BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to determine the safety of intracranial stenting with respect to subacute stent thrombosis in patients being treated with standardized antiplatelet therapy. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the outcome of primary intracranial stenting of atherosclerotic stenoses and of stenting in coil embolization procedures in 67 patients. We focused on those cases that ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to assess and compare the sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features of patients referring to a university hospital's pain clinic with chronic ( ≥ 12 weeks) and subacute pain ( < 12 weeks). METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 426 patients were included. Demographic variables including education level, marital and employment status, an...

Subacute thyroiditis is an immune reaction of the thyroid gland that often follows upper respiratory tract infection. It uncommon but usually a self-limiting inflammatory condition. The clinical presentation varies from person to person, includes neck pain or discomfort and painful diffuse goiter. There at times transient episode hyperthyroidism followed by euthyroidism sometimes hypothyroidism...