Volume 38. No 2 (2026)

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Pancreatic Morphological Patterns on MRI inIndividuals With Suspected Type 5 Diabetes: AnExploratory Case Series From Mzuzu Centralhospital, Malawi

Yingpu Zhu1, Arnold Kayira2, Blessed Kondowe3, Patrick Manda3, Junyi Ren4, Jingping Zhang5* Corresponding Author: Jingping Zhang; E-mail: zhangjp@xjtufh.edu.cn. AbstractPurposeType 5 diabetes mellitus (T5DM), recently proposed as a diabetes phenotype associated with chronic undernutrition, remains poorly characterized regarding pancreatic structural changes.…

Repeated Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar SympatheticBlock for Refractory Painful Diabetic PeripheralNeuropathy: The First Case from Mzuzu CentralHospital, Malawi

Junyi Ren1,2, Francis Masoo2, Yingpu Zhu*3,4 Corresponding Author: Yingpu Zhu; E-mail: zypjade-96722@163.com AbstractBackgroundPainful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by chronic neuropathic pain, sleep disturbance, and impaired quality of life. Although pharmacological therapies remain…