Volume 17, Issue 4 (2017)
Editorials/Commentaries
The Role of Patients’ Families in Cancer Treatment Decision-Making: Perspectives among Eastern and Western families
Abdulrahim Al-Bahri, Mansour Al-Moundhri, and Mohammed Al-Azri
Review
Deciphering the Role of the Barr Body in Malignancy: An insight into head and neck cancer
Deepti Sharma, George Koshy, Shruti Gupta, Bhushan Sharma, and Sonal Grover
Original Studies
Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department: Real world experience
Mohammed Al-Maskari, Mahmoud Al-Makhdami, Hatim Al-Lawati, Hafidh Al-Hadi, and Sunil K. Nadar
Epidemiology of Chronic Hepatitis C Infections at a Tertiary Care Centre in Oman
Said A. Al-Busafi; Halima Al-Shuaili; Heba Omar; 4Department of Statistics & Health
Information, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman; Haifa Al-Zuhaibi; L. Jeyaseelan; Department of Biostatics, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil
Nadu, India; and Khalid Al-Naamani
Interpreting Neonatal Growth Parameters in Oman: Are we doing it right?
Reem M. Abdulrahim, Ahmed B. Idris, Asad Ur-Rahman, Mohamed Abdellatif, and Nigel Fuller
Discrepancies Between Planned and Actual Operating Room Turnaround Times at a Large Rural Hospital in Germany
Regula Morgenegg, Franziska Heinze, Katharina Wieferich, Ralf Schiffer, Frank Stueber, Markus M. Luedi, and Dietrich Doll
Mortality Rate and Years of Life Lost Due to Prostate Cancer in Yazd Province, Iran: A 10-year study
Mojtaba Mirzaei, Mahboobehsadat Mirzadeh, and Mohsen Mirzaei
Distribution of Trauma Care Facilities in Oman in Relation to High-Incidence Road Traffic Injury Sites: Pilot study
Sara M. Al-Kindi, Ahmed A. Naiem, Kadhim M. Taqi, Najla M. Al-Gheiti, Ikhtiyar S. Al-Toobi, Nasra Q. Al-Busaidi, Ahmed Z. Al-Harthy, Alaa M. Taqi, Sharif A. Ba-Alawi, and Hani A. Al-Qadhi
Evaluation of Family Planning Counselling in North Jordan
Abdulhakeem M. Okour, Rami A. Saadeh, and Mona Zaqoul
Diabetes-Related Knowledge and Preventative Practices Among Government Employees with Diabetes in Kuwait
Ahmad J. Abdulsalam, Abdullah E. Al-Daihani, and Kostantinos Francis
Case Reports
Soft Tissue Rosai-Dorfman Disease: Case report
Rubyath C. Rajib, Rajasekharan Pillai, Ibrahim A. Sulaiman, and Ibrahim Al-Haddabi
A Case of Persistent Urogenital Sinus: Pitfalls and challenges in diagnosis
Hooi H. Tan; Shung K. Tan; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Sabah Women & Children Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia; Rajah Shunmugan; Rozman Zakaria; and Zakaria Zahari
Thyrotoxic Neuropathy: A rare cause of acute flaccid paraplegia
Aiman K. Al-Wahaibi, Santosh Kumar, Ali Al-Risi, and Farook Wali
Pitting Oedema in a Patient with Lumbar Disc Herniation: Case report of an unusual association
Homa Sadeghian; Rouzbeh Motiei-Langroudi; and Neurosurgical Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Intravenous Remifentanil Analgaesia for an Obstetric Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis and a Factor V Leiden Mutation
José L. Gálvez, Carlos L. Errando, Silvia Serrano, Marga Martín-Ayuso, and José M. Valverde-Mantecón
Gingival Leiomyosarcoma in a Young Woman: Case report and literature review
Massimo Viviano, Clelia Miracco, Guido Lorenzini, Gennaro Baldino, and Serena Cocca
Broad Ligament Lipoleiomyoma Masses: Two curious cases masquerading as ovarian carcinomas
Surekha Yadav, Barkha Maheswari, Nishant Sagar, Varuna Mallya, Nita Khurana, and Sangeeta Gupta
Cardiovocal Syndrome: A rare cause of hoarseness in a patient with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis
Rakul Nambiar, Dae Dalus, and Anjali Srikumar
Calvarial Tuberculosis in a Preschool-Aged Child: An uncommon entity
Avradip Santra, Arya Sen, and Atri Chatterjee
Medical Image
Paget’s Disease of the Breast: A dangerous imitator of eczema
Paula Aguayo-Carreras, Laura Bonilla-García, Israel Pérez-López, Carlos Cuenca-Barrales, and Jesús Tercedor-Sánchez
Letters to the Editor
T Cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukaemia with Cutaneous Infiltration
Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Ahinoa Bueno-Rodriguez, Paula Aguayo-Carreras, Daniel Sánchez-Cano, and Norberto Ortego-Centeno
Re: Neurology Research in Saudi Arabia: Urgent call for action
Ibrahim S. Al-Busaidi and Edgar Diabetes & Obesity Research Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Erratum Notice
