As a pet owner, the last thing we want is for our beloved animal friend to get sick or be in pain. Because of this, we often do whatever it takes to keep them happy and healthy. However, sometimes the ...

No. A dog cannot pass heartworms to a human. Heartworms (Dirofilaria immitis) are parasitic worms that generally affect dogs and cats. They are transmitted through mosquito bites only, and it’s very ...

Fox-Fordyce disease is a relatively infrequent pathology of the apocrine glands that affects almost exclusively young women. The disease is characterized by the presence of pruritic follicular papules ...

Histiocytoses represent a group of diverse rare disorders characterized by the abnormal accumulation of cells derived from the mononuclear phagocyte system in various tissues and organs. The ...

A 33-year-old Italian woman with a past history of seizure disorder who had been taking phenytoin for 1 year, presented to our hospital because she experienced intermittent fevers for 3 weeks. The ...

In an unusual case, a surgeon developed a cancerous lump on his hand that stemmed from an injury he sustained while performing surgery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Patient 1 had rapidly progressive ECD involving the CNS. A CSF1R in-frame deletion (p.S560_P566del) was identified, and in silico modeling predicted a gain-of-function mutation. This alteration was ...

Les symptômes d’une histiocytose varient selon l’organe atteint. © jarun011, Adobe Stock Maladie rare, l'histiocytose est liée à une accumulation anormale de ...