Structural analysis and development of a short form of the Test Anxiety Inventory – Spanish version (TAI-S) in college students from Lima by Sergio Alexis Dominguez-Lara, Freddy De la Cruz-Contreras

“…Four models were evaluated: orthogonal, oblique, bifactor and one-dimensional. As the result, the TAI-S is constituted by a single dimension. …”
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Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting as a Brown Tumour of the Mandible by Kavit Amin, Bertram Fu, Carmelo Barbaccia

“…Case Report. A 27-year-old female presented with a painful left mandibular swelling, suspicious of neoplasia. …”
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Acquired Aorto-Right Ventricular Fistula following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Muhammad Tariq Shakoor, Ashequl M. Islam, Samia Ayub

“…Patient got TAVR and his postoperative course was complicated by complete heart block, aorto-RV fistula, and ventricular septal defect (VSD) formation as a complication of TAVR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third reported case of aorto-RV fistula following TAVR as a procedural complication but the first one to show three complications all together in one patient.…”
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The Case of Hagia Sophia's Opening to Worship As an Example of Political “Anamnesis” by Deniz Ülke Arıbogan

“…It has been a monumental place that has important symbolic meanings for different religions and empires throughout history and has caused victories, sadness, joys, losses and collective traumas. These old-world traumas are instrumentalized again in the new world. …”
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A Rare Case Presentation of a Perforated Giant Sigmoid Diverticulum by Jennifer C. Kam, Vikram Doraiswamy, Robert S. Spira

“…These lesions arise from herniations of the mucosa through the muscle wall which progressively enlarge with colonic gas to become large air-filled cysts evident on plain X-ray and CT scans. We present a rare case of a 72-year-old female presenting with abdominal distention, abdominal tenderness, and fever who developed a type 1 giant sigmoid diverticulum (pseudodiverticulum) that subsequently formed an intra-abdominal abscess and an accompanying type 2 diverticulum as well. …”
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Meningoencephalitis by Cryptococcus. Case presentation by Idalmis Reyes Rodríguez, María Odeymi Urdanivia Cruz, Mavis Pórtela Sánchez

“…In most cases it is acquired out of the hospital and develops sub acutely. If it is not treated it can be fatal in a few weeks. …”
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Ectopic thyroid tissue in the airway: a case report by Qun Zhang, Lin Zhou, Wei Li, Yanling Xu

“…Case presentation We report the case of a 69-year-old man with endotracheal ETT presenting with severe dyspnea, and the lesion was initially suspected to be malignant. …”
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Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Unusual Small Bowel Metastasis with Invagination by Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Briggette Fernández González, Mariana Medell Gago

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Sarcomatoid variant of Xp11 translocation renal cell carcinoma: A rare case report in an adult female by Rakhi V. Jagdale, Supriya Jain, Jaydeep N. Pol, Makarand V. Khochikar

“…Immunohistochemistry showed Pax-8 and TFE-3 expression in all components including the sarcomatous areas, whereas CK and EMA were expressed in conventional clear cell component. …”
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Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Amyloidosis by Ömer Serdar Hakyemez, Fatih Arslanoğlu, Murat Birinci, Mehmet Akif Çaçan, Adnan Kara

“…Case Report. A 61-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with complaints of numbness in the lateral half of his 1, 2, 3, and 4 fingers of his right hand. …”
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Recognizing Presentations of Pemphigoid Gestationis: A Case Study by Sadie Henry

“…At 18 weeks of gestation, a 36-year-old otherwise healthy Caucasian G4P1 presented with pruritic papules on her anterior thighs, initially treated with topical steroids. …”
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A Case Report of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Accompanying Hypereosinophilic Syndrome by Mahreema Jawairia, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Jaspreet Singh, Kaleem Rizvon, Paul Mustacchia

“…To date, HES presenting with esophagus involvement has only been reported once. Here, we present a 39-year-old Hispanic female patient with history of HES presenting with complaints of dysphagia and generalized pruritus.…”
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Management of Necrotizing Fasciitis and Fecal Peritonitis following Ostomy Necrosis and Detachment by Using NPT and Flexi-Seal by Fahri Yetışır, Akgün Ebru Şarer, H. Zafer Acar

“…We would like to report management of frozen Open Abdomen (OA) with colonic fistula following ostomy necrosis and detachment in an elderly patient with comorbid disease and malignancy. 78-year-old woman with high stage rectum carcinoma was admitted to emergency department and underwent operation for severe peritonitis and sigmoid colonic perforation. …”
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Budgeting for Social Equity: Exploring the (Nearly) Unknown by Bruce D. McDonald III, Sean A. McCandless

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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by Warfarin after Rifampicin Discontinuation by Takashige Kiyota, Seiji Shiota, Ryosuke Hamanaka, Daisuke Tsutsumi, Takeshi Takakura, Eishi Miyazaki

“…An 83-year-old man under warfarin therapy presented for assessment of prolonged prothrombin time and cough. …”
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Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma Arising from Endometriosis in the Groin: Wide Resection and Reconstruction with a Fascia Lata Tensor Muscle Skin Flap by Shozo Yoshida, Akira Onogi, Masamitsu Kuwahara, Tomoko Uchiyama, Hiroshi Kobayashi

“…We herein report a case of clear cell carcinoma arising from endometriosis in the groin in a 53-year-old woman. The findings of MRI and FDG/PET-CT indicated a malignant tumor, and surgical biopsy confirmed adenocarcinoma of the female genital tract. …”
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Bilateral Malrotation and a Congenital Pelvic Kidney with Varied Vasculature and Altered Hilar Anatomy by J. Singh, N. Singh, K. Kapoor, M. Sharma

“…During an educational cadaveric dissection of a 42-year-old male, a complex picture of bilateral anatomical variants was encountered. …”
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A Case of Tick-Borne Paralysis in a Traveling Patient by Kevin Ha, Kathryn Lewis, Vandan Patel, Jennifer Grinceri

“…Clinical suspicion of tick paralysis is often low due to the rarity of the condition. Although it is imperative to rule out acute cerebral or cerebellar pathology, a thorough skin examination should be performed on admission in any patient with new onset ataxia and ascending paralysis. …”
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Cholecystectomy of an Intrahepatic Gallbladder in an Ectopic Pelvic Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rachel Mathis, Joshua Stodghill, Timothy Shaver, George Younan

“…Presentation of Case. A 33-year-old woman with a history of omphalocele repair as an infant presented with signs and symptoms of symptomatic cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis, however, in an unusual location. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions in the Central Nervous System of a Dog with Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis by Linda G. Lang, John F. Griffin, Jonathan M. Levine, Edward B. Breitschwerdt

“…A ten-year-old neutered male dog was examined for tetraparesis, vestibular dysfunction, ataxia, and vertebral column hyperesthesia of 10 days duration. …”
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