Journal of Clinical and Medical Images (ISSN 2640-9615)

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Secondary Craniosynostosis and Elevated Intracranial Pressure with Functioning Shunt: An Imaging Report

1. Abstract A ten-year-old female pediatric patient with a history of congenital hydrocephalus and ventriculoperitoneal shunt was diagnosed with slit ventricle syndrome and severe craniosynostosis. After initial endoscopic third ventriculostomy failed, the patient underwent cranial expansion, multiple craniectomies, replacement of VP shunt and placement of an Intracranial Pressure (ICP) monitor and cranial vault reconstruction. Below

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Diffuse Osteolytic Metastases of Prostate Adenocarcinoma

1. Clinical Image A 52-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of low back pain. Computed tomography (CT) of thoracolumbar spine showed diffuse osteolytic bone metastases (Figure 1). Physical examination revealed a digital rectal exam compatible with frozen pelvis. His prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was 4935 ng/ml. A prostate biopsy was done, and the subsequent histology

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One-Stage Closure of Venous Ulcers with Matriderm and Split-Thickness Skin Grafts

1. Abstract Venous ulcers are important cause of chronic wounds with high hospitalization costs associated. Compression therapy alone, as the mainstay treatment, often fails to completely close large ulcers which require surgery. Bi-layered constructs of dermal matrix and split-thickness skin-graft are already widely used in burns, scar resurfacing, traumatic wounds and diabetic ulcer, but rarely

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Upper Intestinal Gastrointestinal Bleeding from Fish Bone Foreign Body in The Pharynx: Radiological Study, Management and Removal of the Foreign Body

1. Clinical Image Fish Bone Foreign Body impaction in the upper aerodigestive tract is a common cause of access to emergency room [1]. One of the sites of impact is pharynx. FFB are difficult to identify on plain radiography, depending on their size, bone calcification, and the type of fish. Computed tomography (CT) is the

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Ocular Manifestations of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

1. AbstractThe ophthalmologic manifestations of acute leukemia are rare and may go unnoticed. They can range from blurring of vision to reduced visual acuity. The retina is the most commonly affected intraocular structure. We report a case of a 5-year-old Infant, followed for trisomy 21 and treated for Two years for acute myeloid leukemia, has

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The “Reversed Halo” Sign in Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Renal Allograft Recipient

1. Clinical ImageA 37 years old male patient was a known case of Renal allograft recipient, new-onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT), on triple-drug immunosuppression (Tac/MMF/Steroid), basic disease:Chronic glomerulonephritis and hypertension, induction: ATG 150 mg, donor: brother. He presented with fever, dry cough, and right-sided chest pain for 5 days, 6 months after renal ransplant. DOI:

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Nails Changes Induced by Daptomycin

1. Clinical Image A 47-year-old male patient, with a newly diagnosed liver cirrhosis and chronic pancreatitis, had a prolonged hospitalization at the Internal Medicine Department due to complicated pancreatic pseudo- cyst. The increase in the size of a known preexisting pseudocyst and the accompanying fever and rigor, made the medical team to first include in

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