
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy Caused by Uterine Leiomyoma with Sarcoma-Like Findings on Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Akiyo Taneichi, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Yukako Mizoguchi, Shizuo Machida, Hiroaki Nonaka, Yuji Takei, Yasushi Saga, Mitsuaki Suzuki

“…A 36-year-old nulliparous woman presented with hypermenorrhea and a lower abdominal mass. …”
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The Impact of Abatwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality. by Ahishakiye, Vincent

“…The study recommended that there is need for mass sensitization throughout Batwa communities and for men to accept that a woman getting into higher positions of leadership is not a cultural degradation but rather an opportunity for all Batwa strong people who can advocate for their rights rather than outsiders fighting for them. …”
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The Impact of Batwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality by Aiijshakiye, Vincent

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Scrub Typhus and Influenza A Co-Infection: A Case Report by Chie Yamamoto, Ayano Maruyama, Jun Munakata, Tasuku Matsuyama, Keitaro Furukawa, Ryosuke Hamashima, Motohiko Ogawa, Yuki Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuda, Tohru Inaba, Yoko Nukui

“…Herein, we report the case of a 74-year-old woman with fever and upper respiratory symptoms diagnosed with influenza A and treated with oseltamivir; however, her fever persisted, and she developed respiratory failure, liver dysfunction, headache, diarrhea, and an erythematous skin rash. …”
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“Awakened Muse” by Ihor Kalynets in the interartistic dialogue with Oleksa Novakivskyi by Hryhorii Savchuk

“…Novakivskyi’s painting “‘Self-Portrait’ with the wife” is ensured by the principle of projection: the figure of the man in the composition of the canvas is projected onto the figure of the woman, who in the background seems to echo her husband with her posture, the position of her left hand, which supports the head. …”
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Productivity loss due to menstruation-related symptoms: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among 32 748 women by Mark E Schoep, Eddy M M Adang, Jacques W M Maas, Bianca De Bie, Johanna W M Aarts, Theodoor E Nieboer

“…The mean absenteeism related to a woman’s period was 1.3 days per year. A total of 80.7% (n=26 438) of the respondents reported presenteeism and decreased productivity a mean of 23.2 days per year. …”
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Near-infrared spectroscopy–guided personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for bipolar depression: a case report by Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Chun-Hung Chang, Wen-Chun Liu, Po-Han Chou

“…Thus, this tool can aid the development of personalized TMS protocols for patients with depression.MethodsA 19-year-old woman presented to our psychiatric clinic with bipolar depression. …”
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Hyponatremia due to preserved non-osmotic arginine vasopressin secretion in adipsic diabetes insipidus: a case report with review of literature by Yasufumi Seki, Shun Sugawara, Saya Suzuki, Yulia Minakuchi, Kazuhisa Kusuki, Yuzo Mizuno

“…Herein, we present a case of impaired thirst sensation and arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion without desmopressin therapy, in which hyponatremia developed due to preserved non-osmotic AVP secretion. A 53-year-old woman with hypopituitarism, receiving hydrocortisone and levothyroxine, experienced hyponatremia three times over 5 months without desmopressin treatment. …”
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Intestinal obstruction caused by disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease following solid organ transplantation: a case report by Akane Mita, Sho Nakakubo, Yusuke Nishimura, Hideki Shima, Masaaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Satoshi Konno

“…Case presentation A 76-year-old woman, who had undergone living-donor liver transplantation 15 years earlier for primary biliary cirrhosis, presented with persistent fever and vomiting three months before admission. …”
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