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Anchored fallopian tube through the drain tube is rare. We present a case of a 27-year-old female patient who underwent right salpingectomy with the fenestrated drain tube in the pelvic cavity. Postoperatively, the drain could not be removed. Laparotomy revealed the left fallopian tube entering through the fenestration of the drain tube.
Background:
The liver is one of the common extrapulmonary organs involved in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. We aimed to find the prevalence of liver injury at hospital admission and its effects on outcomes.
Methods:
This is a single-center prospective observational study. All consecutive patients with COVID-19 admitted during the months of May to August 2021 were included in the study. Liver injury was defined as at least 2 times elevation of aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin above the upper limits on normal. The predictive efficacy of liver injury was measured as its effects on outcome variables, that is duration of hospital stay, requirement of ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and mortality. Presence of liver injury compared with existing biomarkers markers of severe disease, that is lactate dehydrogenase, D-dimer, and C-reactive protein.
Results:
A total of 245 consecutive adult patients with COVID-19 infection were included in the study. Liver injury was present in 102 (41.63%) of patients. There was a significant association between the presence of liver injury and duration of hospital stay (10.74 vs. 8.9 days; P=0.013), the requirement of ICU admission (12.7 vs. 10.2%; P=0.018), mechanical ventilation (10.6% vs. 6.5%; P=0.003), and mortality (13.1% vs. 6.1%; P<0.001). Liver injury was significantly associated (P<0.001) with the corresponding elevation of serum biomarkers of severity.
Conclusion:
The presence of liver injury in patients with COVID-19 infection at the time of hospital admission is the independent predictor of poor outcomes and can also be used as the marker of disease severity.
Even though choriocarcinoma commonly present with abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic mass, various unusual and atypical presentations of choriocarcinoma have been reported which cause diagnostic dilemmas. Here we present two such cases with unusual presentations of choriocarcinoma- one with pulmonary embolism and another with vulvovaginal mass.
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