ST. In order to remove a 6.6-pound facial tumor that was the size of a basketball and had left the student feeling suicidal, the student underwent a life-altering procedure that included the use of a hammer and chisel

     One of the students had a facial tumor that weighed 6.6 pounds and was about the size of a basketball removed off his face. Following the development of a little ‘bruise’ on his cheek when he was six years old, Adrián Espino, who is now 23 years old, became suicidal as a result of…

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ST, Monkeypox…The Basics

Background: Monkeypox is a poxviridae virus closely related to smallpox (variola).  It was first described in humans in 1970 and has since become endemic in parts of Africa.  In recent weeks, clusters of cases have been described in several countries prompting us to revisit this topic as it is not one we typically deal with in…

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