Oral Mucosal Ulceration Caused by the Topical Application of a Concentrated Propolis Extract by Yuniardini Septorini Wimardhani, Anandina Irmagita Soegyanto

“…This paper reports a case of oral mucosal burn in a 50-year-old patient, who used an overnight application of concentrated propolis to overcome a throbbing pain in the right upper posterior mucosa. …”
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Traumatic Tension Pneumothorax as a Cause of ICD Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ehtesham Ul Haq, Bassam Omar

“…To report a case of traumatic tension pneumothorax leading to ventricular tachycardia and causing defibrillator failure. Case. A 65-year-old African-American female was brought in to our emergency department complaining of dyspnea after being forced down by cops. …”
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Noncontiguous Multifocal Spondylodiscitis in 3 Regions of the Spine by Fernando González González, Arturo Aguirre Madrid, Dizán Mendoza Pedroza, Abelardo Loya Solis, Fernando Hernández Aragon, Nadia Karina Portillo Ortiz, Edmundo Berumen Nafarrate

“…We report the case of a 39-year-old female diagnosed with noncontiguous multifocal spondylodiscitis, in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. …”
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Fournier's Gangrene Associated with Local Cutaneous HPV Lesions in a Previously Healthy Girl by Maria Tsinti, Theophani Tsekoura, Evangelos Blevrakis, Ioannis Vlachakis, Amalia Tsilimigaki-Christaki

“…A case of an 11-year-old prepubertal girl with Fournier's gangrene is presented. …”
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A Rare Cause of Hypovolemic Shock in Prepubertal Girl: Vaginal Leech Infestation by W. Lahmini, M. Bourrous, K. Harou

“…We describe here a 9-year-old girl who was admitted at our emergency department for vaginal bleeding and severe anemia. …”
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Trichophyton as a Rare Cause of Postoperative Wound Infection Resistant to Standard Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy by Sheema Gaffar, John K. Birknes, Kenji M. Cunnion

“…We report a case of Trichophyton tonsurans causing a nonhealing surgical wound infection in a 14-year-old male after hemicraniectomy. His wound infection was notable for production of purulent exudate from the wound and lack of clinical improvement despite empiric treatment with multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics targeting typical bacterial causes of wound infection. …”
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Anchored in Justice: Yorùbá Philosophy and the Politics of a Diverse State by Segun Gbadegesin

“…To illustrate, I recount a few historical and mythical examples from the radical and unconventional social critics, Kọrú Ọjà, Ọpálábà and Aróhánrán of the Old Ọyọ Empire, to the historical Àare ̣ Kúrunmí of Ìjàyè. …”
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TAFRO Syndrome Mimicking Solid Cancer and Successfully Treated by Tocilizumab: A Case and Literature Review by Pei-An Fu, Chia-Chi Wu, Ya-Ting Hsu

“…Here, we report a 56-year-old woman who presented with ileus and progressive ascites formation. …”
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Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jekaterina Strelčenko, Justas Kuliavas, Eugenijus Stratilatovas, Audrius Dulskas

“…We present the case of a 50-year-old patient. The patient was referred to the National Cancer Institute after an abdominal ultrasound, which incidentally revealed a mass in the liver. …”
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A Case of Hepatic Portal Venous Gas: Hypothesis of a Transient Direct Communication between a Penetrating Antral Gastric Ulcer and Mesenteric Varices by Hassan M. Ghoz, Shamlan M. Sheikh, Kanika Khandelwal, Joseph Fiore, Nicholas James, Joel Weinstock

“…Few reports described an association with underlying gastric pathologies. We report a 60-year-old patient who presented with melena and chills and was discovered to have a gastric ulcer that appeared to have penetrated into a mesenteric varix. …”
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Wegener's Granulomatosis with Extensive Bone Abnormalities Mimicking Fungal Sinusitis by Satoru Kodama, Nozomi Nomi, Masashi Suzuki

“…We describe an interesting case of WG with extensive bone abnormalities in the sinuses mimicking fungal sinusitis. A 30-year-old woman presented with intermittent unilateral epistaxis. …”
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The complementary relationship between the Internet and traditional mass media: the case of online news and information by An Nguyen, Mark Western

“…Background. The question whether old media are driven out of existence by new media has been a long concern in academic and industrial research but has received no definitive answer. …”
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Partnerstwo w relacji małżeńskiej jako współczesna wartość wychowania by Joanna Ostrouch-Kamińska

“…In the article I will characterise our cultural context, in which the egalitarian relation of a man and a woman in a family is both an educational space of confrontation between the “old” concept of family life, often rooted in Parsons’ concept of the nuclear family, and the “new” one, specific for the socio-cultural breakthrough in Poland. …”
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Hemorrhagic Colloid Cyst Presenting with Acute Hydrocephaly by Reza Akhavan, Behrouz Zandi, Masoud Pezeshki-Rad, Donya Farrokh, Bita Abbasi

“…Here we report a 47-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with acute severe headache and nausea/vomiting. …”
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Direct Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by V. Chandra, E. Wajswol, M. Shahid, A. Kumar, S. Contractor

“…Herein a case in which a 39-year-old female underwent DIPS without the use of ultrasound guidance is presented. …”
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A Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis and a Bilateral Fracture of the Proximal Tibia by J. Th. (Arjan) Hooghof, Joris J. Mellema, Marcel D. Posthumus, Jos J. A. M. van Raaij

“…A 52-year-old woman presented herself with pain on the medial sides of the proximal tibia after a minimal trauma. …”
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Carcinosarcoma of the Rectum: Report of a Rare Colorectal Malignancy and Review of the Literature by Alexis Sudlow, Ming Ho Liu, Geoffrey Waters, Vamsi R. Velchuru

“…Carcinosarcoma (CS) is a rare mixed mesodermal malignancy most commonly affecting the female reproductive organs, respiratory tract, head, and neck. …”
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Deadly Aspiration Pneumonia Secondary to Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome by Rhea Akel, Iskandar Daou, Dany Jamal, Elham Hobeika, Rany Aoun, Georges Nawfal

“…We present the case of a 33-year-old man who was not previously known to have a SMAS, who presented to the emergency department with signs of septic shock, complaining of fever and respiratory symptoms for several days. …”
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Embolization of a Duodenal Arteriovenous Malformation in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Phil Inouye, Norman Marcon, Robin A Pugash, Robert H Hyland, Marie E Faughnan

“…A 68-year-old man with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presented with recurrent, intermittent gastrointestinal hemorrhage. …”
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Ureteritis Cystica Presenting with Atrophic Kidney: Report of a Case by Ayca Tan, Saime Unluoglu, Umit Bayol, Sehnaz Emil Sayhan, Deniz Altinel

“…It may occlude the ureteral lumen and should be considered in the reasons for an atrophic kidney. A 65-year-old-female with a 2-year history of right flank pain that increased in the last 2 months was presented. …”
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