Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome (Herpes zoster oticus) is often characterized by severe ear pain, vesicles on external auditory canal or auricula and peripheral facial paralysis. However, the patient in this case presented to clinic with dizziness, pain vomiting. During physical examination there was no evidence of skin changes found around that were typical for Ramsay Hunt syndrome. The did not have If a...


 Background: Myofascial pain syndrome (MTPS) is a condition with many collections of signs and symptoms caused by damage to the structure fascia muscle tissue. Some include trigger points in hyperirritated region hypersensitivity link bands muscles myofascial syndrome, which will feel painful when pressed, there are specific characteristics, namely Referred Pain, Motor Dysfunction, Autono...

Paravertebral blocks are becoming increasingly utilized for breast surgery with studies showing improved postoperative pain control, decreased need for opioids, and less nausea and vomiting. We describe the anesthetic management of an otherwise healthy woman who was 12 weeks pregnant presenting for treatment of her breast cancer. For patients undergoing breast mastectomy and reconstruction with...

A 72-year-old woman 12 years status-post partial mastectomy, adjuvant radiation, and five years of anastrozole for stage I estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor positive breast adenocarcinoma presented with neck pain. MRI showed extensive metastatic disease involving the skull and the vertebral bodies of the cervical and thoracic spine. She was started on dexamethasone. Bone scan revealed mul...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to describe the quality of life in female patients with mastectomy performed for breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was carried out in Iaşi, between October 2014-January 2015, on a sample of 23 patients with mastectomy, using the SF-36 Questionnaire (Short Form-36) in a single visit, with direct questioning of patients; a secondary instrument was...

A study of the literature of the past four decades reveals a wide divergence of views on the significance and management of bleeding from the nipple. At one extreme we find the opinion of Bloodgood (1922) that' discharge from the nipple, like pain, is not an indication of a lesion of the breast for which operation is indicated,' and that 'the prevailing view that a woman with a discharge from t...

A study of the literature of the past four decades reveals a wide divergence of views on the significance and management of bleeding from the nipple. At one extreme we find the opinion of Bloodgood (1922) that' discharge from the nipple, like pain, is not an indication of a lesion of the breast for which operation is indicated,' and that 'the prevailing view that a woman with a discharge from t...

BACKGROUND Pain after breast cancer therapy is a recognized complication found to have an adverse impact on patient's quality of life, increasing psychosocial distress. In recent years, case reports about myofascial pain syndrome are emerging in thoracic surgery as a cause of postsurgery pain. Myofascial pain syndrome is a regional pain syndrome characterized by myofascial trigger points in pal...