Conservative Management of an Iatrogenic Esophageal Tear in Kenya by Peter Waweru, David Mwaniki

“…We here present a case of an iatrogenic esophageal tear resulting from a routine esophagoscopy in a 50-year-old lady presenting with dysphagia. The esophageal tear, almost missed, was eventually successfully managed conservatively, thanks to a relatively early diagnosis.…”
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Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Presents as an Ectopic Tubal Pregnancy, a Rare Entity by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Daniyah Saleh, Abdelrazak Meliti

“…Ectopic molar pregnancy is an uncommon event in clinical practice. In this paper, we report a case of ectopic complete molar pregnancy in a 39-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and low-grade fever. …”
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Living in the Making of History! Two Victorian Female Travellers’ Representations of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War by Ludmila Ommundsen

“…Two years later it was invaded and eventually annexed to Natal in 1887. In the late 1870s and early 1880s two courageous women travelled to South Africa: Mrs Louisa Hutchinson, married to an army officer, who wrote In Tents in the Transvaal (1879) and Lady Florence Douglas Dixie—the first female war correspondent—who published In The Land of Misfortune (1882). …”
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Sacredness of the Landscape of Vokė River in the Geography of Tatar Life Stories by Lina Leparskienė

“…Even though this literature reflects the attitude towards Muslims of only one side, it also testifies people’s behaviour where rules dictated by culture and religion were violated when danger to health or life arose. …”
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"He told me to hold my tongue" : de la violence physique à la subjectivation politique dans The History of Mary Prince by Frédéric Regard

“…I argue that it would be even more infesting to include Pringle himself in the play of this ’interval’ between Prince’s martyred body and her voice. …”
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Przyswajanie zawczasu niezbędnych umiejętności, czyli o funkcji socjalizacyjno-przygotowawczej dawnych zabawek dziecięcych by Dorota Żołądź-Strzelczyk, Katarzyna Kabacińska-Łuczak

“…Both in the past and in the present day, these objects accompany children in everyday life. Reflections on the toys have appeared in the ideas of ancient thinkers, who emphasized the importance of the toy in child development. …”
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Minimally invasive excision of aortic valve fibroelastoma by B.М. Тоdurov, M.D. Glagola, G.I. Darvish, O.G. Bitsadze, А.V. Ivanyuk, N.V. Shatelen, O.S. Bolgova, S.I. Dorofeeva

“…Due to high risk of fragmentation and thromboembolic complications emergency surgical excision is a standard of treatment in these patients even for asymptomatic cases. We describe the case of a 57 years-old lady using minimally invasive sternotomy. …”
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A Rare Case of Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Bilateral Thyroid Cysts by Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Jack Kian Ch’ng, Choon Chieh Tan

“…This case highlights the need for vigilance in managing patients with thyroid cysts even though thyroid ultrasound scan did not reveal any overt suspicious features.…”
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Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis presenting as myositis: A rare case by Niraj Bohania, Sumeet Singla, Jagriti Nahata, Pijush Kanti Nandi, Seema Daksh, S Anuradha

“…Skeletal muscle (1-2%) involvement is even rare. We report a 40 year old lady presented with easy fatigability, low grade fever for 5-6 months and generalized myalgias. …”
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THE IMAGE OF HORROR AS VIEWED IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S THREE SHORT STORIES (LIGEA, THE BLACK CAT, THE FALL OF USERS) by Endang Eko Djati Setiawati, Hersulastuti Hersulastuti

“…Roderick Usher the character of The Fall of the house of Usher suffers from not only does he live in fear, but also to have lost all interest in every kind of social contact. Supernatural is portrayed in Ligeia, when the narrator’s wife, Ligiea, dead, she transforms into Lady Rowena, the new wife of the Narrator. …”
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Idiopathic Intractable Diarrhoea Leading to Torsade de Pointes by Kyriacos Mouyis, Darlington Okonko, Constantinos G. Missouris

“…An 81-year-old lady was admitted to our hospital with a 3-year history of noninfective diarrhoea and recurrent syncopal events over the last 3 months. …”
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Suppression of Parathyroid Hormone in a Patient with Severe Magnesium Depletion by Sangeeta Mutnuri, Isaac Fernandez, Tina Kochar

“…Here, we discuss a case of a patient with severe hypomagnesemia and associated hypocalcemia. A 38-year-old lady was admitted to the hospital for weakness of lower extremities and an eventual fall. …”
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Fetus in Fetu in an Adult Female and Brief Review of Literature by Saroj Sharma, Prashant Kumar Gupta, Basanta Regmi, Aarti Gupta, Upasana Lamichhane

“…Surgical excision is the ideal treatment even teratoma being the differential diagnosis.…”
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Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Rapid Reversal of Warfarin Anticoagulation to Allow Neuraxial Blockade by Conor Skerritt, Stephen Mannion

“…There were no complications, the patient recovered satisfactorily, and there were no thrombotic or hemorrhagic events at 30 days postoperatively. This case study demonstrates a novel use of PCCs; in certain patients, PCCs may be safely used for immediate reversal of warfarin to allow for neuraxial blockade, safer anaesthesia, and better outcomes.…”
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Plant Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by M. B. Kavinda Chandimal Dayasiri, Shaluka F. Jayamanne, Chamilka Y. Jayasinghe

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Enterovesical Fistula: A Rare Complication of Urethral Catheterization by Amr Hawary, Laurence Clarke, Alasdair Taylor, Peter Duffy

“…This case describes an unusual presentation secondary to an even more unusual complication. This should be considered when handling patients with indwelling urethral catheters inserted in unhealthy bladders.…”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE PAST AND THE 21ST CENTURY AFRICAN SOCIETY IN THE CONTEXT OFÌWÒRÌTÚRÚPỌ̀NIN IFÁ DIVINATION by SAMUEL KÁYỌ̀DÉ OLÁLẸ́YẸ, OLÚWÁTÓYÌN ADÉBÓ̩LÁ GBÀDÀMÓ̩S̩Í

“… In the contemporary time, the mission of every country in the entire continent is to provide employment support for women who are in one disadvantaged position or the other. …”
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Social networks and biographical method by M. A. Panarina, O. A. Kulikova

“…Information obtained using this method gives us an opportunity to study several layers of a particular biography and build a network of social relationships of the individual, that is, to look at these or other facts of the biography from different points of view of the participants of the events. The story analyzed in this paper is interesting for its genre: a personal narrative created at the initiative of the online magazine Lady.mail.ru. …”
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Clinical Manifestations and Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan by Abaseen Khan Afghan, Masoom Kassi, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Adil Ayub, Niamatullah Kakar, Shah Muhammad Marri

“…The increased clinical diversity and the spectrum of phenotypic manifestations noted underscore the fact that the diagnosis of CL should be not only considered when dealing with common skin lesions, but also highly suspected by dermatologists and even primary care physicians even when encountering uncommon pathologies. …”
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Rare Pathology Case Report: Low-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Forming Sex Cord– and Endometrioid Gland–Like Differentiation in Metastatic Foci by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Ghadeer Mokhtar, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…Although the overall 5-year survival rate is excellent, it has a natural history of delayed metastases which may manifest even decades after the disease was first diagnosed. …”
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