Anesthesia Management in an Edentulous Patient with Huge Parotid Tumour: Case Report

Huge head and neck tumors are known to cause difficult ventilation and difficult intubation. Edentulous mouth can result in difficult mask ventilation. Head and neck tumor resections can also present hemodynamic challenge, due to their proximity to large vessels. We herein report a clinical case of difficult ventilation due to large parotid tumor in an edentulous patient

Principles and Working of Microturbine

A new small gas turbine technology is being developed which promises to bring the economic, environmental and convenience benefits, advancements in the automotive sector, generation of electricity and mechanical power needs of the commercial sector. The technology is of the microturbines.The micro turbine is an example of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, which is efficiently used to develop power at a small scale. Microturbines are small combustion turbines approximately the size of a refrigerator with outputs of 25 kW to 500 kW. Microturbines are part of the future of onsite, or distributed energy and power generation

Cervical intraspinal extradural primitive neuroectodermal tumour in an adult

Intraspinal extradural primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET) represent a rare entity that almost always carry a poor prognosis. A recent literature research revealed only four cases reported in adults. The tumours have mainly thoracic and lumbar location. We report the only case with cervical location and with the longest survival. Urgent laminectomy was performed resulting in a rapid pain relief for the patient. The patient was followed up with craniospinal irradiation and several cycles of chemotherapy. The patient died due to dissemination of the disease 31 months after the diagnosis. Intraspinal PNET tumours have a rapidly progressive course, and there is no current consensus on the optimal therapeutic approach

CACP syndrome: Identification of five novel mutations and of the first case of UPD in the largest European cohort

Camptodactyly-Arthropathy-Coxa vara-Pericarditis (CACP) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in PRG4 gene that encodes for proteoglycan 4, a mucin-like glycoprotein that is the major lubricant for joints and tendon surfaces. The molecular studies reported so far have described the identification of 15 mutations associated with this syndrome and the majority of them were found in families of Arabian origin. Here we report the molecular investigation of the largest European cohort that comprises 13 patients, and allowed the identification of 5 novel mutations and of the first case of CACP syndrome resulting from uniparental disomy of chromosome 1. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited All rights reserved