Retronychia is defined as nail plate ingrowth into the proximal nail fold causing pain and perionyxis. We report on a case series of seven patients seen from 2001 to 2020 (mean age 20 years). Xanthonychia was observed in all nails. Total nail …
Tourette syndrome (TS), a relatively common disorder, has been gaining more attention during the past two decades because of an increased number of reports. Nevertheless, it is still not completely understood. Furthermore, a clinical entity called …
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Rhea Singh, MD, PhD, ScD Prof. Dr. of medical sciences Nataliya Nekrasova, MD, PhD, ScD Prof. Dr. of medical sciences Dmytro Butov
Im Zusammenhang mit der COVID-19-Pandemie ist immer wieder das Argument zu hören gewesen, Gesundheitsschutz müsse dem Datenschutz jedenfalls vorgehen. In dieser Pauschalität ist diese Aussage zwar plakativ, aber weder aus ethischer noch aus …
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Schmidhuber, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Stöger
Time and again, it is discussed that in medical practices, the number of patients who develop health anxieties due to extensive health information searches on the Internet is increasing. The objective of this study is to explore and describe …
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Dr. phil. Julian Wangler, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Michael Jansky
Atypical vascular proliferations (AVP) are a late complication after radiotherapy. Most cases have been reported in female breast cancer patients on the chest wall. These lesions are mostly of the lymphatic type. Herein, we report a blood …
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MD Uwe Wollina, MD Jacqueline Schönlebe, MD André Koch, PhD Michael Tirant, MD José C. Cardoso, MD Ayşe Serap Karadag
A case report and narrative review of the literature on low back pain and spinal injections
Injection therapy is a frequently used method for the treatment of subacute and chronic low back pain (LBP) despite scant evidence for its effectiveness. To date there are relatively few studies comparing this method with other treatments.
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Benjamin Hadzimuratovic, Andreas Mittelbach, Arian Bahrami, Jochen Zwerina, PD Dr. Roland Kocijan
Prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes (premature rupture of membranes, PROM) before or at the limit of fetal viability is condition associated with significant and serious pediatric morbidity and mortality. It is a rare problem, with an …
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Darko Tomica, Mario Puljiz, MD Luka Marcelić, Damir Danolić, Daniel Haubenberger, Ilija Alvir, Ivica Mamić, Lucija Šušnjar, Peter Diridl
We report on a 12-year-old girl with a relapsed infratentorial low-grade glioma (pilocytic astrocytoma) adjacent to the fourth ventricle. 5 years after initial diagnosis and subtotal resection of the tumour, follow-up Magnetic Resonance Imaging …
Gesunde ältere Menschen weisen Änderungen im Schilddrüsenhormonmetabolismus auf, die möglicherweise sogar aktiv zur Langlebigkeit beitragen können. Dies gilt es, auch bei der Behandlung von – prinzipiell ebenso wie bei Jüngeren auftretenden – …
Erythrasma is a common superficial skin infection that most commonly affects the skin folds and presents with red-brown, flaky patches that are sharply demarcated. The term comes from Greek and means “red spot.” Erythrasma is caused by …
Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ermöglichte die Reichshauptstadt der k.k. Donaumonarchie, Wien, die Begegnung zweier bedeutender Persönlichkeiten der Medizingeschichte: des Chirurgen Eduard Albert (1841–1900) und dessen Schüler Adolf Lorenz …
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerold Holzer, Dr. phil. Helena Kokešová
Die hohe Qualität der Schilddrüsenchirurgie impliziert ein endokrin-chirurgisches Verständnis des Operateurs mit dem Ziel einer bestmöglichen Ergebnisqualität. Das beinhaltet ein befundadäquates Resektionsausmaß und eine möglichst niedrige Komplikationsrate. Der Chirurg sollte dafür frühzeitig in die Operationsindikation eingebunden sein.
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Michael Hermann, Elisabeth Gschwandtner, Max Schneider, Laura Handgriff, Rupert Prommegger