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Mar 22nd, 2023 - The tongue is an important and accessible muscle in the oral cavity, it has many functions which includes speech, chewing, swallowing, sucking, control of breathing, growth and developments of the jaws and perception to pain. Also, many systemic d...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Management of children who present with a history of impossible mask ventilation or difficult tracheal intubation is fraught with challenges. Despite this, the "airway stress test" of an inhalational induction is frequently employed risking airway...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) is the most common acquired myopathy in those aged above 50. It is classically heralded by weakness in the long finger flexors and quadriceps. The aim of this article is to describe five atypical cases of IBM...

Feb 28th, 2023 - Oral malformations of the tongue are exceedingly rare. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individualized treatment for patients with vascular malformations of the tongue. This retrospective study is based on a consecutive l...

Feb 25th, 2023 - Congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of the face (CILF) is a rare, congenital, nonhereditary facial overgrowth due to post-zygomatic activating mutations in PIK3CA gene. It is unilateral and involves hypertrophy of both the soft and hard tissue str...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - The tongue is an important and accessible muscle in the oral cavity, it has many functions which includes speech, chewing, swallowing, sucking, control of breathing, growth and developments of the jaws and perception to pain. Also, many systemic d...

Jan 23rd, 2023 - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined as repetitive obstruction of the upper airway during sleep and has been estimated to affect 1-6% of the general pediatric population. Untreated OSA in children has been associated with childhood hypertensio...

Dec 22nd, 2022 - The different positions used in neurosurgery for better accessibility to the operating field (park bench, prone) can impact cerebral venous drainage due to the effects of internal jugular venous outflow of blood, and may increase intracranial pres...

Jun 6th, 2022 - Pompe disease (PD) is a rare, autosomal-recessive disorder caused by deficiency of the lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase enzyme (GAA), leading to generalized build-up of glycogen, especially in the heart, muscle, liver and nervous system. Among the...

Dec 29th, 2021 - Tracheal intubation (TI) is a procedure that is frequently performed in an out-of-hospital emergency setting. TI is associated with a risk of adverse events, including severe sequelae such as hypoxemia, vomiting, aspiration, hypotension, and cardi...

Feb 5th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Matthew F. Watto, MD: I am Dr Frank Watto, and that is Dr Stuart K. Brigham. With us is our good friend, Dr Paul Nelson Williams. Paul N. Williams, MD: This time around we are going to talk about our ep...

Sep 4th, 2020 - Anatomical deformities of the upper airway can play a role in the pathogenesis of airway closure in OSA. Deformities of craniofacial and soft-tissue structures obstruct the upper airway at various levels, especially the retropalatal and retrogloss...

Jan 17th, 2020 - Comment Classification Lichen myxedematosus is differentiated into localized and generalized forms. The former is limited to the skin and lacks monoclonal gammopathy.

Jun 5th, 2019 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Gayatri Acharya, MD: Greetings. I'm Dr Gayatri Acharya, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. During today's roundtable, we'll be discussing cardiac amyloidosis (AL). I am joined by my colleagues, Dr Martha...

Aug 31st, 2017 - A 54-year-old man presented at our facility with a 3-month history of exertional breathlessness and purple blotches around his eyes. Examination revealed bilateral periorbital and perioral ecchymosis, purpuric spots along his waist, and waxy papul.