Asian BiomedicinePub Date : 2024-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0006
Rafia Shahzad, Tooba Anjum, Abu Baker Shahid
{"title":"Cutaneous metastasis in hypopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report.","authors":"Rafia Shahzad, Tooba Anjum, Abu Baker Shahid","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0006","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Occurrence of cutaneous metastasis in hypopharyngeal carcinoma is an extremely rare event reported in the literature, with an incidence of only 0.8%-1.3%. Early diagnosis of cutaneous metastasis would have a positive impact on treatment response and disease prognosis with diagnosis mainly dependent on physical examination and radiological imaging (ultrasonography, computed tomography scan or PET-CT). Palliative care is, however, the mainstay of treatment for cutaneous metastasis.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>We report a middle-aged female patient, with known case of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, who initially showed partial response to chemoradiotherapy but developed cutaneous nodules in the region of the right axilla and bilateral lateral chest wall posterior to the posterior axillary fold. Excision biopsy of one of these nodules showed metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was again referred to the Oncology Department of INMOL Hospital and her chemotherapy was planned for cutaneous metastasis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Being uncommon, the occurrence of cutaneous lesions in a patient with hypopharyngeal carcinoma should prompt detailed evaluation to rule out metastasis. Early detection will help in improving disease prognosis and median survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"30-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10953843/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183637","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}
Asian BiomedicinePub Date : 2024-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0004
Yang Zhang, Yan Zhai, Danni Qu
{"title":"Management of ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer: a case series and mini-review.","authors":"Yang Zhang, Yan Zhai, Danni Qu","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0004","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ectopic pregnancy (EP), reflecting a fertilized ovum implanted outside the normal uterine cavity, represents a frequent cause of morbidity and possibly mortality in women of reproductive age.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To summarize the diagnosis and treatment of EP after in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The medical records of patients who were diagnosed with EP after embryo transfer from 2017 to 2019, in a tertiary hospital were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 24 cases analyzed, 21 (87.5%) had fallopian tube involvement, while 2 (8.3%) and 1 (4.2%) had cornual and cervical pregnancies, respectively. Clinical manifestations included vaginal bleeding (58.3%) and lower abdominal pain (16.7%); 9 (42.9%) cases had no symptoms. One cornual pregnancy was misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis and later correctly diagnosed by laparoscopic exploration. There were 2 cases of multiple-site EP and 2 of heterotopic pregnancy, including one with an intrauterine pregnancy with double chorionic and four amniotic sacs and right tubal ampullary pregnancy. Five of the 21 cases with fallopian tube involvement received conservative treatment, while the remaining 16 underwent surgeries, including laparoscopic ipsilateral salpingostomy and ipsilateral salpingectomy.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Ectopic pregnancy after embryo transfer, mainly involving the fallopian tube, is very complex and is with diverse manifestations. Even with the pregnancy sac observed in the uterus, the pelvic cavity should be scanned thoroughly after embryo transfer.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"18-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10953842/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183640","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}
Asian BiomedicinePub Date : 2024-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0003
Qing-Qing Jiang, Juan-Juan Zhu, Shu-Ling Fan, Ya-Ping Hou, Xie-Ying Hu, Jie Shi, Lei Wu, Ying Luo
{"title":"Establishment and application of a reverse dot blot assay for 13 mutations of hearing-loss genes in primary hospitals in China.","authors":"Qing-Qing Jiang, Juan-Juan Zhu, Shu-Ling Fan, Ya-Ping Hou, Xie-Ying Hu, Jie Shi, Lei Wu, Ying Luo","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0003","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hearing loss is a common sensorineural dysfunction with a high incidence in China. Although genetic factors are important causes of hearing loss, hearing-related gene detection has not been widely adopted in China.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Establishing a rapid and efficient method to simultaneously detect hotspot hearing loss gene mutations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A reverse dot blot assay combined with a flow-through hybridization technique was developed for the simultaneous detection of 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss-related genes including <i>GJB2, GJB3, SLC26A4,</i> and the mitochondrial gene <i>MT-RNR1</i>. This method involved PCR amplification systems and a hybridization platform.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The technique can detect 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss-related genes. And a total of 213 blood samples were used to evaluate the availability of this method.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our reverse dot blot assay was a simple, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective method to identify hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss-related genes in a Chinese population.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"11-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10953844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183639","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}
Asian BiomedicinePub Date : 2024-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0002
Wannasit Wathanavasin, Piyawan Kittiskulnam, Kirsten L Johansen
{"title":"Plant-based diets in patients with chronic kidney disease.","authors":"Wannasit Wathanavasin, Piyawan Kittiskulnam, Kirsten L Johansen","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0002","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dietary protein restriction has been considered to be a nutritional-related strategy to reduce risk for end-stage kidney disease among patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, there is insufficient evidence to recommend a particular type of protein to slow down the CKD progression. Recently, various plant-based diets could demonstrate some additional benefits such as a blood pressure-lowering effect, a reduction of metabolic acidosis as well as hyperphosphatemia, and gut-derived uremic toxins. Furthermore, the former concerns about the risk of undernutrition and hyperkalemia observed with plant-based diets may be inconsistent in real clinical practice. In this review, we summarize the current evidence of the proposed pleiotropic effects of plant-based diets and their associations with clinical outcomes among pre-dialysis CKD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"2-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10954082/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183641","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}
Asian BiomedicinePub Date : 2024-03-20eCollection Date: 2024-02-01DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0001
{"title":"Early detection and management of hearing loss to improve the quality of life.","authors":"","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0001","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10953841/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183638","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":"Reliability of lateral wall-thickness measurement in trochanteric fractures and parameters associated with lateral wall integrity.","authors":"Chindarat Ratanakornphan, Thanachart Pikulhom, Somjet Jenvorapoj, Chavarin Amarase, Saran Tantavisut","doi":"10.2478/abm-2024-0005","DOIUrl":"10.2478/abm-2024-0005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The AO Foundation/Orthopaedic Trauma Association (AO/OTA) introduced a new trochanteric fracture classification in January 2018, concerning the lateral wall integrity. It suggested the intramedullary nail fixation in patients with an incompetent lateral wall fracture.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the reliability of lateral wall-thickness measurement and the fracture parameters associated with lateral wall integrity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study evaluated patients with an intertrochanteric fracture who had had surgery in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between January 2014 and January 2019. The lateral wall was measured by anteroposterior plain radiography by four raters, two times each. The demographic data and fracture parameters were assessed and compared with respect to lateral wall integrity.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>In a total of 236 femurs and 232 patients having the 2018 AO/OTA-specified 31A1 and 31A2 intertrochanteric fractures, the lateral wall-thickness measurement showed excellent inter-rater reliability at 0.944 (0.927-0.957) and good-to-excellent intra-rater reliability ranging from 0.835 to 0.972. The parameters associated with lateral wall incompetence as per the multivariate logistic regression analysis were fracture angle (odds ratio [OR] = 0.95), distal greater trochanter involvement (OR = 9.47), and fragments at the intertrochanter area (OR = 4.49) and at the lesser trochanter (OR = 2.6).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Some of the parameters related to trochanteric fractures are associated with lateral wall incompetence. Lateral wall-thickness measurement is a reproducible method, which has been suggested for use by the AO/OTA 2018 classification. It is easy to use and can help select the appropriate treatment for intertrochanteric fracture patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"24-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10954081/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183642","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":"Lateral flow assay: a promising rapid point-of-care testing tool for infections and non-communicable diseases","authors":"Kumaravel Vealan, Narcisse Joseph, Sharizah Alimat, Anandi S. Karumbati, Karuppiah Thilakavathy","doi":"10.2478/abm-2023-0068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2023-0068","url":null,"abstract":"The point-of-care testing (POCT) approach has established itself as having remarkable importance in diagnosing various infectious and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The POCT approach has succeeded in meeting the current demand for having diagnostic strategies that can provide fast, sensitive, and highly accurate test results without involving complicated procedures. This has been accomplished by introducing rapid bioanalytical tools or biosensors such as lateral flow assays (LFAs). The production cost of these tools is very low, allowing developing countries with limited resources to utilize them or produce them on their own. Thus, their use has grown in various fields in recent years. More importantly, LFAs have created the possibility for a new era of incorporating nanotechnology in disease diagnosis and have already attained significant commercial success worldwide, making POCT an essential approach not just for now but also for the future. In this review, we have provided an overview of POCT and its evolution into the most promising rapid diagnostic approach. We also elaborate on LFAs with a special focus on nucleic acid LFAs.","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139068136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Persistence of dengue genome in a remotely infected patient","authors":"Soraya Thaivanich, Jirayu Visuthranukul, Kesinee Arunyingmongkol, Udomsak Bunworasate, Padet Siriyasatien, Wanla Kulwichit","doi":"10.2478/abm-2023-0072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2023-0072","url":null,"abstract":"Background Dengue virus infection is an intriguing illness. It is traditionally thought of as a self-limited and nonpersistent disease. Objectives We report a case with persistent dengue virus genome detectable in hematopoietic cells of a person with remote infection. Methods A patient with multiple myeloma in remission was prepared for peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation. Plasma and G-CSF-stimulated, mobilized PBSCs were collected. Dengue-specific reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed in both pre- and post-stimulated blood specimens. Anti-dengue antibodies by ELISA and by neutralization assay were measured before and after the stem cell mobilization. Results The viral genome was detected only in the PBSC of the post-G-CSF-stimulated specimens. Anti-dengue antibodies were negative and positive, by ELISA and neutralization assays, respectively, both before and after stem cell mobilization. Conclusion Our findings reveal a persistent infection. Whether and how this strain may interact with subsequent serotype(s) remains to be elucidated.","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139068140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Maria D. Cariño, Gregg Austine Balanag, Edrienne Myenna Magat, Allan Fellizar, Teresa Sy Ortin, Oliver Villaflores, Leonardo Guevarra, Pia Marie Albano
{"title":"Antibody response to enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis of Filipino colorectal cancer patients","authors":"Ana Maria D. Cariño, Gregg Austine Balanag, Edrienne Myenna Magat, Allan Fellizar, Teresa Sy Ortin, Oliver Villaflores, Leonardo Guevarra, Pia Marie Albano","doi":"10.2478/abm-2023-0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2023-0070","url":null,"abstract":"Background Several species of the gut microbiota have been implicated in colorectal cancer (CRC) development. The anaerobic bacterium enterotoxigenic <jats:italic>Bacteroides fragilis</jats:italic> (ETBF), has been identified to produce fragilysin, a toxin known to cleave E-cadherin, thereby leading to carcinogenesis. Objective To determine the antibody response of CRC patients against ETBF to ascertain whether significant difference exists or whether antibody response is related to tumor grade and tumor stage. Methods Informed consent was obtained from histologically confirmed CRC casesand their age- and sex-matched clinically healthy controls. Plasma samples from the participants were subjected to in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine their antibody levels. Results Using ETBF total protein as coating antigen, 38/39 (97%) CRC cases and 36/39 (92%) controls showed anti-ETBF IgG above cut-off, while all (100%) CRC cases and 36/39 (92%) controls had anti-ETBF IgA levels above cut-off. With culture broth as coating antigen, all (100%) CRC cases and 37/39 (95%) controls had anti-ETBF IgG levels above cut-off. For anti-ETBF IgA, all (100%) cases and controls had levels above cut-off. Statistical analysis reveals no significant difference (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> > 0.05) on the number of CRC cases and controls with IgG and IgA antibody levels above cut-off value. Also, there's no significant difference (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> > 0.05) in the mean anti-ETBF antibody levels of cases who were at different tumor grade (well differentiated and moderately and poorly differentiated) and tumor stage (early and advanced). Conclusions These results suggest that Filipino CRC cases and their clinically healthy matched controls exhibit antibody responses against ETBF.","PeriodicalId":8501,"journal":{"name":"Asian Biomedicine","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139067460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}