Urothelial Carcinoma in a 22-Year-Old Female with Angelman Syndrome by Jessica Pugh, R. Keith Huffaker

“…There is often a delay in diagnosis in younger individuals with different genetic mutations noted upon diagnosis.…”
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Caseous Necrosis of Mitral Annulus by Sinan Balci, Selcuk Akkaya, Selin Ardali, Tuncay Hazirolan

“…Due to asymptomatic presentation, its diagnosis is usually incidental. Echocardiography is the first choice of imaging in evaluation. …”
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Frontotemporal dementia: peculiarities of clinical variants by B. Klimbytė, A. Vaitkus

“…The most frequent clinical variants, differential diagnosis, diagnostic methods, and treatment options of FTD are discussed in this literature review. …”
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Persistent Oxygen Requirement beyond Prematurity: A Case of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis by Tyler A. Fick, Bernadette Richards, Carl H. Backes, Molly K. Ball

“…Comorbid conditions can cloud this diagnosis further. Prognosis is poor for most patients. …”
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Le dimorphisme sexuel de conformation de l’os coxal humain. Bases biologiques et nouvelles applications possibles by François Marchal

“…The extent of sexual dimorphism of the human hip bone is a characteristic widely exploited in sex diagnosis of the skeleton. A morphometrical analysis based on the concepts of mathematical morphology allows clear attribution of the areas of the pelvic bone which present the greatest dimorphism in shape. …”
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Perforated Duodenal Ulcer in Pregnancy—A Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Papa Essilfie, M. Hussain, I. Bolaji

“…Reaching an accurate diagnosis and admininstering appropriate management can be difficult in the presence of an on-going pregnancy. …”
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Simultaneous Renal Oncocytoma and Lymphoma: Interest of Lymphadenectomy by Angela Orcurto, Benoît Lhermitte, Alain Sermier, Dominik Berthold

“…This case reflects how imaging can mislead to diagnosis and how histological confirmation helps decide treatment management.…”
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Immediate postoperative cardiac tamponade following robotic lung resection surgery: a case report by Kathryn M. Jan, Anthony Q. Dao, Ravi Joshi, Sreekanth Cheruku, Suzanne Dellaria, Kunal Karamchandani

“…Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to prevent mortality. Development of cardiac tamponade following non-cardiac surgery is rare, and diagnosis may often be overlooked due to low suspicion. …”
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Zosteriform cutaneous metastases: A rare occurrence in ductal carcinoma breast after mastectomy by Roshany Sakthibalan, Trishna Vaishali Muthurathinam, Roshni Menon

“…On grounds of clinical suspicion, we did a skin biopsy and confirmed the diagnosis of zosteriform CM from invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. …”
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Approach to: the Patient with a Palpable Breast Mass by Rose Di Ioia

“…This article aims to provide medical students with a stepwise approach to the evaluation and diagnosis of palpable breast masses. Given the wide spectrum of diseases associated with palpable masses, the differential diagnosis and management is out of the scope of this paper. …”
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Complicating Severe P. falciparum Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eltaib Saad, Elamin Elsamani, Walid Abdelrahman

“…A high index of clinical suspicion is warranted for the early diagnosis as delayed or missed diagnosis can be potentially fatal. …”
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Chronic Constipation: Current Management and Challenges by Martin Storr

“…Many challenges are associated with the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic constipation. …”
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Hemolytic Anemia Confusing Serum Bilirubin Levels by M Brackstone, Cameron N Ghent

“…These patients were considered for liver transplantation until the diagnosis of a comorbid hemolytic process was established. …”
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A Patient with an Aberrant Pulmonary Blood Supply and Recurrent Infection by Radu Pescarus, George Rakovich, Denise Ouellette, Gilles Beauchamp

“…The aberrant artery is key to both diagnosis and treatment. The correct diagnosis may be suspected on clinical grounds and should be confirmed by identifying the lesion and aberrant artery on imaging studies. …”
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Ischaemia with no obstructive coronary arteries: a review with focus on the Asian population by Rodney Yu-Hang Soh, Ting-Ting Low, Ching-Hui Sia, William Kok-Fai Kong, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Poay-Huan Loh, Kian-Keong Poh

“…Despite its prognostic significance, diagnosis of INOCA is often delayed. In this review, we identified the multiple barriers to its diagnosis and management, and proposed strategies to overcome them.…”
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Two Cases of Miliary Tuberculosis and Increasing Level of CA-125 by M Alimagham, S Aminiafshar, SMM H Moghaddam, S Shokuhi

“…The serum level of cancer antigen (CA) 125, as a tumour marker, is useful in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer. CA 125 serum level is also elevated in ascites (1), ovarian tube abscess (2,3), biliary duct cancer and periampullary tumours (4), cholangitis (5), cancer of pancreas (6) and cervical adenocarcinoma (7). …”
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The Heart’s Secret Bridge: Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Masquerading as a Gerbode Defect by Khalid Sawalha, Angel Lopez-Candales

“…This case report highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion when considering rare cardiac anomalies and emphasizes the significance of using different imaging modalities to reach an accurate diagnosis.…”
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Legionella pneumophila — The causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wei Yu Tee, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Long Chiau Ming, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Thus, this review aims to discuss the current knowledge of L. pneumophila, focusing on the global epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Legionnaires’ disease (LD). …”
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Lichen Striatus with Nail Involvement in a 6-Year-Old Boy by Alexander K. C. Leung, Kin Fon Leong, Benjamin Barankin

“…Physicians should be familiar with the nail involvement in individuals with lichen striatus so that an accurate diagnosis can be made and unnecessary investigations and treatment avoided.…”
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Crohn’s Disease Presenting with Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Case Report by Sharon McGreal, Rupert Sayers, Peter Wurm, Kevin West

“…The finding of PLA was established by computed tomography and initial treatment involved percutaneous drainage and antibiotics. The diagnosis of CD was made after colonoscopy and histological investigations.…”
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