A recent case report provided a patient scenario,wherein,a 39-year-old male patient presented with occasional palpitations,headache,and fever.Evaluation of tumor markers did not show any abnormal results.Subsequently,...A recent case report provided a patient scenario,wherein,a 39-year-old male patient presented with occasional palpitations,headache,and fever.Evaluation of tumor markers did not show any abnormal results.Subsequently,a computed tomography(CT)scan was undertaken,and its findings were affirmative of thymic cancer.Finally,the postoperative histopathological assessment of the mass,after its resection,confirmed it as an anterior mediastinal multilocular thymic cyst(MTC),with concurrent acute upper respiratory tract infection and acute myocarditis.Accordingly,this case report advocates the need for a preoperative histopathological examination with CT imaging to minimize the risk of confusing an MTC with a malignant thymic tumor.展开更多
Patients with malignant biliary obstruction,following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)failure could be referred for endoscopicultrasound-guided biliary drainage through electrocautery-enhanced(ECE)...Patients with malignant biliary obstruction,following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)failure could be referred for endoscopicultrasound-guided biliary drainage through electrocautery-enhanced(ECE)lumen-apposing metal stent(LAMS)placement.However,the efficacy and safety of ECE-LAMS in this scenario have remained debatable due to minimal scientific evidence.The current confirmed 91.0%clinical success,96.7%technical success,7.3%reintervention rate,and 17.5%adverse events,following the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction with ECE-LAMS delivery.Finally,ECE-LAMS proved to be a generalizable strategy for managing biliary obstruction for patients who were excluded from ERCP.展开更多
Transplant recipients usually have increased chances of graft rejection and graft vs host disease,requiring chronic immunosuppressive therapy.Nonetheless,longterm immunosuppression risks malignancies such as skin canc...Transplant recipients usually have increased chances of graft rejection and graft vs host disease,requiring chronic immunosuppressive therapy.Nonetheless,longterm immunosuppression risks malignancies such as skin cancer,lymphoma,and Kaposi sarcoma.However,there are very few studies that included solid organ transplant recipients while studying the efficacy of immunotherapy.“Immunotherapy after liver transplantation:Where are we now?”is a study,where the authors described the mechanism of action and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors specific to liver transplant recipients.The authors reported the graft rejection rates and the factors contributing to the rejection in the liver transplant recipients.展开更多
The present letter to the editor corresponds to the article entitled“Comprehensive literature review on the radiographic findings,imaging modalities,and the role of radiology in the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)...The present letter to the editor corresponds to the article entitled“Comprehensive literature review on the radiographic findings,imaging modalities,and the role of radiology in the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic”by Pal et al,published in World J Radiol.2021;13(9):258-282.With zero to unknown prevalence,COVID-19 has created a heterogeneous and unforeseen situation across the world.Healthcare providers encountered new challenges in image interpretation,characterization,and prognostication of the disease.Pal et al delineated the radiological findings,which would guide the radiologists to identify the early signs of severe infection.展开更多
文摘A recent case report provided a patient scenario,wherein,a 39-year-old male patient presented with occasional palpitations,headache,and fever.Evaluation of tumor markers did not show any abnormal results.Subsequently,a computed tomography(CT)scan was undertaken,and its findings were affirmative of thymic cancer.Finally,the postoperative histopathological assessment of the mass,after its resection,confirmed it as an anterior mediastinal multilocular thymic cyst(MTC),with concurrent acute upper respiratory tract infection and acute myocarditis.Accordingly,this case report advocates the need for a preoperative histopathological examination with CT imaging to minimize the risk of confusing an MTC with a malignant thymic tumor.
文摘Patients with malignant biliary obstruction,following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)failure could be referred for endoscopicultrasound-guided biliary drainage through electrocautery-enhanced(ECE)lumen-apposing metal stent(LAMS)placement.However,the efficacy and safety of ECE-LAMS in this scenario have remained debatable due to minimal scientific evidence.The current confirmed 91.0%clinical success,96.7%technical success,7.3%reintervention rate,and 17.5%adverse events,following the treatment of malignant biliary obstruction with ECE-LAMS delivery.Finally,ECE-LAMS proved to be a generalizable strategy for managing biliary obstruction for patients who were excluded from ERCP.
文摘Transplant recipients usually have increased chances of graft rejection and graft vs host disease,requiring chronic immunosuppressive therapy.Nonetheless,longterm immunosuppression risks malignancies such as skin cancer,lymphoma,and Kaposi sarcoma.However,there are very few studies that included solid organ transplant recipients while studying the efficacy of immunotherapy.“Immunotherapy after liver transplantation:Where are we now?”is a study,where the authors described the mechanism of action and outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitors specific to liver transplant recipients.The authors reported the graft rejection rates and the factors contributing to the rejection in the liver transplant recipients.
文摘The present letter to the editor corresponds to the article entitled“Comprehensive literature review on the radiographic findings,imaging modalities,and the role of radiology in the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic”by Pal et al,published in World J Radiol.2021;13(9):258-282.With zero to unknown prevalence,COVID-19 has created a heterogeneous and unforeseen situation across the world.Healthcare providers encountered new challenges in image interpretation,characterization,and prognostication of the disease.Pal et al delineated the radiological findings,which would guide the radiologists to identify the early signs of severe infection.
