Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-11-07eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1057
ZengXia Ma, GuiMei Liu, GaoFeng Qiao, ChangMing Shen, Cheng Wang
{"title":"Therapeutic role of respiratory exercise in patients with tuberculous pleurisy.","authors":"ZengXia Ma, GuiMei Liu, GaoFeng Qiao, ChangMing Shen, Cheng Wang","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To observe the efficacy of respiratory exercise in patients with tuberculous pleurisy (TBP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A randomized controlled study was conducted including 146 patients diagnosed with TBP and undergoing pleural effusion drainage in Shandong Public Health Clinical Center from June 2020 to December 2022, and the patients were randomly divided into the control group and the respiratory exercise observation group. Pleural effusion drainage time, the difference of pulmonary function, and the degree of pleural hypertrophy between the two groups at 1 and 3 months after treatment were studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with the control group, the pleural effusion drainage time of the observation group was shortened, and there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of lung function and the degree of pleural hypertrophy at 1 month after treatment, while the lung function indexes and the degree of pleural hypertrophy of the observation group were significantly improved compared with that of the control group at 3 months after treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Respiratory exercise can shorten the drainage time of effusion in patients with TBP, and help to improve lung function and alleviate pleural hypertrophy adhesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241057"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11554447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142625472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Luteolin alleviates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by regulating cell pyroptosis.","authors":"Fei Yu, Guangxue Wang, Xingyi Chen, Yanfei Zhang, Cheng Yang, Hui Hu, Liang Wei","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1063","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to clarify the roles and underlying mechanisms of luteolin in the progression of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A mouse model of CIRI was established using the middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) method, after which luteolin was administered. Subsequently, neuronal apoptosis and pyroptosis were measured and the brain tissues of each group were subjected to RNA sequencing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Luteolin alleviated MCAO-induced brain infarction, apoptosis, and pyroptosis. RNA sequencing identified 3,379, 2,777, and 3,933 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the MCAO vs sham, MCAO vs MCAO + luteolin, and MCAO + luteolin vs sham groups, respectively. The identified DEGs showed enrichment in multiple processes, including pattern specification, forebrain development, anion transport, leukocyte migration, regulation of cell-cell adhesion, and positive regulation of the response to external stimuli, as well as the calcium, PI3K-AKT, JAK-STAT, NF-kappa B, IL-17, cAMP, cGMP-PKG, and Wnt signaling pathways. In addition, <i>Ccl2</i> and <i>Angpt2</i> interacted more with the other top 30 DEGs with high interaction weights. Finally, RT-qPCR results showed that MCAO induction significantly up-regulated the expression of <i>Stoml3</i>, <i>Eomes</i>, and <i>Ms4a15</i> and down-regulated <i>Nms</i>, <i>Ttr</i>, and <i>Avpr1a</i>; however, luteolin could partially reverse the expression caused by MCAO.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Luteolin can alleviate brain infarction, apoptosis, and pyroptosis in CIRI, and may improve MCAO-induced CIRI by targeting the identified DEGs and their enriched pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241063"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-30eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1053
Yunlong Pei, Haixiao Jiang, Enpeng Zhang, Boming Xia, Lun Dong, Yan Dai
{"title":"Temporal muscle thickness is not a prognostic predictor in patients with high-grade glioma, an experience at two centers in China.","authors":"Yunlong Pei, Haixiao Jiang, Enpeng Zhang, Boming Xia, Lun Dong, Yan Dai","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1053","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) serves as an indicator of sarcopenia and holds predictive value for various cancers. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic significance of TMT for high-grade glioma patients. A retrospective review of 172 high-grade glioma patients from January 2015 to December 2022 was conducted. TMT value was measured based on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance images before surgery. Pearson analysis was used to evaluate potential correlations. Cox regression analysis was performed to evaluate overall survival for high-grade glioma patients. In our study, the cutoff value of TMT was determined as 7.4 mm. TMT value was not a significant prognostic predictor for high-grade glioma patients (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.151, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.9299-1.424, <i>p</i> = 0.196). World Health Organization (WHO) VI and high body mass index (BMI) value were significantly associated with poorer survival outcomes (HR: 2.6689, 95% CI: 1.5729-4.528, <i>p</i> < 0.001; HR: 1.120, 95% CI: 1.0356-1.211, <i>p</i> = 0.005). TMT did not show a significant association with other factors (<i>p</i> > 0.05). Notably, age demonstrated a significant difference between the thicker and thinner groups (<i>p</i> = 0.019). Our study revealed that WHO grade and BMI demonstrated significant prognostic value for survival outcomes. Consequently, TMT does not appear to be a significant or applicable predictor in patients with high WHO grades.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241053"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-28eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1075
El Ghachi Hafida, Soulimani Rachid, Gamrani Halima, Kissani Najib
{"title":"CBD's potential impact on Parkinson's disease: An updated overview.","authors":"El Ghachi Hafida, Soulimani Rachid, Gamrani Halima, Kissani Najib","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1075","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parkinson's disease (PD) is primarily known as a motor disorder; however, its debilitating non-motor symptoms have a significant impact on patients' quality of life. The current standard treatment, l-DOPA, is used to relieve motor symptoms, but prolonged use is often associated with severe side effects. This creates an urgent need for effective alternatives targeting both motor and non-motor symptoms.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Over the past decade, <i>Cannabis sativa</i> and its cannabinoids have been widely studied across various health conditions. Among these compounds, cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component, is garnering growing interest due to its multi-targeted pleiotropic properties. This work aims to provide a comprehensive overview of CBD's efficacy in PD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This review compiles data on both motor and non-motor symptoms of PD, integrating results from preclinical animal studies and available clinical trials.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Preclinical research has demonstrated promising results regarding CBD's potential benefits in PD; however, the total number of clinical trials is limited (with only seven studies to date), making it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on its efficacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While preclinical findings suggest that CBD may have therapeutic potential in PD, the limited number of clinical trials highlights the need for further research. This review emphasizes the gaps that need to be addressed in future studies to fully understand CBD's role in treating both motor and non-motor symptoms of PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241075"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-28eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1076
Kaihuan Zhou, Junyu Lu
{"title":"Progress in cytokine research for ARDS: A comprehensive review.","authors":"Kaihuan Zhou, Junyu Lu","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1076","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a critical form of acute respiratory failure characterized by diffuse alveolar damage, refractory hypoxemia, and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, resulting in high mortality. Dysregulated inflammation, driven by cytokines, is central to ARDS pathogenesis, progression, and prognosis.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review synthesizes current knowledge on the role of cytokines in ARDS and evaluates their potential as therapeutic targets, offering new insights for clinical management.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive analysis of recent studies was conducted to explore the roles of pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-10, IL-22) in ARDS pathogenesis and to assess current and emerging therapies targeting these cytokines.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pro-inflammatory cytokines are crucial in initiating inflammatory responses and lung injury in early ARDS, while anti-inflammatory cytokines help regulate and resolve inflammation. Targeted therapies, such as IL-1 and IL-6 inhibitors, show potential in managing ARDS, particularly in COVID-19, but their clinical efficacy is still debated. Combination therapy strategies may enhance outcomes, but further large-scale, multicenter randomized controlled trials are required to establish their safety and efficacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Understanding cytokine regulation in ARDS could lead to innovative therapeutic approaches. Future research should focus on cytokine roles across ARDS subtypes and stages and develop biomarker-driven, individualized treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241076"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524396/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142546658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-28eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1062
Jehad Abdullah Al-Harmi, Baydaa Alsannan, Fatemah Alhadhoud, Zahraa Akbar, Eman Alazmi, Khaled AlMuzayen, Eelaf Hussain, Mariam Aldarweesh, Basilio Pecorino, Antonio Simone Laganà, Antonio D'Amato, Vittorio Agrifoglio, Andrea Etrusco
{"title":"The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on admission rates in Maternity Hospital.","authors":"Jehad Abdullah Al-Harmi, Baydaa Alsannan, Fatemah Alhadhoud, Zahraa Akbar, Eman Alazmi, Khaled AlMuzayen, Eelaf Hussain, Mariam Aldarweesh, Basilio Pecorino, Antonio Simone Laganà, Antonio D'Amato, Vittorio Agrifoglio, Andrea Etrusco","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1062","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic had adverse health outcomes on individuals and communities. In this cross-sectional study we evaluated the admission rates in a tertiary-level hospital during the first wave of the pandemic (March 22, 2020 to August 31, 2020).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We compared the indications for admission during the first wave of the pandemic to a control period prior to the lockdown (November 9, 2019 to March 22, 2020).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most hospital admissions during the curfew period were obstetric emergencies (46.88%), which were significantly higher than the control group (38.19%) <i>p</i> ≤ 0.0001. Among the obstetric emergencies, cases in active labor (65.63%) were dominant. Significant rises in car deliveries (2.46%, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.0001) and admissions during the second stage of labor (6.43%, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.001) were noted. There was also an increased rate of admissions for early pregnancy complications, induction of labor, elective obstetric cases, and medical obstetric cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that lockdown precautions implemented had a significant impact on the rate of admissions to Maternity Hospital. The data obtained may be a used to aid in designing robust policies for future pandemics to avoid adverse health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241062"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142550080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-24eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1072
Tingyu Jin, Han Gao, Danyang Meng, Man Luo, Jin Hu
{"title":"NSUN6 and HTR7 disturbed the stability of carotid atherosclerotic plaques by regulating the immune responses of macrophages.","authors":"Tingyu Jin, Han Gao, Danyang Meng, Man Luo, Jin Hu","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ischemic stroke associated with atherosclerosis is globally named atherothrombotic stroke. Presently, the underlying pathogenic genes promoting carotid atherosclerotic plaques transfer from a stable to unstable state remains elusive. This study aims to find the hub genes disturbing the stability of plaques and explore the primary cells affected by these hub genes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The optimal hub genes from five datasets for unstable plaques were identified by overlapping genes derived from Boruta and LASSO algorithms. The hub genes' expression levels in stroke patients were confirmed through RT-qPCR. Visualization of the hub genes' expression across various cell clusters was achieved with the aid of the Seurat R package. Then, hub genes were overexpressed or knock-down by lentivirus and siRNA, respectively. The inflammatory factors in the culture medium were detected using an ELISA assay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight genes (APOD, ASXL1, COL4A5, HTR7, INF2, NSUN6, PDSS2, and RBBP7) were identified and confirmed by RT-qPCR. The prognostic model was built upon this eight-gene composite foundation, and the area under the curve was 0.98. Based on CIBERSORT findings, unstable plaques displayed a higher macrophage proportion compared to stable ones (<i>P</i> < 0.05). These eight genes also correlated with infiltrated immune cells, especially macrophages. Then, according to single-cell RNA-seq analysis, we found that the eight hub genes mainly expressed in macrophages. The cellular localization of two hub genes (NSUN6 and HTR7) with high distinguishability was confirmed, and gene set enrichment analysis also clarified the possible biological pathways regulated by them. The findings from the <i>in vitro</i> investigation revealed that TNF-α and IL-6 were reduced in macrophages with NSUN6 overexpression or HTR7 knockdown.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Eight hub genes, especially NSUN6 and HTR7, were found to promote the progression of plaques by regulating the immune responses of macrophages.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241072"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11500533/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142505365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-21eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1065
Edward J Calabrese, Peter Pressman, A Wallace Hayes, Gaurav Dhawan, Rachna Kapoor, Evgenios Agathokleous, Linda A Baldwin, Vittorio Calabrese
{"title":"The chemoprotective hormetic effects of rosmarinic acid.","authors":"Edward J Calabrese, Peter Pressman, A Wallace Hayes, Gaurav Dhawan, Rachna Kapoor, Evgenios Agathokleous, Linda A Baldwin, Vittorio Calabrese","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rosmarinic acid is a polyphenol found in numerous fruits and vegetables, consumed in supplement form, and tested in numerous clinical trials for therapeutic applications due to its putative chemopreventive properties. Rosmarinic acid has been extensively studied at the cellular, whole animal, and molecular mechanism levels, presenting a complex array of multi-system biological effects. Rosmarinic acid-induced hormetic dose responses are widespread, occurring in numerous biological models and cell types for a broad range of endpoints. Consequently, this article provides the first assessment of rosmarinic acid-induced hormetic concentration/dose responses, their quantitative features, mechanistic foundations, extrapolative strengths/limitations, and their biomedical, clinical, and public health implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11497216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142505367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-21eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1016
Yao Zhang, Lizhan Chen, Haifeng Ouyang
{"title":"Shikonin alleviates asthma phenotypes in mice via an airway epithelial STAT3-dependent mechanism.","authors":"Yao Zhang, Lizhan Chen, Haifeng Ouyang","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2024-1016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Asthma is an inflammatory disease where the balance between Th1/Th2 and Th17/Treg plays a crucial role in its pathogenesis. Shikonin is used to treat a variety of autoimmune diseases due to its good anti-inflammatory activity. However, the effect and mechanism of shikonin on asthma remain unknown.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Mice were sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA)/house dust mite (HDM) and treated with shikonin. Lung inflammation was assessed histologically and via flow cytometry. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was analyzed for cell counts and cytokines. Shikonin's impact on p-STAT3 was studied <i>in vivo</i> and <i>in vitro.</i></p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Shikonin inhibited OVA or HDM-induced inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. Upon treatment, a restoration of the Th1/Th2 and Th17/Treg balance was observed, evidenced by a reduction in IL-4 and IL-17A levels in BALF, alongside an elevation in interferon-gamma and IL-10. Furthermore, shikonin impeded the infiltration of eosinophils, neutrophils, macrophages, and lymphocytes into lung tissue. The observed decrease in STAT3 phosphorylation and diminished nuclear translocation of p-STAT3 confirmed that shikonin promotes the balance of Th1/Th2 and Th17/Treg by regulating airway epithelial STAT3.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Shikonin mitigates asthma symptoms through a STAT3-dependent mechanism, indicating its potential as an anti-asthmatic therapeutic agent.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241016"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11497215/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142505366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open MedicinePub Date : 2024-10-18eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1515/med-2024-1030
Seerwan Hama Shareef Qaradaghy, Diyaree Nihad Ismael, Shorsh Hama Hussein Ameen, Kawa Abdula Mahmood, Ismael Hama Amin Aghaways, Fadhluddin Nasruddin Shakor, Zana Othman Abdullah, Kawa M Ibrahim, Mohammed Amin Ali Omer, Sangar Abdullah Mohammed, Aram Ahmed Mohammed, Safeen Hama Rasheed
{"title":"The unusual location of primary hydatid cyst: A case series study.","authors":"Seerwan Hama Shareef Qaradaghy, Diyaree Nihad Ismael, Shorsh Hama Hussein Ameen, Kawa Abdula Mahmood, Ismael Hama Amin Aghaways, Fadhluddin Nasruddin Shakor, Zana Othman Abdullah, Kawa M Ibrahim, Mohammed Amin Ali Omer, Sangar Abdullah Mohammed, Aram Ahmed Mohammed, Safeen Hama Rasheed","doi":"10.1515/med-2024-1030","DOIUrl":"10.1515/med-2024-1030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cystic echinococcosis mainly affects the liver and lungs, in which the larvae from the microvascular wall in the liver pass to the lungs and then to the blood circulation and settle in any tissue or organ.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of this study was to report the unusual location of hydatid cysts in infected patients in Sulaimaniyah City, Iraq.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This retrospective case series study enrolled 13 patients. They underwent a surgical operation to excise their cyst after confirmed diagnosis with blood investigations, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging (when needed). After the operation, the cyst was confirmed with histopathological examination, and patients were advised to take an Albendazole tablet.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most patients were females from rural areas, with a mean age of 38.93 ± 14.4 years. Patients presented with cysts on the skin of the anterior abdominal wall, gluteal region, mesenteric area, pericardium, tibia bone meta diaphysis, right inguinal region, right thigh, skin of the anterior neck, spleen, left suprarenal gland, right breast, and the iliopsoas muscle.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The hydatid cyst can affect any body part with no site immune and often produces nonspecific symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":19715,"journal":{"name":"Open Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":"20241030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11491882/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}