Author Contributions:
ZG: collected clinical data, did literature search, and is corresponding author. SB: helped in writing the manuscript and did final proofreading of the submission.
AF: helped in writing the manuscript.
MK, HF, RA and SB: revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Acknowledgments: Published with written consent of the patient.
Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest.
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