{"title":"Reevaluating Fire Needle Therapy in Mild Plaque Psoriasis: Clinical Relevance and Methodological Considerations.","authors":"Bi-Yu Gao, Kai-Lun Sheu","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf312","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145743921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reassessing Cheek Acupuncture in Stress Urinary Incontinence: Clinical Promise and Methodological Considerations.","authors":"Po-Hui Wang, Shiuan-Chih Chen","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145743930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Sai Kameshwar Rao, Chanaveerappa Bammigatti, Jayaprakash Sahoo
{"title":"Hypopituitarism following hemotoxic snake envenomation.","authors":"P Sai Kameshwar Rao, Chanaveerappa Bammigatti, Jayaprakash Sahoo","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145715550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reassessing the Predictive Value of Glycaemic Variability and Systemic Inflammation in Diabetic Atrial Fibrillation.","authors":"Bi-Yu Gao, Ming-Cheng Lin","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145687919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shreya Mehta, M Mukhyaprana Prabhu, Vivek Nayak M, Renuka Suvarna
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculoma is a rare but severe form of tuberculosis (TB) that can mimic other neurological disorders and poses major diagnostic challenges, especially with drug resistance. We report a case of a woman in her 60s who developed CNS tuberculoma four years after completing anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) for pulmonary TB. She presented with progressive left-sided weakness, facial asymmetry, and dysphagia. MRI revealed a ring-enhancing lesion in the right caudate nucleus with a lipid-lactate peak on spectroscopy, consistent with tuberculoma. Drug susceptibility testing confirmed resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin, indicating multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). A modified regimen with levofloxacin, ethionamide, and para-aminosalicylic acid led to neurological recovery. This case underscores the importance of considering CNS tuberculoma in patients with neurological deficits and prior TB, even after apparent cure. Early neuroimaging, drug resistance testing, and individualized therapy are vital to improving outcomes and reducing morbidity and mortality.
{"title":"Case report: CNS tuberculoma in a patient with prior pulmonary tuberculosis.","authors":"Shreya Mehta, M Mukhyaprana Prabhu, Vivek Nayak M, Renuka Suvarna","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf310","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculoma is a rare but severe form of tuberculosis (TB) that can mimic other neurological disorders and poses major diagnostic challenges, especially with drug resistance. We report a case of a woman in her 60s who developed CNS tuberculoma four years after completing anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) for pulmonary TB. She presented with progressive left-sided weakness, facial asymmetry, and dysphagia. MRI revealed a ring-enhancing lesion in the right caudate nucleus with a lipid-lactate peak on spectroscopy, consistent with tuberculoma. Drug susceptibility testing confirmed resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin, indicating multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). A modified regimen with levofloxacin, ethionamide, and para-aminosalicylic acid led to neurological recovery. This case underscores the importance of considering CNS tuberculoma in patients with neurological deficits and prior TB, even after apparent cure. Early neuroimaging, drug resistance testing, and individualized therapy are vital to improving outcomes and reducing morbidity and mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146133082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regression of Severe Calcinosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Baricitinib.","authors":"Bodhibrata Banerjee, Alivia Nandi, Ayan Banerjee, Bhuranjana Baghel, Raja Bhattacharya, Kaushik Basu","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145687940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response: Reassessing the Predictive Value of Glycaemic Variability and Systemic Inflammation in Diabetic Atrial Fibrillation.","authors":"Zican Shen, Hao Cheng","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145669614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reevaluating CV2/CRMP5 Positivity as a Marker of Immune Transition in Parenchymal Neurosyphilis.","authors":"Chung-Hsin Yeh, Shiuan-Chih Chen, Yuan-Ti Lee","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145655001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kaposi's varicelliform eruption.","authors":"Dibyendu Bikash Bhanja","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcaf302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf302","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20806,"journal":{"name":"QJM: An International Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145661895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}