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Providing Equitable Surgical Care to Patients in Law Enforcement Custody – A Review

Importance  Approximately 2 million individuals are incarcerated in the US. Surgical needs increase with age, and an aging prison population means an increasing need for surgical care for incarcerated individuals. Challenges in logistics, privacy, communication, and comorbidities put people in law…

Bilateral Paracentral Corneal Opacity in a Man Aged 22 Years

This case report describes a diagnosis of Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy in a man aged 22 years with progressive bilateral corneal opacification over 5 years and no visual symptoms.

Hemorrhage Into the Canal of Gratiolet

This case report describes a unilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage passing through the anterior commissure within the canal of Gratiolet to the contralateral side.

Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura – A Review

Importance  Immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathy that presents with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) and thrombocytopenia. Worldwide annual incidence of iTTP is 2 cases per million to 6 cases per million. Observations  Immune TTP is caused by an…

Asymptomatic Yellow-Brown Plaques on the Great Toes

A man in his 30s presented with a 6-month history of asymptomatic yellow-brown plaques on the first digits of his feet that were unresponsive to urea cream and clobetasol treatment. What is your diagnosis?