Saidu Teaching Hospital

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with postpartum progression to stage IVC disease in a 23-year-old pregnant woman: a rare presentation with diagnostic challenges and treatment barriers leading to poor disease control and fatal outcome—a case report

Abstract Background Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy, with a poor prognosis and is infrequently encountered in young individuals, particularly pregnant women. This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges posed by this aggressive c...

Efficacy of rituximab plus lenalidomide regimens in follicular lymphoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an incurable, indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma with a high relapse rate despite effective chemoimmunotherapy. Lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory agent, in combination with rituximab (R²), has been evaluated as an alternative to chemoimmunotherapy and to ot...

Narrative Review on “Sirolimus-Coated Balloons in Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Potential Implications for Chronic Total Occlusion Bifurcations”

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) situated at or immediately adjacent to a coronary bifurcation represent one of the most technically and biologically demanding substrates encountered in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The conventional “full metal jacket” strategy multipl...

Mixed phenotype acute leukemia mimicking adult-onset Still’s disease in a pregnant female: A rare case report

Introduction: Mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) is an uncommon hematologic malignancy characterized by the coexistence of lymphoid and myeloid lineage markers. Although adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a diagnosis of exclusion, MPAL may rarely present with similar labora...