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The similarity of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) and toxic-oil syndrome (TOS) to systemic sclerosis and diffuse fasciitis with eosinophilia (DFE) highlights the potential for environmental agents to induce autoimmune disease. Further, a candidate etiologic agent for EMS, 3-(phenylamino)alanine,
OBJECTIVE
To examine the level of psychological distress and factors contributing to distress in patients with morphea or eosinophilic fasciitis.
METHODS
Cross-sectional study.
METHODS
Dermatology outpatient clinic of a university hospital.
METHODS
Of 120 patients with morphea or eosinophilic
A 41-year-old man experienced a swollen scrotum three days after a motorcycle accident and presented to our hospital. He had had a primary suture repair for anoperineal trauma in an outside hospital at the time of the injury. He presented to us with general fatigue, low grade fevers, and perineal
On January 1st 2018, a male 44 years old diabetic patient with subcutaneous soft tissue infection in right thigh was admitted to our hospital. The patient repeatedly used the same needle to inject insulin subcutaneously in the unsterilized right thigh, and his blood glucose was badly controlled in
OBJECTIVE
To research biomechanical mechanism of overuse injuries of second metatarsal and plantar aponeurosis of flat foot and normal foot, to contrast injury risk of flat foot with that of normal foot in gait cycle, and to offer quantitative academic base for clinical therapeutic and preventive
To compare fibromyalgia (FM) characteristics among patients identified in a community-based chronic pain cohort based on traditional International Classification of Diagnoses 9th revision (ICD-9) diagnostic coding, with that of patients identified using a novel predictive model.
This retrospective
A young, previously healthy woman presented with increasing muscle pain, lower limb swelling, fatigue and eosinophilia. She had consumed L-tryptophan tablets (one to two at night) over the preceding five months for management of her insomnia. Her condition slowly deteriorated and she developed
BACKGROUND
Clostridium ramosum is a generally non-pathogenic enteric anaerobe, and Fournier's gangrene is a rare necrotizing soft tissue infection with male predisposition affecting the perineum and the genital area. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of Fournier's gangrene caused by C.
Many patients with cancer seek complementary and alternative medicine treatments. We investigated the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by adult cancer patients in Taiwan.
We reviewed the Registry for Catastrophic Illness Patients Database of Taiwan, and included all adult patients diagnosed