Measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diagnostic Delay in Rare Disease by Caitlin Hampson, William Evans, Lucy McKay, Lara Menzies

“…A common feature of many diseases is a substantial delay in patients receiving a correct diagnosis; this protracted path to diagnosis is termed ‘the diagnostic odyssey’. …”
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Color Doppler Score: A New Approach for Monitoring a Large Placental Chorioangioma by Maria Angelica Zoppi, Alessandra Piras, Ambra Iuculano, Maurizio Arras, Federica Mulas, Maria Carmela Fadda, Sergio Cossu, Giovanni Monni

“…We employed color Doppler score as an innovative approach for the prenatal diagnosis and monitoring of a large placental chorioangioma case diagnosed at 26 weeks and the subjective semiquantitative assessment of the vascularization. …”
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Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of machine learning algorithms for identification of asthma in United States adults based on NHANES dataset by Omid Kohandel Gargari, Mobina Fathi, Shahryar Rajai Firouzabadi, Ida Mohammadi, Mohammad Hossein Mahmoudi, Mehran Sarmadi, Arman Shafiee

“…Abstract Asthma diagnosis poses challenges due to underreporting of symptoms, misdiagnoses, and limitations in existing diagnostic tests. …”
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An Isolated Phlebolith on the Lip: An Unusual Case and Review of the Literature by Gabriela de Morais Gouvêa Lima, Renata Mendonça Moraes, Ana Sueli Rodrigues Cavalcante, Yasmin Rodarte Carvalho, Ana Lia Anbinder

“…Although phleboliths not associated with other vascular lesions are not common, clinicians should be aware of the existence of this pathology and include it as differential diagnosis of oral lesions.…”
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Gallbladder Agenesis without Additional Biliary Tracts Abnormality by Seyed Mostafa Meshkati Yazd, Hamidreza Bayati, Sara Sadat Nabavizadeh, Reza Shahriarirad

“…Gallbladder agenesis (GA) is a very uncommon disorder of the biliary system. Diagnosis of GA can be difficult and may result in unnecessary procedures. …”
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X-Ray Lung Image Classification Using a Canny Edge Detector by Sana’a Khudayer Jadwaa

“…The presence of differences in the clinical experiences of a section of doctors or doctors in general can lead to discrepancies in the analysis and understanding of medical images and thus affects the accuracy of the diagnosis for the patient’s condition. The use of a medical imaging system for reliable diagnosis through the use of the computer will lead to high accuracy in diagnosis. …”
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PILOT STUDY REGARDING AN ONLINE METHOD FOR DENTAL RADIOLOGY STUDENTS’ ASSESEMENT EXPERIMENTALLY APPLIED DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC by Dragos Epistatu, Serban Dan Predescu, Manuela Solomon, Alexandru Croitoru, Carmen Larisa Nicolae, Ruxandra Sfeatcu, Cosmina Mironov

“…The errors made by the students were linked to: periodontal diagnosis (34%), edentulous diagnosis ( 22%) dental diagnosis (19 %); bone diagnoses ( 12%), soft tissue diagnosis ( 1%) . …”
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Therapeutic efficacy of LysGH15 against necrotising pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a rabbit model by Bowei Zhang, Liran Song, Yongran Wang, Meimei Zhang, Chong Chen, Hui Ning, Li Wang, Cao Qiu, Xinwu Wang, Changjiang Sun, Xin Feng, Wenyu Han, Wenyu Han, Bin Wang, Yalu Ji, Jingmin Gu, Jingmin Gu

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Audit of Radiology Request Form for Completion and Usefulness of Clinical History: Teaching Hospital Experience, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah

“…For the clinical radiologist to effectively play this key role, the referring clinician must provide adequate and useful patient information to assist the radiologist in making a diagnosis or provide differential diagnosis. The objectives were to assess the level of completion of the radiology request form and to determine whether the clinical history provided aided in the final impression/diagnosis. …”
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Diverse Presentations of Carcinoma Erysipelatoides from a Teaching Hospital in Australia by Hui Ting Chow, Kim Tran, Ewan K. A. Millar, Jodi Lynch, Dedee F. Murrell

“…This case series describes four patients seen at our institution with a diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer; 3 patients had a history of previously treated breast malignancy. …”
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TNF-α Enhances the Therapeutic Effects of MenSC-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles on Inflammatory Bowel Disease through Macrophage Polarization by miR-24-3p by Huikang Xu, Jiamin Fu, Lijun Chen, Sining Zhou, Yangxin Fang, Qi Zhang, Xin Chen, Li Yuan, Yifei Li, Zhenyu Xu, Charlie Xiang

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A novel conjugated polymer synthesized via a noble metal-free catalyst in photothermal therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma mediated by second near-infrared (NIR-II) laser by Shengsheng Cui, Xinni Pan, Shanshan Fan, Cheng Cao, Yingao Jiao, Yanfei Fu, Jiaqi Niu, Shujin Lin, Jingmao Lao, Yanlei Liu

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Endoscopic ultrasonic puncture combined with fenestration and drainage for gastric heterotopic pancreatic cyst by Ying Fu Zhang, Chengguang Zhao, Chunying Zhu, Lu Liu, Ying Xiong

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The clinical method in primary health care: some reflections by Rubén Darío García Núñez

“…This method is composed by a system of rules that organize the procedures the doctor follows in order to obtain the symptoms and signs that will allow him to elaborate a further diagnosis. Different issues like the importance of the medical diagnosis, its bases, the different procedures through which it can be carried out, and how it is finally established are stated. …”
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A Case of Aortic Dissection Presenting with Atypical Symptoms and Diagnosed with Transthoracic Echocardiography by Mahdis Solhjoo, Supreeya Swarup, Amgad N. Makaryus

“…Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) allowed the identification of an intimal flap in multiple locations and resulted in rapid diagnosis and treatment. In most cases, CT angiography is the imaging modality of choice for diagnosis of AD. …”
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Current Trends in the Molecular Classification of Renal Neoplasms by Andrew N. Young, Viraj A. Master, Mahul B. Amin

“…RCC is a significant challenge for pathologic diagnosis and clinical management. The primary approach to diagnosis is by light microscopy, using the World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, which defines histopathologic tumor subtypes with distinct clinical behavior and underlying genetic mutations. …”
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Thyroid Hemiagenesis Associated with Hyperthyroidism by Gunay Gurleyik, Emin Gurleyik

“…Biochemical analysis revealed the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. Ultrasound showed multinodular hypertrophy in the right lobe and absence of the left lobe. …”
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Vulval Elephantiasis: A Case Report by Harsh Mohan, Bhumika Bisht, Poonam Goel, Geeta Garg

“…Vulval elephantiasis due to filariasis is rare. Its diagnosis on histopathology is more often by exclusion. …”
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A case report of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis by G. Makarevičius, J. Grigaitė, M. Jokubaitis, A. Klimašauskienė

“… Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a condition characterised by diffuse or local thickening and fibrosis of dura matter caused by inflammation of unknown origin. It is a diagnosis of exclusion. Autoimmune disorders (notably ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and IgG4-related disease) pose one of the greatest diagnostic challenges in the differential diagnosis of hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP). …”
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Variation in Provider Identification of Obesity by Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics among an Insured Population by Sara N. Bleich, Jeanne M. Clark, Suzanne M. Goodwin, Mary Margaret Huizinga, Jonathan P. Weiner

“…Only 7.7 percent of obese plan members had an obesity diagnosis code listed in their claims. Members living in neighborhoods with the largest proportions of Blacks were 29 percent less likely to receive an obesity diagnosis (P<.05). …”
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