Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-04-14eCollection Date: 2025-03-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22749
Josephine M Fails, Selina A Gierer
{"title":"Phenotypic Heterogeny of Hereditary Angioedema Within a Single Family.","authors":"Josephine M Fails, Selina A Gierer","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22749","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 2","pages":"49-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12017626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144029861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-04-14eCollection Date: 2025-03-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22890
Raj Shah, Lipilekha Mukherjee, Payton Markley, Jeremy Deutsch
{"title":"Diagnostic Challenges in Neurosarcoidosis: A Complex Case of an Elderly Patient with a History of B-cell Lymphoma.","authors":"Raj Shah, Lipilekha Mukherjee, Payton Markley, Jeremy Deutsch","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22890","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 2","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12017638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144056154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-04-14eCollection Date: 2025-03-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.23007
Heidi E Koschwanez, Brent A Duran
{"title":"Bruised and Bleeding: A Case Report of Acquired Hemophilia A.","authors":"Heidi E Koschwanez, Brent A Duran","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.23007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.23007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 2","pages":"35-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12017699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-04-14eCollection Date: 2025-03-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.23026
Nanuli Gvazava, Todd M Stevens, Ryan K Rader
{"title":"A Case of Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: Breast Carcinoma Metastatic to Oncocytic Carcinoma of Thyroid.","authors":"Nanuli Gvazava, Todd M Stevens, Ryan K Rader","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.23026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.23026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 2","pages":"46-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12017624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144046470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-04-14eCollection Date: 2025-03-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.23173
Lisa Gilbert, Bailee Norton, Annie Harvey
{"title":"Hypertensive Crisis Following Co-ingested Tobacco, Marijuana, and Red Wine: A Case Report.","authors":"Lisa Gilbert, Bailee Norton, Annie Harvey","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.23173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.23173","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 2","pages":"44-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12017622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-02-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22846
Kamalakar Surineni, Andrew L Smith, Rachel Glein, Nolan Schrader
{"title":"A Case of Olanzapine Resistance from Heavy Smoking and Clinical Considerations.","authors":"Kamalakar Surineni, Andrew L Smith, Rachel Glein, Nolan Schrader","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22846","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"21-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11905387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-02-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22862
Colin P Slaymaker, Haoran Li
{"title":"A Case Report of Futibatinib-Induced Calciphylaxis.","authors":"Colin P Slaymaker, Haoran Li","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"25-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11905382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-02-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22771
Hussein Alsadi, Kevin Le, Kelly Dahlstrom, Kyle Summers, Kyle Werth
{"title":"Tophaceous Gout in the Axial Skeleton: An Unusual Case with Key Imaging Characteristics.","authors":"Hussein Alsadi, Kevin Le, Kelly Dahlstrom, Kyle Summers, Kyle Werth","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22771","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"14-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11905380/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kansas journal of medicinePub Date : 2025-02-17eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.17161/kjm.vol18.22836
Kale Mills, Nicole Freund
{"title":"Cost Burden of Cancer Screening in Kansas by Region and Rural/Urban Designation.","authors":"Kale Mills, Nicole Freund","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol18.22836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol18.22836","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In 2022, the U.S. healthcare expenditure totaled $4.5 trillion, representing 17.3% of its gross domestic product. Despite this, 26 million Americans remain uninsured, often relying on out-of-pocket payments for essential services like cancer screenings. Kansas, with its high uninsured rate, faces unique challenges, emphasizing the need to analyze the cost burden of these critical yet repeatable interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Authors of this cross-sectional study analyzed hospital pricing transparency data for breast, lung, and colon cancer screening costs across 124 Kansas hospitals. Data on self-pay costs were collected and compared between urban and rural regions, as well as geographic price variations. Statistical analyses included measures of central tendency, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Mann-Whitney U tests to evaluate differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pricing disparities were evident across Kansas. Urban hospitals charged higher prices for chest computed tomography (CT) scans, while rural hospitals had elevated costs for colonoscopies and mammograms. Notable price variation included Northeast Kansas colonoscopy prices, which ranged from $595 to $11,684. Rural residents faced a greater financial burden, spending 7% of their income on screenings compared to 6% for urban residents. Median screening prices statewide were $2,247 for colonoscopies, $1,109 for chest CT scans, and $228 for mammograms.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These disparities call for targeted policy interventions, such as Medicaid expansion, standardized pricing regulations, and increased support for low-cost clinics. Enhanced hospital pricing transparency is critical for empowering patients and reducing financial burdens. This study highlights the urgent need for equitable access to cancer screenings in Kansas.</p>","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":"10-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11905385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}