RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME: CASE REPORT

Ramsay hunt syndrome: case report

Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome is an uncommon disease caused by the reactivation of latent Varicella zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion.It is characterized with a herpes zoster oticus associated with an acute peripheral facial nerve paralysis, and possible other cranial nerve lesions.We describe the case of a 27-year-old man who presented with severe ea

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Potential impact of antiretroviral therapy and screening on cervical cancer mortality in HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa: a simulation.

Despite having high cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates, screening for cervical precancerous lesions remains infrequent in sub-Saharan Africa.The need to screen HIV-positive women because of the higher prevalence and faster progression of cervical precancerous lesions may be heightened by the increased access to highly-active antiretrovir

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Ovarian balls (Floating ovaries) of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus Mohamadain, 1989 from the Nile perch Lates niloticus Linnaeus, 1758; an electron microscope study

In Acanthocephala, the ovarian balls (floating ovaries) are distinctive structures found suspended in the fluid-filled metasoma fleshlight automatique of females and are responsible for egg production and maturation.Those structures have not been studied in Rhadinorhynchus niloticus.We aimed to investigate their ultra-structure by means of scanning

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