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A Case of Infected Left Atrial Myxoma With Concomitant Mitral Valve Endocarditis
Get PDFMyxoma is the most common primary tumor in the heart. Cardiac myxomas can present in various manners including embolization and fever, sometimes simulating endocarditis. However, they are rarely infected. We report here a case of an infected left atrial myxoma that seeded a normal mitral valve and atypically presented with multiple embolic events in the lower extremities along with multiple splenic and a cerebellar infarction
Studies on Changes of β-Adrenergic Receptors in Polymorphonuclear Cell and Mononuclear Cell with the Changes of Thyroid Function
No full textErratum: A Case of Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) Syndrome with Intracardiac Thrombus
No full textA Case of Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes (MEALS) Syndrome with Intracardiac Thrombus
No full textDilated Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Hypothyroidism: Case Report with a Review of Literatures
No full textClinicopathological Characteristics of Colon Cancer Diagnosed at Primary Health Care Institutions
No full textBackground/AimsThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics of colon cancers detected at the SOK Sokpeynhan Internal Medical Network, a nationwide system of primary health care institutions.MethodsWe analyzed 579 colon cancer patients diagnosed using colonoscopy at the SOK network from January 2011 through December 2012. Cancers from the rectum to the splenic flexure were classified as left colon cancer. Patients over 65 were classified as senior.ResultsThe mean age (±SD) of subjects was 60.9±10.5 years and 61.1% were men. More than one quarter (28.2%) of patients were asymptomatic. The prevalence of left colon cancer was higher (77.9%) than that for right colon cancer. The most frequent macroscopic and histologic types were depressed (58.9%) and moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (52.2%), respectively. Asymptomatic subjects displayed protruding or well differentiated adenocarcinoma, while symptomatic patients were more likely to display depressed or moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma (P0.05).ConclusionsStudy results indicated an increase of colon cancer amongst younger demographics in recent years. The effectiveness of colonoscopy screening was also evident, as asymptomatic patients demonstrated frequent findings of well differentiated adenocarcinomas. Study results also suggested a need for closer examination of older patients, as right colon cancer tended to increase with age
