An Episode of Pseudothrombocytopenia during Pembrolizumab Therapy in NSCLC Patient by Kinga Krukowska, Robert Kieszko, Katarzyna Kurek, Izabela Chmielewska, Paweł Krawczyk, Janusz Milanowski

“…In addition to an antitumor effect, ICI are associated with autoimmune reactions resulting in a wide spectrum of toxicities that have not been seen in patients receiving chemotherapy. In this article, we present a case of a patient with advanced lung adenocarcinoma who developed an EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia (PTCP) during pembrolizumab therapy. …”
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Adolescent with Rhabdomyolysis due to Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism by Raquel Farias Moeller, Nassim Zecavati, Rosa Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, Shoshana Aleinikoff, Wolfgang Rennert

“…We describe the case of a 15-year-old female who presented with myalgias, weakness, and pigmenturia following marching band practice. …”
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Cholangiocarcinoma: A Decade's Experience at a Community-Based University Hospital by Andrew Szilagyi, Benjamin Mitmaker, Esther Lamoureux

“…Two young patients with cholangiocarcinoma associated with salmonella carriage and ulcerative colitis, respectively, were seen at a community- based university hospital. …”
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Decoding the Genetics of Recurrent Molar Pregnancy by Sumita Mehta, Sunita Bijarnia Mahay, Abhishek Satapathy, Kiran Arora

“…Women with such mutations have a major risk of reproductive failure and normal pregnancy is seen in only 1.8%. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman with previous three molar pregnancies who on genetic testing was found to be compound heterozygous for pathogenic variants in the NLRP7 gene (c.2738A>G and c.2078G>C). …”
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Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer by Emmanuel C. Gorospe, Jemilat Badamas

“…ALF from medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) has never been reported. We present a 59-year-old male with newly diagnosed MTC, who was admitted with ALF. …”
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Costoclavicular block for distal radius open reduction and internal fixation by Cassandra Williams, Jibran Ikram, Nicholas Swerchowsky, Sabry Ayad

“…Our case involves a patient who presented with a displaced distal radius fracture. …”
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“High Frequency/Small Tidal Volume Differential Lung Ventilation”: A Technique of Ventilating the Nondependent Lung of One Lung Ventilation for Robotically Assisted Thoracic Surger... by Bassam M. Shoman, Hany O. Ragab, Ammar Mustafa, Rashid Mazhar

“…Even with the use of effective one lung ventilation, the patient hemodynamics and respiratory parameters could be deranged and could not be tolerating the procedure that could compromise the end result of surgery. We are presenting our experience in managing one patient who suffered persistent hypoxia and hemodynamic instability with one lung ventilation for robotically assisted thymectomy procedure and how it was managed till the completion of the surgery successfully.…”
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Le suicide est-il une folie ? Les lectures médicales du suicide en France au XIXe siècle by Marc Renneville

“…Alienists in particular attempt to understand the causes of suicide, by proposing several theories, thus opening a debate within this scientific community between the defenders of a pathological interpretation and those who hold a more eclectic approach to the causes. …”
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Paul Auster’s 4 3 2 1. Past Paradigms by I. B. Siegumfeldt

“…There is something strange about a cast of characters that comes in tetrads centering on duplicate yet different protagonists with identical names, and critics who argue that Auster’s mastodon novel, 4 3 2 1, marks a return to realism fail to take into account the inflated tone of the fabular woven into the texture of the narrative. …”
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The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Access to Health Services in Turkey: A Logit Analysis by Orhan Çoban, Ayşe Çoban, Emel Mirza

“…According to the analysis, it is determined that individuals who have lower education and income level are more likely to state poor health status. …”
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Wading Birds of Northern Belize by Justin Dalaba, Venetia S. Briggs-Gonzalez, Jorge Eduardo Ruano, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… Belize is home to over 605 bird species, many of them wading birds popular with bird watchers who enjoy their bright colors and charismatic behavior. …”
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How the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Works by Regina Fegan, Michael T. Olexa

“…Community participation is voluntary, although some states require NFIP participation as part of their floodplain management program. Communities who wish to participate in the NFIP must fulfill two phases: phase 1, Emergency Program of the NFIP and phase 2, Regular Program of the NFIP. …”
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A Constituição Imperial de 1824: Uma breve análise dos aspectos sociais, políticos, econômicos jurídicos by Rossana Teresa Curioni Mergulhão, Bazilio de Alvarenga Coutinho Junior, Elton Fernando Rossini Machado

“…The constitutional development was necessary for Brazil to move forward, and from this perspective, we will study important aspects of theImperial Constitution of 1824, the fi rst constitution in our country soon after the cessation of colonial Brazil, and who translated the strong features of the European elite, where slavery was still existing. …”
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic liver tumor by A. D. Kaprin, S. A. Ivanov, A. A. Nevolskikh, L. O. Petrov, A. G. Isaeva, R. F. Zibirov, A. A. Izmailov

“…If initially IMT were considered as pseudo-tumors, now they are classified as intermediate fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumors according to the WHO histological classification. Management of patients with hepatic IMT are debatable today. …”
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Historia y memorias de la posguerra. Paracuellos y el recuerdo del Auxilio Social by Ángela Cenarro, Elena Masarah

“…The falangist «Auxilio Social» was a space in which the unequal and hierarchical power relationship between the victors and the defeated at the end of the Spanish Civil War was brutally expressed. In its most emblematic institution, the children’s homes, the children of the Republicans and the victims of war, reprisals or exile, as well as those of families devastated by destitution in the post-war, should become «active servants of a fair Spain». …”
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Should a Sentinel Node Biopsy Be Performed in Patients with High-Risk Breast Cancer? by Kenneth D. Westover, M. Brandon Westover, Eric P. Winer, Andrea L. Richardson, J. Dirk Iglehart, Rinaa S. Punglia

“…This tool may be useful in identifying patients who should have expanded upfront exploration of the axilla or comprehensive axillary irradiation.…”
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Enseignement de la littérature en République du Congo : quel sujet didactique forme-t-on à travers les prescriptions officielles ? by Samarange Romel Nzikou Mouelet, Ana Dias-Chiaruttini

“…This article looks at prescriptive discourses in the Republic of Congo concerning the teaching of literature at secondary school level, in order to reconstruct the didactic subject who is formed, educated and institutionalised by these prescriptions. …”
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Pedagogical and Scientific Heritage of Professor of Riga Polytechnic Institute Mikhail Berlov (1867–1935) by Svetlana Kovaļčuka, Alīda Zigmunde

“…Berlov was the first Rector of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Polytechnic Institute (IVPI; 1918–1921), who returned to Riga in 1921, obtained Latvian citizenship, and worked at the Russian Technical School of Nikolai Okolo-Kulak. …”
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Skin Abscess due to Serratia marcescens in an Immunocompetent Patient after Receiving a Tattoo by J. Diranzo García, J. Villodre Jiménez, V. Zarzuela Sánchez, L. Castillo Ruiperez, A. Bru Pomer

“…Infections after receiving a tattoo are very rare and are caused by unhygienic conditions or the inexperience of the tattooist. In this paper we present the case of a 32-year-old male with no comorbidity, who presented an abscess caused by S. marcescens in a area that was tattooed one month earlier. …”
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A Novel STAT3 Gene Mutation Related Hyper-IgE Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Hidradenitis Suppurativa by Pragya Shrestha, Geetika Sabharwal, Gisoo Ghaffari

“…Early optimization of therapy with prophylactic antibiotics can prevent recurrent infections and future complications and improve quality of life and longevity of survival. We present a case of a young female with Hyper-IgE Syndrome with a novel mutation in STAT 3 gene who initially presented with long standing history of intractable skin abscesses being managed as Hidradenitis Suppurativa.…”
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