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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410382

Trendelenburg Gait Improved by Trigger Point and Scar Tissue Lidocaine Injections: A Case Report

Alexander King, DO, Rosie Wenrich, BS, Rachel Patel, BS and Joseph LaFontaine, BS

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 31, 2022

This case report describes a 74-year-old Caucasian female patient who presented with bilateral gluteus muscle trigger point pain, decreased gluteus medius strength, a substantial transverse abdominal scar, and a history of knee replacement culminating in a Trendelenburg gait and chronic pain. Treatment of the patients’ symptoms with lidocaine solution injections, known as neural therapy, into the bilateral gluteus muscle trigger points and along scar tissue facial planes yielded markedly impro...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410381

Regression of Diabetic Macular Edema by Remission of Type 2 Diabetes with Plant-Based Diet: A Case Report and Review

Gunadhar Panigrahi, MD, FACC, FACP, DipABLM

Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: January 31, 2022

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the major neurovascular complications of diabetes and is a leading cause of blindness in adults of working age group, 20- 74 years. From 1990-2010, DR ranked as the fifth most common cause of preventable blindness and fifth most common cause of moderate to severe visual impairment. In 2018, the estimated prevalence of diabetes among adults in the United States was 10.2% (26.8 million cases). In 2019, the disease was responsible for 4.2 million deaths worldwide...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410380

Huge Peri Renal Extra Adrenal Myelolipoma

M Souissi, A Ben Fatma, Y Lahouel, C Kerkeni and S Jerbi

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 30, 2022

Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are a group of mesenchymal tumors which consist of a mixture of mature adipose tissue with hematopoietic cells. This intriguing tumor most commonly occurs within the adrenal gland; however, it has been occasionally found within the pelvis, thorax, retroperitoneal space, and various other sites throughout the body. The physiopathology is not yet clearly explained, Amin, et al. suggest that there may be a relationship between the re-activation of primitive peritoneal foc...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410379

Integrated Management Strategies (Diagnosis, Treatment, and Wound Care Management) for Improved Clinical Outcomes of Buruli Ulcer in Ghana: A Retrospective Case Report in the Ga West Municipal Hospital, Amasaman

Gideon Atinga Akolgo, Anthony Ablordey, Janet Pereko, Joseph Tuffour, Nana Konama Kotey, Albert Paintsil, Gladys Adwapa, Akosua Agyapomaa Croffie, Samuel Kwarteng Donkoh and Richard Amewu

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 30, 2022

Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU lesions may start with characteristic painlessness but most often, the typical presentations of the disease are characterized by large ulcers with undermined edges. If left untreated, BU lesions may result in extensive ulceration that can cover 15% of the body. Even though public sensitization and education have resulted in sufficient and improved knowledge about the etiology of the disease in Ghana, patients still...

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