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Arch Med Res
September 2025
Department and Graduate Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Background: Atherosclerosis, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality worldwide, is characterized by dysregulated lipid metabolism and unresolved inflammation. Macrophage-derived foam cell formation and apoptosis contribute to plaque formation and vulnerability. Elevated serum galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels are associated with increased CVD risk, and Gal-3 in plaques is strongly associated with macrophages.
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September 2025
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Background: Circumcision is a widely practiced procedure with cultural and medical significance. However, certain penile abnormalities-such as hypospadias or webbed penis-may contraindicate the procedure and require specialized care. In low-resource settings, limited access to pediatric urologists often leads to missed or delayed diagnoses.
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August 2025
Faculdade de Farmácia Odontologia e Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza CE Brasil.
The scope of this study was to analyze the factors involved in the quality of life of pregnant adolescents. A scoping review was performed in the following databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE); Science Direct; Cochrane Library; Scopus; Web of Science; Embase; Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS); Catalog of Theses and Dissertations (CAPES); Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and Google Scholar. Studies with pregnant adolescents who assessed quality of life through scales were included with a total of six constituting the final sample.
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September 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University; State Key Laboratory for Digestive Health; National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China.
BACKGROUND Non-traumatic bladder rupture, a rare yet potentially life-threatening condition, can stem from diverse factors such as malignancies, bladder inflammation, or bladder diverticulum rupture. Pelvic radiotherapy, in extremely rare instances, can lead to radiation cystitis and subsequent bladder fistula formation. Patients with such conditions often present with abdominal pain, hematuria, oliguria, and urinary ascites.
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September 2025
Cornea Department, Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Center, NY.
Purpose: This review and case report address ligneous conjunctivitis (LC), a rare ocular condition caused by plasminogen deficiency type 1 (PLGD-1), which manifests as wood-like fibrin-rich membranes on the palpebral conjunctiva. The goal is to provide ophthalmologists-often the first physicians to encounter the condition-with a robust understanding of its systemic manifestations and to highlight current therapeutic strategies, with particular emphasis on the administration of intravenous plasminogen concentrate.
Methods: We present a clinical LC case alongside a narrative review of published cases, etiology, and treatment approaches.