Recent Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, Psychology, Management, and Reconstruction.

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer [...].

Severe anemia, anorexia, and uremia associated with diabetic foot infections: A case series.

Anemia of inflammation, as found in many chronic disease states, is common among persons with diabetic foot infections but is typically mild and self-limited. Herein we present four cases of patients with foot infections accompanied by severe anemia (nadir hemoglobin <8 gm/dL and resulting in transfusion of 4 + units of blood) as well as significant weight loss (30 + pounds), hyponatremia (<135 mmol/L), hypoalbuminemia (nadir <2 gm/dL), uremia and other metabolic derangements.

Urethral Steinstrasse following Laser Lithotripsy of Prostatic Urethral Calculi.

Symptomatic prostatic calculi are rare occurrences with several management options, the most popular of which is currently transurethral laser lithotripsy. This is a generally well-tolerated procedure with minimal complications. To date, no reported episodes of steinstrasse at the urethral level following prostatic calculi lithotripsy have been documented to our knowledge. We report a unique case of acute urinary retention secondary to obstructive calculi fragments following a transurethral laser lithotripsy of large prostatic calculi, further complicated by stricture at the fossa navicularis.