Author name: Clinical and Medical Images

We report the case of a 68-year-old patient treated with radio chemotherapy for P16 negative T4N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma who developed spondylodiscitis following necrosis of the posterior pharyngeal wall. The patient’s primary history included non-insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea syndrome, hyperthyroidism, occasional alcohol intoxication and an estimated 20PA withdrawal smoking habit. Six months after […]

A 24-year-old male presented to the emergency room at the University Hospital of Patras after sustaining a penetrating stab wound to the right thigh from a thin knife reportedly 4-cm in length. The patient was hypotensive with a blood pressure of 73/47 mmHg and tachycardic with a pulse of 130 beats per minute in the

We present an 88-year-old Chinese gentleman who hit his right eye against a tap. He was washing his face when his knees buckled. Medical conditions include warfarin for atrial fibrillation and ischaemic cardiomyopathy. He presented to the emergency department with persistent copious bleeding from his right eye. CT brain showed pre-septal right orbital haematoma with

It’s a 36yearsoldfemalepatient treated 7 years ago for an osteochondroma of the upper third of the left humerus by surgery alone. She was under follow-up since then. 5 months ago, she presented a mass in the same previous location. CT scan showed a localy advanced tumor of the left humerus.

A 77-year-old Japanese woman with cystic tumor of the pancreas was received regularly check-up in the other institution twice a year. She was introduced to our institution because her carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) level was elevated up to 487 IU/mL to investigate the cause. The physical examination was unremarkable and laboratory examination revealed elevated amylase

A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with watery diarrhea for two months. Physical examination was unremarkable. Biochemical parameters were normal. CA19-9 and CEA were within normal range, and soluble interleukin-2 receptor was slightly elevated. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed the ileac tumor with cavity adjacent to the rectum [Figure 1]. Barium enema demonstrated rapid

A 15 years old girl followed by our Neuropsychiatric Children Department for a borderline disorder and anorexia nervosa, presented with a 7 months history of multiple horizontal skin lesions with an erythematous-edematous appearance, almost localized on the lower legs. Closed to these more active recent lesions, linear atrophic and hypertrophic skin lesions were present without

We present a film of a cleaving embryo from one to- two cells, with one cell hatching out from the zone pellucida, and thereafter their development into two blastocysts. The two blastocysts were separated and sent to a comprehensive molecular analysis (polymorphic markers and array-CGH), demonstrating identical twins. The embryo in the zona pellucid showed