Left atrial appendage cannulation for left ventricular unloading in a patient with ventricular thrombus on extracorporeal life support by Anne-Kristin Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Gottfried Heinz, Julia Riebandt, Robert Zilberszac

“…Case presentation A 61-year-old patient presenting with normotensive cardiogenic shock (SCAI C) after subacute anterior wall myocardial infarction deteriorated with pulmonary edema and ventricular fibrillation, requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal life support under ongoing CPR (SCAI E). …”
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Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis by Suat Doganci, Erkan Kaya, Murat Kadan, Kubilay Karabacak, Gökhan Erol, Ufuk Demirkilic

“…Physical examination was almost normal except bilateral pretibial edema. On magnetic resonance venography, there was an intravenous mass, which is originated from right internal iliac vein and extended into the inferior vena cava. …”
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Desferrioxamine Reduces Oxidative Stress in the Lung Contusion by Umit Nusret Basaran, Suleyman Ayvaz, Burhan Aksu, Turan Karaca, Mustafa Cemek, Ihsan Karaboga, Mustafa Inan, Feyza Aksu, Mehmet Pul

“…In light microscopic evaluation, the contusion and contusion+DFX groups showed edema, hemorrhage, alveolar destruction, and leukocyte infiltration. …”
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Potencial Terapêutico da Vortioxetina: Respostas Cardíacas ao Estresse Crônico Moderado Imprevisível em um Modelo de Rato by Ozlem Ozmen, Serife Tasan, Gulin Ozdamar Unal

“…Resultados O grupo ECMI apresentou aumento de hemorragia, edema, degeneração vacuolar e infiltrações de células mononucleares, com redução de troponina e IL-10 e aumento de expressões de caspase-3 e NF-κB em comparação ao grupo controle (p≤0,001). …”
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Lipid-lowering drug targets and lung related diseases: a Mendelian randomization study by Haifeng Yu, Xiaofei Zhang, Bian Wen, Shuo Hu, Bin Ni

“…However, long-term inhibition of NPC1L that mimics the use of statin drugs may have contradictory effects on pulmonary edema (OR = 0.508, 95%CI = 0.328–0.786,P = 0.002) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR = 1.524, 95%CI = 1.099–2.115, P = 0.012). …”
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Evaluación oftalmológica de pacientes con úlcera de pie diabético by Sonia Pérez Rodríguez, Laura Barrero Viera, Maura Tamayo Rodríguez, Marlene David Baldo

“…Solo un paciente anciano con otras comorbilidades, desarrolló una retinopatía diabética proliferativa, luego de un examen previo en que se observó retinopatía diabética no proliferativa y edema macular diabético.  Conclusiones: La aparición o progresión de retinopatía diabética es infrecuente en pacientes complicados con úlcera del pie diabético tratados con Heberprot-P, hasta cinco meses después de tratamiento. …”
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3,5,4′-Tri-O-acetylresveratrol Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome via MAPK/SIRT1 Pathway by Lijie Ma, Yilin Zhao, Ruixuan Wang, Tingting Chen, Wangping Li, Yandong Nan, Xueying Liu, Faguang Jin

“…Pretreatment of AC-Rsv attenuated LPS-induced histological changes, alleviated pulmonary edema, reduced blood vascular leakage, and inhibited the MPO activities in lungs. …”
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Mortalidad temprana en pacientes con ictus isquémico by Belkis Magdalena Martinez Martinez, Miguel Ángel Blanco Aspiazu

“…Casi 2 tercios de los fallecidos (58,9 %) ocurrieron en los primeros 7 días del evento isquémico agudo y en más de la mitad de los pacientes se presentó edema cerebral como causa directa de muerte. Los factores de riesgo vascular que predominaron fueron la hipertensión arterial, el tabaquismo y la diabetes mellitus, y prevaleció el subtipo de ictus aterotrombótico de gran vaso. …”
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Hypothyroidism Due to Thyroid Amyloidosis Simultaneously With AL Renal Amyloidosis to Give Better Idea of Association of the Two Conditions by Guan C, Liu Y, Chen R, Zhu Y

“…In this case, we describe a 66-year-old female patient who visited the nephrology department due to lower limb edema for 2 months and numbness of the extremities for more than 2 years. …”
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Active Pedicle Epithelial Flap Transposition Combined with Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Treatment of Nonhealing Corneal Ulcers by Ting Zhang, Yuexin Wang, Yanni Jia, Dongle Liu, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao

“…The primary diseases were herpes simplex keratitis (8 eyes), corneal graft ulcer (2 eyes), and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (1 eye). …”
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Dasatinib-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Upfront Combination Therapy by Makoto Nishimori, Tomoyuki Honjo, Kenji Kaihotsu, Naohiko Sone, Sachiko Yoshikawa, Junichi Imanishi, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Noriaki Emoto, Masanori Iwahashi

“…A 24-year-old man presenting dyspnea at rest and leg edema was admitted to our hospital. He had been diagnosed with CML and prescribed dasatinib for 4 years. …”
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Differential gene expression during recall of behaviorally conditioned immune enhancement in rats: a pilot study [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Marcus Picard-Mareau, Markus Rueckels

“…Data obtained from spleen showed a strong upregulation of immunomodulatory genes, chemo-/cytokines and glutamatergic/cholinergic neurotransmission related genes, as also confirmed by increased chemokine and ACTH levels in plasma. …”
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Concurrent Diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Follicular Lymphoma: An Unreported Presentation by Amy G. Starr, Sushma R. Jonna, Joeffrey J. Chahine, Bhaskar V. Kallakury, Chaitra S. Ujjani

“…We report a case of a 73-year-old male who presented with dyspnea and right-sided lower extremity edema in the setting of leukocytosis. Bone marrow evaluation indicated a chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), confirmed by molecular testing. …”
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Pars Plana Vitrectomy Combined with Focal Endolaser Photocoagulation for Idiopathic Macular Telangiectasia by Gaku Terauchi, Celso Soiti Matsumoto, Kei Shinoda, Harue Matsumoto, Yutaka Imamura, Emiko Watanabe, Takaaki Kondo, Atsushi Mizota

“…To report the outcome of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with intraoperative endolaser focal photocoagulation (PC) on eyes with idiopathic macular telangiectasis (MacTel) type 1. …”
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CCR9 Antagonists in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis by Pirow Bekker, Karen Ebsworth, Matthew J. Walters, Robert D. Berahovich, Linda S. Ertl, Trevor T. Charvat, Sreenivas Punna, Jay P. Powers, James J. Campbell, Timothy J. Sullivan, Juan C. Jaen, Thomas J. Schall

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Migraine diagnosis in patients with sinus headache symptoms: a cross-sectional study at Khartoum ENT Hospital by Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelgafour, Abdelgadir Ahmed Eltayeb, Mohammed El-Awad

“…Autonomic symptoms included lacrimation 71 (36%), conjunctival injection 20 (10%), and eyelid edema 6 (3%), and 26 (13%) had positive family history of migraine. …”
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Bi-exponential diffusion-weighted imaging for differentiating high-grade gliomas from solitary brain metastases: a VOI-based histogram analysis by Yifei Su, Junhao Wang, Jinxia Guo, Xuanchen Liu, Xiaoxiong Yang, Rui Cheng, Chunhong Wang, Cheng Xu, Yexin He, Hongming Ji

“…Volumes of interest (VOI) in the peritumoral edema area (PTEA) and enhanced tumor area (ETA) were selected for analysis. …”
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Primary liver lymphoma: review of the literature and clinical case presentation by A. K. Smolyaninova, A. V. Gubkin, Ye. Ye. Zvonkov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Laboratory tests revealed progressive signs of liver failure at normal level of alpha-fetoprotein and carcino-embryonic antigen; clinical signs included progressive manifestations of liver encephalopathy, skin hemorrhages, severe edema, ascites, pruritis and excoriations. Empirical therapy by prednisolon resulted in no responce and was complicated by development of steroid diabetes. …”
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Previously Undiagnosed Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy as a Cause of Airway Obstruction after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy by Miyuki Niki, Taihei Tachikawa, Yuka Sano, Hiroki Miyawaki, Aisa Matoi, Yukari Okano, Nobutaka Kariya, Tsuneo Tatara, Munetaka Hirose

“…Vocal cord paralysis combined with postoperative laryngeal edema, the cause of which was presumed to be SBMA, likely caused airway obstruction after RALP. …”
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Application value of CT three-dimensional reconstruction technology in the identification of benign and malignant lung nodules and the characteristics of nodule distribution by Guanghai Ji, Fei Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Jie Peng, Hao Deng, Sheng Xiao, Yun Li

“…The mean diffusion coefficient values and partial anisotropy index values were lower in female patients compared to male patients in the lung nodule lesion area, lung perinodular edema area, and normal lung tissue (P < 0.05). Conventional CT scanning showed a benign accuracy rate of 63.33% and a malignant accuracy rate of 60.00%, whereas CT 3D imaging achieved a benign and malignant accuracy rate of 86.67% for both. …”
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