Abstract Background Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a useful Memory Support tool in pancreatic cancer diagnosis.However, the procedure itself may cause peritoneal dissemination and needle tract seeding at the puncture site.We herein report two cases of gastric wall metastasis due to needle tract seeding after EUS-FN
Abstract The non-filarial and non-communicable disease podoconiosis affects around 4 million people and is characterized by severe leg lymphedema accompanied with painful intermittent acute inflammatory episodes, called acute dermatolymphangioadenitis (ADLA) attacks.Risk factors have been associated with the disease but the mechanisms of pathophysi
Objective To investigate the causes and treatment of delayed corneal epithelial healing after trans-epithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TPRK).Methods A case of a young female with delayed corneal epithelial healing after TPRK for myopia was retrospectively analyzed.Results Delayed corneal healing is a rare complication in the early stage after
The primary cilium is a sensory organelle, defects in which cause a wide range of human diseases including retinal degeneration, polycystic kidney disease and birth defects.The sensory functions of cilia require specific receptors to be targeted to the ciliary subdomain of the plasma membrane.Arf4 has been proposed to sort cargo destined for the ci