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PMC9869869 | Primary squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) of the breast is an extremely rare tumor, accounting for less than 0.1% of all invasive breast cancers ( 1 , 2 ), and in 2012, the World Health Organization classified PSCC as metaplastic breast cancer. There are no standard treatment guidelines for PSCC of the breast, and most pa... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
PMC9888602 | Primary malignant neoplasms of the trachea are very rare. With an incidence of 0.1 per 100,000 persons per year, these tumors account for 0.2% of respiratory tract malignancies and approximately 0.02-0.04% of all malignancies . This rarity limits our knowledge of tracheal carcinomas and makes them a diagnostic and ther... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
PMC9955742 | However, during this period every vascular surgeon had treated at least one patient affected by COVID-19 with thromboembolic events, most commonly acute limb ischemia or deep venous thrombosis . The incidence of acute limb ischemia (ALI) increased, and the occurrences were mainly in patients who were COVID-19 positive ... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
15831104 | Risk adjustment and stratification play an important role in quality assurance and are indispensable tools used in clinical research. The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) is a patient risk prediction model based on 12 patient characteristics and 6 charac... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
16446941 | Lachrymal points mark the onset of the lachrymal drainage system, followed by the upper and lower canaliculi, which are fused and form the common canaliculus, measuring about 1 to 2mm long, which emerges anteriorly into the lachrymal sac. After it, the tear is pumped, via nasolachrymal duct, up to being exteriorized in... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
16878239 | Congenital obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct produces persistent secretion and epiphora (excessive tearing) in children. Treatment with single stent leads to excellent outcomes in simple obstructions of Hasner valve; on the contrary, it is highly unsuccessful in obstructions at the lacrimal sac-lacrimal duct interse... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
18442409 | In a recent review of the medical literature we did not identify any well-designed studies of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol exposure . Numerous studies have either proposed a formula or formulae for estimating serum osmolality , evaluated the relationship between measured osmolality and calculate... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999999 |
18710560 | The main clinical features in patients with Roberts sydrome (pseudothalidomide)are severe shortening of the limbs, with radial defects and oligodactyly or syndactyly, and a characteristic face with hypertelorism, severe cleft lip, a prominent premaxilla, a mid-face capillary haemangioma, cloudy corneae or cataracts and... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
19753266 | We report here a single case of total amputation of the penis [ Figure 1 ] that was successfully reattached by using the microsurgical technique. In March 2007, a 22 year-old married male patient having three children presented to the casualty department with total amputation of his penis following assault. The amputat... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
19829983 | Intravenous urography (IVU) showed right duplex kidney and duplex ureter with hydronephrosis of upper pole moiety and an associated ureterocele appearing as a filling defect in the right bladder base. There was triplication of the ureter on the left side with two ureters joining before entering the bladder (Smith’s typ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
19830100 | A clinical diagnosis of SVC obstruction was made and warfarin was restarted. This was confirmed on magnetic resonance venous imaging, which showed extensive thrombosis in the superior vena cava extending into both brachiocephalic veins . Shortly afterwards he developed significant haemoptysis and persistent epistaxis, ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
19886993 | Following standard systemic chemotherapy, additional therapies include transarterial chemotherapy, ethanol injection, cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and microwave ablation. The role of hepatic transarterial therapy for CRHM continues to evolve as experience with this technique matures. There have been recent rep... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999993 |
20202212 | At present, peripartum cardiomyopathy is treated according to the guidelines for dilated cardiomyopathy with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers and diuretics (standard therapy for heart failure) . Nevertheless, the prognosis is poor, with reported mortality rates up to 15% and full recovery i... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
20680100 | Corneal dystrophies (CDs) are defined as a group of inherited, bilateral, symmetric, slowly progressive corneal diseases without any relationship to environmental or systemic factors. Recently, the International Committee for Classification of Corneal dystrophies (IC3D) has provided a new classification that integrates... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
20825258 | Fractional skin resurfacing, primarily with erbium and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) lasers, has emerged as an effective therapeutic approach with an attractive efficacy-to-downtime ratio ( 1 - 4 ). By limiting energy to a grid of small foci within a treatment field, high energies can be delivered, while undamaged skin surrou... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
22348641 | Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of infection in newborns, pregnant women, and older persons with chronic medical illness. Cervicovaginal colonization with GBS in pregnant women can result in vertical transmission of GBS to neonates, with a limited number of GBS capsular serotypes being disproportionately... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
22614905 | Pediatric interstitial lung disease has an estimated prevalence of 1.3 to 3.6/1,000,000 . Although interstitial lung disease is a relatively uncommon cause of respiratory distress in the neonatal period, multiple types have been described. The majority of these types are genetic, inflammatory, or infectious in etiology... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
23259141 | A 44-year-old African American male with end-stage renal disease secondary to focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis underwent sequential renal transplants. He received his first cadaveric renal transplant in 2008, and when that failed, he underwent a second cadaveric renal transplant two years later. Subsequent to transp... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999995 |
23761833 | Histologically, these lesions may exhibit a heterogeneous appearance, thus accounting for the various terms used to describe IMTs alluded to above. All IMTs are characterized by variable cellular spindle cell proliferation with a compact myxoid stromal pattern and a variable inflammatory infiltrate, usually comprised o... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
24078894 | His urethral catheter was exchanged for a new one by a home-visiting nurse. After two days, he felt acutely ill with vomiting and a decrease in urine volume. A home-visiting nurse suspected catheter obstruction and exchanged the urethral catheter for a new one. However, bladder irrigation could not subsequently be perf... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999997 |
24267584 | Minimally invasive adrenalectomy (MA), thanks to a lower morbidity rate, a shorter hospital stay, and a more rapid recovery than "open" surgery, increasing patients satisfaction and comfort, has become the standard of care for the management of functioning and non-functioning adrenal neoplasms with a benign appearance,... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
24423847 | The use of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) as a treatment modality for patients with close or positive margins has increased over the past decade. It is commonly done with high voltage electrons, 1 , 2 HDR brachytherapy 3 , 4 , 5 or particularly with low kV X‐ray IORT. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 Low kV sources are of interest be... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
24523975 | Fibromatosis colli, also known as “sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor of infancy,” is an uncommon benign lesion of the spindle cells of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle [ 1 – 6 ]. The term “tumour” is a misnomer because it is not a cancerous condition but it is referred to as a congenital fibrotic process, so in this ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
24571672 | Clodronic acid, a first-generation bisphosphonate, has been successfully used in the treatment of high bone-turnover states, Paget’s disease and osteolytic bone metastases . It is a synthetic analogue of pyrophosphate, an endogenous regulator of bone mineralization, which contains two phosphanate groups that allow reco... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
24678641 | A 16-year-old boy was admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in June 2011, and presented with an intermittent headache of 4-year duration and was found to be moderately hypertensive. It was his first lifetime visit to a doctor. On physical examination, axillary freckling and multiple café-au-lait spots ≥... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
24854350 | As a disease, sarcocystosis is noted in a variety of animals but symptomatic human disease appears to be less common, with fewer than 150 cases reported in the literature , , . The prevalence of incidental sarcocysts in humans is also difficult to establish. A previous report showed a series of autopsy tongue muscle co... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
25161788 | Endometriosis is characterized by benign proliferation of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma in the peritoneal cavity, resulting in inflammation and scarring, often leading to pelvic pain and infertility . It affects 2%–10% of women of reproductive age . We suppose that endometriosis generally regresses during pregn... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999995 |
25333997 | Semantic dementia (SD) is a variant of fronto-temporal dementia characterized by a gradual loss of semantic memory , with progressive anomia and deterioration of vocabulary ). An asymmetrical atrophy of the lateral temporal lobe is generally observed with an antero-posterior gradient, the highest changes located in its... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
25609557 | The pathology of the disorder involves destruction of autoantibody-presenting platelets by the spleen and liver, and insufficient hematopoiesis of megakaryocytes is also observed because of the relative shortage of the megakaryocyte hematopoietic factor thrombopoietin. ITP is classified based on the length of time from... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
25674307 | The patient was treated on 24th January 2005 with a 12.5 mm opening-wedge supra-tubercular proximal tibial osteotomy performed through a midline incision. The osteotomy was fixed with two anterior Puddu plates (Arthrex® Sheffield UK) and reinforced with bone substitute (HATriC™/ combining hydroxyapatite and tricalcium ... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
25789022 | Myelolipoma is a rare and benign tumor that is typically asymptomatic. The tumor most frequently develops in the adrenal gland, and consists of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells ( 1 ). Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are extremely rare, particularly in the presacral or perineal space ( 2 ). Intrapulmonary... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
25948237 | Extrapancreatic growth of a moderate-sized pseudocyst is extremely rare. It is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer on preoperative imaging when the pancreatic parenchyma is compressed by a massive pseudocyst and becomes unclear on imaging. Despite the development and widespread use of imaging techniques, obtaining ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
25984373 | Hemiparesis induced by hypoglycemia has been described as far back as 1928 . Recently a predilection for right side symptoms and also a correlation with transient abnormal imaging findings, frequently observed in the internal capsule or splenium of the corpus callosum , were shown. Indeed, the pathophysiology behind hy... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
26112048 | Bronchogenic cyst is a congenital malformation of the tracheobronchial tree. It is usually located in the mediastinum or lung parenchyma, though rarely can be seen in extrathoracic locations such as the neck. In 2004, Mehta et al. reported a series of 4 cases of cervical bronchogenic cysts over a 22-year period, with t... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
26180702 | Pulmonary hypertension develops in these patients generally secondary to high output failure that is related to liver vascular malformations . Pulmonary AVMs are often multiple and bilateral, with a predilection for the lower lobes. Fifteen to 45 percent of patients with HHT have pulmonary AVMs, but the incidence of th... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
26273487 | Talcoma is a pleural mass which may rarely develop as a complication to talc pleurodesis. Talc pleurodesis is a procedure performed to obliterate the pleural space to prevent recurrent pleural effusions or persistent pneumothoraces. Pleurodesis is commonly performed by draining the pleural fluid, followed by either a m... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
27411912 | Different surgical approaches have been proposed for this region. Posterior approaches, such as laminectomy with or without transversectomy, have been found to be minimally effective, with insufficient decompression and a high risk of complications . Anterior approaches seem to improve the symptomology, but have a high... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
27493976 | Isolated monoparesis has been used to describe selective hand motor deficit secondary to a cerebral stroke. The pseudoradicular sensory-motor defects are rare presentations of stroke and are frequently misdiagnosed as peripheral nerve lesions. Advances in brain imaging have improved our understanding of cortical brain ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
27538478 | The integrated 4D MIOCT microsurgical imaging system is shown in Fig. 1 . A portable cart housed the custom OCT hardware, computer, and software-user interface . The OCT sample arm design employed a customized mechanical enclosure for seamless integration into a Leica M844 ophthalmic surgical microscope 31 to enable OC... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
27629064 | The term multimorbidity is usually defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic conditions within an individual, whereas the term comorbidity has traditionally been used to describe patients with an index condition (such as asthma) and one or more additional conditions. 1 Multimorbidity is becoming the preferred t... | Other | other | en | 0.999996 |
27774363 | Facial nerve schwannoma is a rare tumor composing less than two percent of intracranial benign tumors . The treatment goal for this benign tumor is to prevent the tumor growth while preserving the function of the facial nerve. Complete surgical resection inevitably results in severe facial palsy in most cases, whereas ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
28225993 | Table 1 Data from congenital hypothyroidism patients whose thyroids were not visualized on Ultrasonography (T-US) or with ectopic thyroid confirmed by scintigraphy (131I) Case N. Gender Initial T-US TT Current T-US TT 131 I Diagnosis Local Total volume (mL) Local Total volume (mL) 1 F E 0.81 3 E - 7.0 SME Ectopic 2 M N... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
28596928 | The results of some reports support the benefits of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) compared with those of open surgical repair (OSR) for managing a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) . EVAR is less invasive in patients with favorable anatomy. However, it is not possible to remove a hematoma by EVAR. We pres... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999999 |
28705210 | Postoperative bladder spasms are involuntary movements of the detrusor muscle that can cause a sudden onset of pain in the region of bladder, a sensation of urgency to void, intermittent abdominal cramps, perineal pain, and/or urinary leakage around a urethral catheter after surgical procedures [ 1 – 3 ]. The intermitt... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
28819624 | The patient was a known hypertensive and was prescribed tablet telmisartan 40mg since 5 years. The patient was also on metformin 500 mg twice daily for type II diabetes mellitus.During a detailed clinical examination, there was no obvious pathology found in the oraphaynx and laryngopharynx. No neck nodes were clinicall... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999998 |
29187188 | Uterine fibroid tumors derive from a benign monoclonal proliferation of smooth muscle cells of the uterine myometrium. An exact etiopathogenesis, nevertheless, has not been fully elucidated. A variety of risk factors, ranging from genetic predisposition to ethnicity, hormonal factors, nulliparity, and obesity have been... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
29201471 | An 81-year-old female patient presented to our facility with dysphagia to both solids and liquids. For the evaluation of her dysphagia, she underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Initially, EGD examination of the esophagus revealed a distal esophageal mass of 5 cm in length extending 2 cm inside the gastric cardia... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
29258609 | A 61-year-old woman (height, 148.9 cm; body mass index, 21.3 kg/m 2 ) had a right adrenal gland tumor. She had no relevant medical history or family history. Endocrinological examination of her blood indicated a high noradrenaline level . The 24-h urine collection revealed high levels of noradrenaline (728 µg/day) and ... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
29390352 | Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is currently defined as a coronary artery dilatation > 1.5 times the diameter of the normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary vessel, and was reported to be 1 to 4% of coronary angiography findings. The reports of CAA combined with an additional aneurysm ... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
30147902 | IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) is an increasingly recognized immune‐mediated condition with particular serologic, clinical, and pathological characteristics. 1 , 2 Common manifestations include tumor‐like swelling of organs, infiltration of lymphocytes that are enriched in IgG4‐positive plasma cells, and “storiform”‐pa... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999999 |
30151397 | A 32-year-old alcoholic male with liver steatosis presented with hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis with peritonitis and retroperitoneum involvement. He was started on conservative therapy and percutaneous irrigation and drainage. Unfortunately, he rapidly deteriorated on hospital day 4 into acute abdominal compartme... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
30313116 | Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and are characterized by the gain-of-function mutations of KIT and platelet-derived growth factor alpha (PDGFRA) gene. GISTs most often arise in the stomach (60%–70%) and small intestine (25%–30%), but less freq... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
30333013 | Patients with life-threatening diseases at the end-of-life stage suffer multiple physical discomforts , as well as a range of psychosocial and spiritual concerns [ 7 – 12 ]. With the progression of their diseases, the utilization of health services by patients increases at the end-of-life stage [ 13 – 19 ]. As a result... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
30455816 | Nous rapportons le cas d’une patiente de 13 ans d’origine rurale qui présentait une lésion papulo-nodulaire de 4/3cm du tiers inférieur de la jambe droite, évoluant depuis deux années. La biopsie cutanée montrait une hyperplasie papillomateuse avec des micro-abcès à polynucléaires neutrophiles et des spores. L’étude my... | Clinical case | biomedical | fr | 0.999997 |
30567060 | A 30-year-old female presented with a 5-week history of a painful rapidly-growing mass over the proximal phalanx of the right ring finger . The patient also complained of numbness along the distribution of the radial digital nerve of the finger. There was no history of trauma. Examination showed a firm tender mass meas... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
30581639 | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) usually presents in chronic phase, followed by an accelerated phase and a blast phase, if untreated. The blast phase can manifest as myeloid (in about 70% of cases) or lymphoid blast crisis, with the B-cell lineage being more common. CML in blast crisis of T-cell lineage is a very rar... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
30672980 | Clinical information - An adult male horse from Pedra Grande region on the São Mateus municipality, Espírito Santo state, Brazil, with signs of colic developed neurological manifestations on the 25th of April 2018 including dysphagia, ataxia in anterior limbs, muscle tremors, shaking, opisthotonos, lateral decubitus, i... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999997 |
30766742 | Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is widespread in tropical and subtropical waters ( 1 ) and is acquired from consuming contaminated reef fish. The ciguatoxin (CTX) comes from the dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus, which grows predominantly in coral reefs in tropical and subtropical climates ( 2 ) and is consumed by he... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
31011398 | Un patient de 43 ans, sérologie VIH négative sans autres antécédents notables, a été hospitalisé dans le service de neurochirurgie du CHU de Yopougon, pour des céphalées d’intensité croissante sur une dizaine de jours. L’évolution en hospitalisation a été marquée par la survenue de vomissements spontanés puis des crise... | Other | biomedical | fr | 0.999998 |
31477964 | Vascular Leiomyosarcoma (LMS), arising from smooth muscle of vessel wall, is a rare tumor which constitutes 5-7% of soft tissue sarcomas. 1 Vascular LMS accounts for 2% of all LMSs with more than half of cases arising from Inferior vena cava (IVC). 2 Around 75% of cases arise from the retroperitoneal course of IVC. 3 A... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
31741825 | Glycogen storage disease type XIII (GSDXIII) is a very rare inherited metabolic myopathy characterized by an enzymatic defect of the distal part of glycolysis; to date only four patients have been reported in the literature 1 , 2 The condition is caused by recessive mutations in ENO3 resulting in muscle β‐enolase defic... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
31824404 | Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an infrequent autosomal-dominant subtype of migraine with motor aura (weakness) ( 1 ). Individuals with FHM are initially affected in the first or second decade of life ( 2 ). Transient visual, sensory, motor, aphasic, and basilar-type symptoms are frequent auras. Russel and Ducros... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
32063978 | Meningioma rarely presents in pregnancy. Once appeared, their growth rate is relatively increased. 1 Neurosurgical intervention is usually required when patient develops instability, worsening of cranial pathology on imaging studies and at times during pregnancy. 2 The choice between general anaesthesia (GA) versus awa... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999999 |
32140088 | Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are a common cardiac congenital finding with complications due to the left-to-right shunt (LRS). Percutaneous closure of an ASD is considered to be the first choice and has been proven safe and effective using different devices . Worldwide, there is a lot of good experience with the Amplatz... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999999 |
32345314 | The mitochondrial enzyme 2-methylacetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase (MAT; mitochondrial acetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase T2/ “beta-ketothiolase”; EC 2.3.1.9) does not only act in ketone body utilization (ketolysis) by catalyzing thiolytic cleavage of acetoacetyl-coenzyme A, but also catalyzes conversion of methylacetoacety... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
32347201 | We extracted data from medical records of all consecutive patients admitted with a diagnosis of COVID-19, between 21 and 28 February 2020 and followed-up until 4 March 2020. We collected demographic data (sex and age), clinical data (symptoms on admission, comorbidities and chest X-ray results), laboratory tests and tr... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
32458240 | Patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) are treated conservatively until disease severity warrants joint replacement. While evidence evolves regarding OA pathophysiology and an optimal treatment regimen, sibling comparison studies can provide useful historical and practical clinical information for patients and clinicia... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
32593285 | For an infant undergoing complex cardiac surgery, hemodynamic management after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is challenging because of severe myocardial edema, vasomotor dysfunction and weak tolerance to a change in blood volume . More importantly, lack of availability of equipment for advanced monitoring, such as trans... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999998 |
32791738 | A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for acute azotemia after 3 days of treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for sore throat. He was undergoing chemotherapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer without any evidence of residual viable malignancy. He complained of sore throat and mild pain in ... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
32922852 | As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, early diagnosis is one of the main ways to combat the infection. The reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) taken from nasopharyngeal swab samples has become the gold-standard in making the diagnosis. However, it is well-known that although the RT-PCR ... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
32964213 | 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), an antimetabolite in the fluoropyrimidine class, is the third most commonly used chemotherapeutic agent worldwide for the treatment of solid malignancies . Despite advances in novel cancer therapies, commonly used in combination with fluoropyrimidines, 5-FU remains one of the most effective and s... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
33007654 | Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare, with a reported incidence of 0.001−0.03 % at autopsy. About 25 % of these tumors are malignant, 34 % are angiosarcomas, and 24 % are undifferentiated sarcomas . Primary cardiac tumors cause nonspecific symptoms that delay their diagnosis, ultimately leading to more advanced di... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
33204559 | Necrotising otitis externa (NOE) is a rare life-threatening complication of otitis externa, affecting the skull base, mastoid, and temporal bones. The disease is seldom centred on the temporomandibular joint. Mardinger et al. have shown an involvement of the TMJ in only 14% of cases with a high mortality rate of 50% . ... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
33363745 | Endoscopic cauterization of visible telangiectasias may be considered in the patients with gastrointestinal telangiectasias and anemia not responding to iron supplementation. 1 , 2 , 3 However, acquired diseases such as portal hypertension caused by chronic liver diseases must be excluded and appropriately treated with... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999996 |
33408853 | Intraoperatively, a midline laparotomy was performed to view the aneurysm sac and the neck of the aneurysm was dissected out. As he was very thin, the lymphatics were very visible and divided. The renal vein was also divided and the aortic bifurcation and common iliac arteries were controlled bilaterally. The aneurysm ... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
33466993 | Type-1 cryoglobulinemia (CG) is a rare disease associated with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, mainly nonmalignant monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). The association between Type-1 CG and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is rare . A possible precursor of CLL is known as Monoclonal B-cell ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
33577256 | Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects (VSD) is safe but not out of complications. Atrioventricular block and new-onset valve regurgitation are major post-procedural problems. Tricuspid regurgitation requiring surgery is an extremely rare iatrogenic complication . The degree of valve insufficiency may vary... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999997 |
33665318 | Fractures of the proximal humerus are common injuries and account for 5% of all fractures . In the elderly population, proximal humerus fractures are the third most common osteoporotic fractures following the distal radius and femoral neck . These fractures affect 80–85% of people older than 50, with a peak incidence b... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999996 |
33747077 | ESD has been established as a standard treatment for gastrointestinal diseases nowadays. However, this procedure is technically difficult, time-consuming, and has more challenges and complications than conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), such as large mucosal defects and big perforations. Thus, a variety o... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999995 |
33765989 | Congenital scoliosis is caused by spine abnormalities that lead to imbalanced growth. A frequent cause is a single hemivertebra as a unilateral failure of formation. Because of local deformity and asymmetric loads, unaffected neighboring vertebrae subsequently show asymmetric growth. This congenital anomaly, apart from... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
33810042 | There are a series of consequences that can occur after a stroke. Most common are post-stroke depression (PSD), vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), and post-stroke fatigue (PSF) . Stroke is deadly for about 20% of cases, leading to 80% of cases where survivors might need post-stroke special care that implies the invol... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
33816025 | Masturbation is a sexual act that is common in all cultures and throughout history . It is a common behavior among both males and females . Despite being a prevalent sexual activity, masturbation is largely viewed negatively and almost all major religions prohibit it . These negative cultural and religious views toward... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
33824770 | Homocystinuria (HCU) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to a defect in the cystathionine β -synthase (CBS) that leads to high homocysteine (Hcy) plasma levels (normal reference range is 5–15 mmol/L). Clinically, HCU results in a multisystem disorder with ocular, skeletal, cardiovascular, and central n... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
33936684 | PEL is characterized by the presence of significant serous lymphomatous fluid collection in the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities without detectable solid tumor masses. 3 It most often occurs in immunocompromised patients such as in the advanced stages of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 4 but has... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
34146161 | Chest multislice-CT is still regarded as the gold-standard imaging technique for thoracic evaluation. Lung ultrasonography can show typical pattern for interstitial pneumonia. COVID-19 lesions mainly involve the peripheral pulmonary zones, which makes this disease accessible for pulmonary ultrasonography evaluation. Lu... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
34191936 | The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid increase in ICU admissions. One of the many aftershocks of the pandemic is likely to be a rise in patients presenting with PTSD related to their experiences of illness and medical treatment. As yet, data are not available to estimate rates of PTSD in this population or on specif... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
34208057 | Following the World Health Organization’s announcement on 11 March 2020 that the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had reached the scale of a global pandemic, the Latvian government announced a national state of emergency on 12 March to slo... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
34327091 | Arterial pseudoaneurysms result from damage to the arterial wall consisting of a contained hematoma with turbulent blood flow and a neck that very rarely closes spontaneously . Femoral artery pseudoaneurysms are the most common in clinical practice, with an incidence of 0.6-4.8% following femoral artery access for endo... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
34336745 | Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children ( 1 ). Prompt diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment are crucial to mitigate risk of permanent hypoglycemic brain damage. Inactivating mutations in the genes encoding the β-cell adenosine triphosphate ... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
34447408 | Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a prototypic autoinflammatory neutrophilic dermatosis, which is often associated with systemic disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), seronegative arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, and hematologic disorders . The pathogenesis of PG is multifactorial, i... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
34497649 | Clozapine has been significant in its efficacy as an antipsychotic drug for treatment-resistant psychotic depression . Despite its lower risk of tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal symptoms, its use as an effective agent has been limited and complicated by its adverse side-effect profile. The most severe side effects... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999998 |
34631088 | We encountered a case in which a recurrent condyloma‐like papillary tumor was repeatedly treated as condyloma. Subsequently, the patient was re‐diagnosed and treated for non‐invasive cervical papillary squamous cancer (PSCC) with HPV6 infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of HPV6 infection i... | Clinical case | clinical | en | 0.999997 |
34733588 | Infectious endophthalmitis is one of the most devastating complications of phacoemulsification cataract extraction in both human and veterinary ophthalmology. In humans, post-phacoemulsification endophthalmitis results in visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in 15–30% of cases, and 10% are left with no useful vision (20/80... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
34737974 | The gut microbiota has important roles in human physiology, metabolism and immunity . The administration of oral antibiotics is associated with gut dysbiosis which includes a loss of diversity of microbiota, changes in the distribution of some taxa and expansion of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Some beneficial commens... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
34745665 | Despite advances in healthcare technology and improvements in neonatal intensive care, extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants weighing less than 1 kilogram remain at a high-risk for death and morbidity . Patients with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) who do not respond to medical management often undergo surgical clos... | Study | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
34876035 | Nocardia is a weakly acidic, Gram-positive aerobic actinomycete that is widely present in soil, water, air and saprophytes . Nocard first described it in 1888 . In 1890, Eppinger first reported human infection with Nocardiasis . So far, there are about 80 species of Nocardia , and about 33% of them can infect humans . ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999994 |
34969371 | The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) beta-coronavirus, which emerged in China in December 2019, responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is causing the current global pandemic . Despite the polymorphism of this disease, ... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
35255813 | Protein-losing gastroenteropathy (PLGE) is a syndrome with a chief complaint of hypoalbuminemia, which occurs due to plasma protein leakage in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to general edema, ascites, and pleural and pericardial effusions . Various disorders are known to be associated with PLGE. Among these, syste... | Clinical case | biomedical | en | 0.999997 |
35482160 | Nonketotic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (NKHHS) is a life-threatening condition characterized by severe hyperglycemia, hyperosmolarity, and dehydration, without significant ketoacidosis. Despite a low estimated incidence, NKHHS accounts for 1% of all hospital admissions in patients with diabetes, and carries an ove... | Review | biomedical | en | 0.999996 |
35638317 | Quantitative sensory testing (QST), for example, pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), temporal summation of pain (TSP) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) have been used to assess pain sensitivity in patients with OA . Accumulating evidence suggests that severe OA is associated with lower PPTs, facilitated TSP and impair... | Other | biomedical | en | 0.999998 |
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