PLAIN ENGLISH SUMMARY A number of health technology assessment (HTA) organisations have developed processes to engage patients in the assessment of new health technologies such as pharmaceuticals, diagnostic tests, devices or medical procedures. Typically, this involves the HTA agency providing an opportunity for patient advocates and their patient organisations (support groups for patients wit...

Background: Few reports represent palmar cutaneous nerve neuropathy in the wrist due to a ganglion cyst. Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female was presented with a mass at volar side of the wrist and hypoesthesia at the base of thenar eminence. At ulrasonographic examination, a simple cyst was detected. Sensory response of palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve was absent at the affec...

This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores “The Rise of post truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.” It considers their assertion that through meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in ...

Health technology assessment (HTA) is an evaluative process used to inform technology-related policymaking in healthcare. Interest in involving patients in the HTA process is increasing. Patients can provide additional perspectives to those of other groups that are concerned with health technology. Information on patients’ perspectives is preferably obtained through reviews of published studies...

An eighteen-year old man is reported who had a large nevus spilus on the right side of his body with port wine stain on the anterior and posterior sides of his trunk without any systemic involvement. Considering the clinical signs and skin biopsy report of the patient, the diagnosis of phakomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIIa was made.

metastases of internal tumors to the oral cavity are unusual and in most cases involve maxilla and mandible. metastases to the gingival soft tissue are extremely rare. reporting a new clinical case of renal cell carcinoma (rcc) metastasis with an unusual site. metastatic involvement of gingival tissue with renal cell carcinoma is an extremely rare clinical event. it is usually associated with i...