📃Scientific paper: Teprotumumab in advanced reactivated thyroid eye disease Abstract: PURPOSE: To report the case of a patient with reactivated, refractory thyroid eye disease (TED) treated with teprotumumab. OBSERVATIONS: A 51-year-old female with a 16-year history of thyroid eye disease previously treated with orbital decompression and multiple eyelid surgeries presented in a recurrent flare of the disease. The disease recurrence was refractory to intravenous steroid therapy and only partially responsive to oral steroid therapy, and the patient developed dysthyroid optic neuropathy in the right eye with decreased visual acuity and color vision. Clinical activity score was 8/10 and proptosis measurements were 27 mm OD and 26 mm OS. The patient underwent treatment with eight infusions of teprotumumab coinciding with a low taper of oral prednisone and experienced resolution of dysthyroid optic neuropathy, decrease of clinical activity score to 1, and dramatic improvement in proptosis (17 mm OD, 17 mm OS) and extraocular muscle size on imaging. Thirty weeks after completion of teprotumumab and 2 weeks after the second dose of the COVID vaccine, she experienced another flare and subsequently underwent bilateral orbital decompressions. CONCLUSION: This case report suggests teprotumumab may be used in patients with reactivation of longstanding thyroid eye disease. Reduction of extraocular muscle size and improvement in proptosis suggest teprotumumab may be disease-modifying even in advanced cases. Continued on ES/IODE ➡️ https://etcse.fr/kf7i ------- If you find this interesting, feel free to follow, comment and share. We need your help to enhance our visibility, so that our platform continues to serve you.
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📃Scientific paper: Teprotumumab in advanced reactivated thyroid eye disease Abstract: PURPOSE: To report the case of a patient with reactivated, refractory thyroid eye disease (TED) treated with teprotumumab. OBSERVATIONS: A 51-year-old female with a 16-year history of thyroid eye disease previously treated with orbital decompression and multiple eyelid surgeries presented in a recurrent flare of the disease. The disease recurrence was refractory to intravenous steroid therapy and only partially responsive to oral steroid therapy, and the patient developed dysthyroid optic neuropathy in the right eye with decreased visual acuity and color vision. Clinical activity score was 8/10 and proptosis measurements were 27 mm OD and 26 mm OS. The patient underwent treatment with eight infusions of teprotumumab coinciding with a low taper of oral prednisone and experienced resolution of dysthyroid optic neuropathy, decrease of clinical activity score to 1, and dramatic improvement in proptosis (17 mm OD, 17 mm OS) and extraocular muscle size on imaging. Thirty weeks after completion of teprotumumab and 2 weeks after the second dose of the COVID vaccine, she experienced another flare and subsequently underwent bilateral orbital decompressions. CONCLUSION: This case report suggests teprotumumab may be used in patients with reactivation of longstanding thyroid eye disease. Reduction of extraocular muscle size and improvement in proptosis suggest teprotumumab may be disease-modifying even in advanced cases. Continued on ES/IODE ➡️ https://etcse.fr/kf7i ------- If you find this interesting, feel free to follow, comment and share. We need your help to enhance our visibility, so that our platform continues to serve you.
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Hello connection 🤝 Artical on abdominal paracentesis Paracentesis is a procedure in which a needle or catheter is inserted into the peritoneal cavity to obtain ascitic fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. [1, 2, 3] Ascitic fluid may be used to help determine the etiology of ascites, as well as to evaluate for infection or presence of cancer. CAUSES injury to the abdomen. infection of the peritoneum (peritonitis) scarring of the liver tissue (cirrhosis) or liver failure. cancer, in particular ovarian, uterine, cervical, colorectal, stomach, pancreatic or liver cancer. POSITION Midline and lateral approaches can be used for paracentesis, with the left-lateral technique more commonly employed. INDICATION Abdominal paracentesis is a safe and effective diagnostic and therapeutic procedure used in the evaluation of a variety of abdominal problems, including ascites, abdominal injury, acute abdomen, and peritonitis. Ascites may be recognized on physical examination as abdominal distention and the presence of a fluid wave CONTRAINDICATED Poor patient cooperation, surgical scarring over the puncture area, large intra-abdominal masses, and severe portal hypertension with abdominal collateral circulation are relative contraindications. CONCLUSION Abdominal paracentesis is a safe and effective diagnostic and therapeutic procedure used in the evaluation of a variety of abdominal problems, including ascites, abdominal injury, acute abdomen, and peritonitis. #snsinstitutions #snsdesignthinkers #snsdesignthinking
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Parasagittal and Parafalcine MENINGIOMAS : UPFRONT vs ADJUVANT RADIOSURGERY; a systematic review and meta-analysis Fernando De Nigris Vasconcellos et al., Neurosurg Rev, 2024 Mar https://lnkd.in/di5xMha9 8 studies involving 821 patients with 878 parafalcine and parasagittal (PFPS) grade I meningiomas - LOCAL CONTROL (LC) was achieved in >80% of all cases, while in the subgroup of patients that recieved UPFRONT SRS LC was achieved in 97% of such cases - TOXICITY was reported in 7.3% of the SRS treated PFPS meningiomas - RECURRENCE was observed in 17.1% of cases - FURTHER SURGICAL APPROACH was needed in 9.2% of cases - SYMPTOM IMPROVEMENT was noted in 33.2% of patients Conclusions: SRS is a SAFE and EFFECTIVE treatment for PFPS meningiomas, both as an adjuvant therapy and as an upfront treatment for often smaller tumors. The use of single and hypofractionated SRS for larger volume PFPS meningiomas should be more explored to better define the risks and benefits. #SRS #upfront_SRS #adjuvant_SRS #parafalcine #parasagittal #meningiomas
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Redefining Rural Healthcare: Penn Trafford Family Medicine Pioneer Leads in Skin Cancer Detection with DermaSensor! Kevin Wong, MD stated, “This is a rare quadruple win in medicine! It’s a win for the patients, a win for the providers, a win for dermatologists, and a win for insurers. For the patients, it may provide peace of mind with an adjunctive medical device for detecting all three common skin cancers. For the providers, DermaSensor generates an immediate, objective assessment of suspicious skin lesions for timely referrals. For dermatologists, DermaSensor helps prioritize patients requiring a higher level of care and more immediate attention. And for the insurers, this can result in prompt evaluation and treatment if malignancy is detected.” Read more https://lnkd.in/dBRdcYQi
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Cardiac sarcoid behaves different than LN sarcoid... interesting case 42 year old gentlemen suspected to have sarcoidosis underwent PET CT 🛎️Image column 1- Initial Evaluation: Assessment: PET scan reveals active disease in mediastinal lymph nodes (LN) and heterogeneous positive uptake in cardiac tissue. Complications and Treatment Initiation: Patient experiences cardiac related issues.Initiated on steroid therapy and considered for an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD). 🛎️Image column 2- Follow-Up PET Scan- 3 Months Post-Therapy: Response: Partial response to therapy; residual uptake noted. 🛎️Image column 3- 6 Months Post-Therapy: Response: Complete metabolic response (CMR) achieved. Steroid Tapering was considered : 3 Months Post-Tapering: experiences ICD activation. 🛎️Image column 4 PET CT Scan: Reveals recurrence of cardiac disease and inactive mediastinal LN. Revised Treatment Plan: New Therapy: Initiated on methotrexate and continued steroid therapy. 🛎️Image column 5- Final PET Scan: Reveals complete metabolic response (CMR). 🏆5-Point Summary on PET in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: 🏹1.Diagnosis and Initial Assessment: PET scan is important for detecting active disease and evaluating the extent of disease involvement in sarcoidosis. 🏹2.Treatment Monitoring: PET scans help in assessing the response to therapy by identifying changes in disease activity and metabolic response over time. 🏹3.Complications Management: PET scans can reveal residual or recurrent disease, guiding adjustments in treatment strategies, such as steroid tapering or additional medications. 🏹4.Evaluation of Therapy Effectiveness: Serial PET scans provide valuable feedback on how well the therapy is working, CT helps in lung and liver drug toxicity assessment. 🏹5.Guiding Further Intervention: PET findings can impact decisions on interventions like ICD placement or changes in medication, ensuring a tailored approach to managing cardiac sarcoidosis.
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Today’s cardiovascular case study is a case of PCI treatment for a kidney cancer patient with frequent chest pain. The patient is a 59-year-old male who was hospitalized for the discovery of lung cancer and kidney cancer accompanied by chest pain for half a month. A primary lung malignant tumor was found after a chest CT scan, and a urological examination diagnosed clear cell renal cell carcinoma (grade II). Due to repeated episodes of chest pain, a coronary CTA examination was also performed and revealed severe stenosis in multiple blood vessels. The patient was transferred to the cardiology department for further diagnosis and treatment. Active cancer and planned major surgery on DAPT are both major criteria according to the the ARC-HBR criteria, thus categorizing this patient to be a HBR (high bleeding risk) patient. PCI procedure was performed to treat the severe stenosis of LCX and LAD. BA9 drug-coated stent BioFreedom™ were implanted. BioFreedom™ stent allows for ultra-short (one-month) DAPT after the procedure for patients at high risk of bleeding or requiring near-future surgery. A total of 240 cancer patients and 400 recently-scheduled-for-surgery patients were enrolled in the LEADERS FREE study. The conclusion of these subgroup analysis confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the regimen of BioFreedom™ stent combined with one-month DAPT in patients, compared to the control group. The BioFreedom™ drug coated stent has been the recommended treatment stent in the ESC guidelines for patients with high bleeding risk. It is a suitable choice for short DAPT scenarios, including patients with active cancer. #healthcare #medical #cardiovascular #heartstent #PCI #interventionalcardiology #biofreedom
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📃Scientific paper: Long-term follow-up of tuberculosis-destroyed lung patients after surgical treatment Abstract: Background To monitor dypsnea and mortality at 5 and 10 years, respectively, after surgical treatment of tuberculosis-destroyed lung (TDL) patients. Methods TDL patients treated surgically at Beijing Chest Hospital from November 2007 to June 2019 were monitored in this observational study. Follow-up assessments of respiratory function indicators and survival conducted 5 and 10 years post-surgery led to patient grouping based on mMRC score into a dyspnea group (mMRC ≥ 1) and a non-dyspnea group (mMRC = 0). Cox regression analysis detected effects of patient demographics, clinical characteristics, surgical factors and respiratory function on 5 year post-surgical survival. Results By study completion (June 30, 2020), 32 of 104 patients were lost and 72 completed follow-up for a study total of 258.9 person-years. 45 patients (62.5%, 45/72) had mMRC scores of 0, while 12 (16.7%, 12/72), 21 (36.2%, 21/58) and 27 (60.0%, 27/45) patients exhibited dyspnea by 1, 3 and 5 years post-surgery, respectively. Low lung carbon monoxide diffusion score (DLCO% pred) and scoliosis contributed to dyspnea occurrence. Conclusions Most TDL patients lacked subjective dyspnea signs post-surgery, while dyspnea rates increased with time. Preoperative low lung diffusion function and Scoliosis were associated with factors for postoperative dyspnea. Surgical treatment increased TDL patient survival overall. Continued on ES/IODE ➡️ https://etcse.fr/AxC7 ------- If you find this interesting, feel free to follow, comment and share. We need your help to enhance our visibility, so that our platform continues to serve you.
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At last. Even though AF ablation has been performed in nearly a million patients for close to 20 years, we finally have a proper sham-controlled trial for this procedure. We've been seeing placebo effects in ablation for years. A patient has symptomatic AF pre-ablation, returns to the clinic post-ablation telling you he/she feels a ton better, BUT is in AF. The ablation is nearly 100% placebo. Though not common, also not a rare occurrence. This JAMA-published paper from the UK, SHAM-PVI, randomly assigned 126 symptomatic patients with persistent or paroxysmal AF to either cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) or sham with phrenic nerve pacing. Note that 80% of the 67-year-old patients had persistent AF, cardioversion was performed for all patients in both groups who were in AF at the time of the procedure, and the time to ablation from diagnosis was ~ 2 years. The results were positive for the ablation arm, with an absolute change in AF burden from baseline of 60% in the ablation arm vs 35% in the placebo arm, which was highly significant. Additionally, all three QOL scores improved significantly at 6 months in the active arm. Interestingly, the blinding index results showed that after the procedure, there was near complete blinding, but after 6 months, the patients guessed a lot better, suggesting that symptoms are “just" the way the patient feels after the PVI or sham. Overall, I think this a remarkable trial and perhaps one of the best papers in EP this year, attempting to quantify the placebo effect from cardiac ablation. These were highly symptomatic patients, with a mean AFNET score of 52 at baseline which is quite low. We know that QOL improvement following PVI is inversely proportional to baseline AFEQT, therefore by starting with highly symptomatic patients 2 years into AF, the stage is set for large improvements in QOL. This has important relevance to clinical practice because if we ablate early in the course of a patient’s AF, when they are less sure of symptoms, there may be less of a difference between sham and procedure. What SHAM-PVI reiterates strongly here is the value in not ablating patients too early. Note also the improvement in the sham arm. Much of this is due to cardioversion and antiarrhythmic drugs because we know that AF is kept at bay in a small yet substantial number of patients with simple shock. We also know that there is a regression to the mean in the natural history of AF. The big take-home here is that AF often goes away on its own. In the absence of heart failure (HF) or decompensation, cardiologists should give peace a chance to heal AF. Educate, reassure, treat metabolic risk factors, cardiovert, and see what happens. Patients like less procedures. This is indeed a remarkable trial, we are not quite out of the woods in quantifying the placebo affect from ablation. Two more trials are ongoing, and I suspect we'll learn a lot about this as more information comes out.
Pulmonary Vein Isolation vs Sham Intervention in Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
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Sickle cell disease and cerebral fat embolism Cerebral Fat Embolism in a Patient With Hemoglobin SC Disease Associated With Vaso-Occlusive Crisis and COVID-19 Zachary Buxo, BS, Astha Saini, DO, Cullen Hudson, BS, and Diane L. Levine, MD Sickle cell disease is characterized by episodic vaso-occlusive events triggered by a combination of inflammation, increased adhesion to vascular endothelial cells, and activation of hemostasis. This vascular obstruction results in acute vaso-occlusive pain, stroke, and acute chest syndrome, which are more commonly observed when patients are admitted for acute vaso-occlusive crisis. Although fat embolism syndrome is most associated with orthopedic trauma, individuals with sickle cell hemoglobinopathy are at increased risk for nontrauma-related fat embolism syndrome. Here we describe a young woman with a history of hemoglobin SC disease who presented with fat embolism syndrome following a vaso-occlusive crisis precipitated by COVID-19 infection. Background Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have episodic vaso-occlusive events involving intravascular occlusion by sickled red blood cells and thrombosis resulting in hypoxia, ischemia, and inflammation. The resulting inflammation from these processes can progress to a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare complication of SCD. The mechanism is suggested to be vaso-occlusive bone marrow necrosis releasing fat emboli into venous circulation. The most extensive literature review of FES included case reports published from 1941 through 2018 and identified 87 total cases. The review showed that FES predominantly affects patients with hemoglobin SC disease (HbSC) (50%) or Sickle/β0-thalassemia (HbSβ+) (18%). The diagnosis is made clinically. Presentation includes progressive respiratory failure, neurologic decline, cutaneous petechiae, and thrombocytopenia Imaging is characterized by a starfield pattern on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. Prompt red cell exchange transfusion (RCE) has been shown to decrease the risk for neurologic compromise
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A study conducted by an Italian research team, recently published in the scientific journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, demonstrates the effectiveness of transurethral intraprostatic anaesthesia (TUIA) with the Schelin Catheter® (a registered trademark of ProstaLund AB) in patients with benign prostatic enlargement prior to temporary implantable nitinol device procedures. Study Overview: The study aimed to assess pain scores during and after the implantation of the temporary implantable nitinol device. Patients were divided into two groups: one receiving TUIA with the Schelin Catheter® and the other following standard anaesthesia protocols (local anaesthetics in the urethra or conscious intravenous sedation). Key Findings: The results showed that pain scores during the procedure and at the time of the nitinol device removal were similar between both groups. However, 24 and 48 hours post-procedure, the group treated with TUIA using the Schelin Catheter® reported significantly lower pain scores. This is a clinically significant finding, as patients often experience varying degrees of discomfort during the postoperative period while the device remains in place. Conclusion: The authors conclude that TUIA with the Schelin Catheter® provides effective and sustained pain relief during and after the procedure, supporting its use in outpatient settings. Read the full publication: Secco S et al. Use of a Schelin catheter for transurethral intraprostatic anesthesia (TUIA) prior to iTIND procedure. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis (2024). https://lnkd.in/dNVeX-sT For more information about the Schelin Catheter®, visit: www.schelincatheter.com
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