A Successful Treatment Regimen for the Prevention of Sinusitis after Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation Surgery in a High-Risk Case by Mikiko Suzuki-Yamazaki, Keiso Takahashi, Satoshi Takada, Yasumasa Kato, Yuh Baba

“…The patient was administered preoperative topical steroid and leukotriene receptor antagonist in addition to perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis so that his complication was noninvasively prevented. …”
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T Cell Histiocyte Rich Large B Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Disease by Uroosa Ibrahim, Gwenalyn Garcia, Amina Saqib, Shafinaz Hussein, Qun Dai

“…The patient was started on steroid therapy. An excisional biopsy of the right inguinal lymph node was consistent with a diagnosis of THRLBCL and the patient subsequently received six cycles of chemotherapy with R-CHOP (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, and Prednisone) after which a PET-CT scan showed no evidence of biologically active disease and ferritin was down to 822 ng/mL. …”
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Knowledge mobilisation: a UK co-creation study to devise strategies to amend lay and practitioner atopic eczema mindlines to improve consultation experiences and self-management pr... by Fiona Cowdell, Taheeya Ahmed, Carron Layfield

“…To improve consultation experiences and self-management practices, five key, consistent, evidence-based messages need to be instilled into eczema mindlines: (1) eczema is more than just dry skin, (2) eczema does not just go away, (3) moisturisers are for every day, (4) steroid creams are okay when you need them and (5) you know your child’s eczema best.Conclusion This co-creation study provides original insights into what eczema knowledge should be mobilised, who needs to have this knowledge, how this should be achieved to amend existing mindlines to improve consultation experiences and self-management practices in primary care.The remaining challenge is to refine, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies developed to instil the five core messages and erase outdated or inaccurate information.…”
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The association between melatonin hormone and reproductive hormones in polycystic ovary syndrome: A case–control study by Ban Jabir Edan, Zahid Mohammed-Ali Kadhim

“…Melatonin receptors in the ovary adjust sex steroid secretion. Furthermore, it is considered a strong antioxidant, which protects ovarian follicles during follicular maturation. …”
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A Case of Atopic Myelitis with Cervical Cavernous Angioma by Miyuki Fukuda, Hiroaki Manabe, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Minoru Hoshimaru, Shigeo Ueda

“…Symptoms disappeared immediately after steroid pulse therapy. We subsequently resected a cavernous angioma, and eosinophil invasion was found inside it. …”
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Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals the Metabolic Characteristics and Biomarkers of Antioxidant Properties of Gardeniae Fructus from Different Geographical Origins in China by Wu Jiang, Lingling Jiang, Xiaoli Yin, Shuhui Zhang, Xiaojing Duan, Jiadong Chen, Yingying Liu, Hong Zheng, Zhengming Tao

“…The key chemical categories were obtained as the primary contributors of the antioxidant activity, including prenol lipids, flavonoids, coumarins and derivatives, as well as steroids and steroid derivatives. In addition, adouetine Y, coagulin R 3-glucoside and epicatechin 3-glucoside were identified as potential biomarkers for the antioxidant activity of GF. …”
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Renal Sinus Lipomatosis in Transplanted Kidneys: An Unusual Clinical Case by Luca Apicella, Gianfranco Vallone, Sossio Vitale, Gianluca Garofalo, Luigi Russo, Riccardo Gallo, Stefano Federico, Massimo Sabbatini

“…Paradoxically, after a short course of steroids, the recovery of renal function and the partial resolution of calyceal dilatation were observed. …”
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Perioperative Endocrine Therapy for Patients with Cushing's Syndrome Undergoing Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy by Xiaobo Cui, Lu Yang, Jianwei Li, Siyuan Bu, Qiang Wei, Zhenmei An, Tianyong Fan

“…In all 82 cases, the RLAs were performed successfully without any perioperative complication, such as steroid withdrawal symptoms. The patient’s symptoms and signs were improved quickly and safely during the hospital days. …”
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Limfoma Kutis dengan Sindroma Hiper IgE by Fahrul Fahrul, Irza Wahid, Raveinal Raveinal

“…Diberikan kemoterapi siklofosfamid, vinkristin dan prednison, serta imunosupresan, emolien dan steroid topikal, dengan respon yang baik.…”
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Long-Term Survival after Adrenalectomy for Asynchronous Metastasis of Bladder Cancer to the Bilateral Adrenal Glands by S. Washino, M. Hirai, A. Matsuzaki, Y. Kobayashi

“…The patient had an uneventful recovery after starting steroid replacement therapy. Three years later, he was doing well and had no evidence of recurrence. …”
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A Study of Clinical Profile of Patients Presenting with Topical Corticosteroid Induced Facial Dermatoses by Abhineetha Hosthota, BC Chandan, Bhargavi Chitturi, Afreena Nilofer, Ankitha Ramesh, Abhishek Bharti

“…Indian market is flooded with more than 18 different steroid molecules. Methodology: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 170 patients at a tertiary care centre. …”
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pneumocystis carinii Detection in Respiratory Samples by Sonu Kumari Agarwal, Harendra Kumar Thakur, Bansidhar Tarai

“…On reviewing the clinical details of the patients associated with these two specimens, it was discovered that both individuals were under systemic steroid treatment, yet neither exhibited clinical signs of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). …”
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SHOX and sex difference in height: a hypothesis by Tsutomu Ogata, Atsushi Hattori, Maki Fukami

“…These findings suggest that small but persistent sex difference in SHOX expression dosage leads to the variation in the sex steroid independent childhood growth function, thereby yielding the sex difference in height which remains small in childhood but becomes obvious in adulthood.…”
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Intraocular inflammation after intravitreal injection of aflibercept 8 mg for treatment-refractory neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a case report by Nozomu Hashiya, Ichiro Maruko, Yuri Miyaguchi, Ruka Maruko, Taiji Hasegawa, Tomohiro Iida

“…The IOI improved with only topical steroids, and we switched back to aflibercept 2 mg for the exudation. …”
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Familial Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Early in Life by Johannes Wirbelauer, Helge Hebestreit, Alexander Marx, Eugene J. Mark, Christian P. Speer

“…Failure to thrive during infancy and a somewhat delayed development may be the consequence of the disease itself but also could be attributed to repeated episodes of respiratory failure and a long-term systemic steroid therapy. The third pregnancy ended as spontaneous abortion. …”
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Cholestatic Hepatocellular Injury with Azathioprine: A Case Report and Review of the Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity by Joseph Romagnuolo, DC Sadowski, E Lalor, L Jewell, ABR Thomson

“…A 63-year-old man with Crohn's disease who is presented developed the rare idiosyncratic form of azathioprine hepatotoxicity, but also had a severe disabling steroid myopathy, peripheral neuropathy, resultant deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism related to immobility, and a nosocomial pneumonia. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide affects metabolic processes and energy homeostasis in the corpus luteum by Karol Mierzejewski, Robert Stryiński, Iwona Bogacka, Monika Golubska, Mónica Carrera, Aleksandra Kurzynska

“…The analysis showed that these proteins are involved in processes such as glucose metabolism, the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA), detoxification processes as well as steroid biosynthesis in the CL. Moreover, we demonstrated that LPS decreases glucose levels and increases progesterone levels in the CL.ConclusionThese findings suggest that LPS modulates key metabolic pathways in the CL, potentially impacting its functional activity.…”
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Two Walls Orbital Decompression pada Thyroid Eye Disease by Mardijas Efendi, Dolly Irfandy, Pattih Primasakti

“…The patient was given a peribulbar steroid injection, but no improvement was observed. …”
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Hip Osteonecrosis Is Associated with Increased Plasma IL-33 Level by Jinhui Ma, Wanshou Guo, Zirong Li, Bailiang Wang, Shirui Li, Peng Wang

“…No significant differences were observed in IL-33 levels between steroid-induced, alcohol-induced, and idiopathic patients. …”
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Encapsulation of Vecuronium and Rocuronium by Sugammadex Investigated by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Adriana Kenđel, Ivo Piantanida, Snežana Miljanić

“…Aiming toward a novel, noninvasive technique, with a real-time potential application in the monitoring of the complexation of steroidal neuromuscular blocker drugs Vecuronium (<b>Vec</b>) and Rocuronium (<b>Roc</b>) with sugammadex (<b>SDX</b>, medication for the reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced by <b>Vec</b> or <b>Roc</b> in general anesthesia), we developed proof-of-principle methodology based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). …”
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