Liaocheng People's Hospital

Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma with delayed cervical lymph node metastasis 5 years postoperatively: a case report with focus on ultrasonic features

Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma (ITTC) is a rare thyroid malignancy with nonspecific imaging features. The ultrasonographic characteristics of its metastatic lymph nodes, particularly in cases of delayed metastasis, remain poorly understood. To report a case of ITTC with cervical...

Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection and occlusion in Eagle syndrome treated with emergency single-session bilateral carotid artery stenting: a case report

Eagle syndrome (stylocarotid variant) is a rare but potentially life-threatening cause of internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection and ischemic stroke. Bilateral ICA dissection due to Eagle syndrome has been treated with both staged and single-session bilateral carotid stenting e...

Prognostic value of RDW and its derivatives in ICU patients with hypertensive chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) complicated with hypertension constitutes a major global public health burden. Early identification of reliable prognostic biomarkers is essential to optimize clinical management and reduce mortality among these patients. A total of 6,731 intensive ca...

Age-Associated Patterns of Cardiovascular Risk and Disease Phenotypes Across Diverse Care Settings: The GLOB-cAGE Consortium

Reported prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and phenotypes varies widely. In multi-cohort analyses, such variation reflects population risk, care setting, and data capture. We harmonized baseline data from four analytic cohorts (N=54,188, aged ≥50 years) in f...

Single-session therapeutic plasma exchange as salvage therapy for pegaspargase-induced severe acute pancreatitis accompanied by multiple organ dysfunction in a pediatric patient with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

Abstract Background Pegaspargase-related severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) combined with persistent multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is a life-threatening adverse reaction in children receiving acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) chemotherapy. Standard intensive supportive...