A Protocol for Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Atherosclerosis in Cardiac Surgery Patients by Wouter W. Jansen Klomp, George J. Brandon Bravo Bruinsma, Arnoud W. J. Van ’t Hof, Jan G. Grandjean, Arno P. Nierich

“…Therefore, we designed a protocol, which combined the diagnosis of atherosclerosis of thoracic aorta and the subsequent considerations with respect to the intraoperative management and provides a systematic approach to reduce the risk of cerebral complications.…”
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A Challenging Diagnosis of Ascites: A Case Report of Peritoneal Tuberculosis by Jose Ruiz, Maedeh Ganji, Catarina Canha, Carmen Isache

“…This case demonstrates how the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis can be elusive. …”
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Allgrove syndrome in endocrinology: Difficulties of diagnosis and treatment features. Case report by Uliana V. Buyvalenko, Anna R. Levshina, Anna K. Eremkina, Kseniya A. Komshilova, Nadezhda M. Platonova

“…Genetic analysis and detection of the AAAS gene mutation is the main step in the diagnosis of the syndrome. The presented clinical case will demonstrate the difficulties in making a diagnosis, choosing a treatment strategy for a patient with a long history of Allgrove syndrome.…”
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Sonication: A Valuable Technique for Diagnosis and Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections by D. S. Evangelopoulos, I. P. Stathopoulos, G. P. Morassi, S. Koufos, A. Albarni, P. K. Karampinas, A. Stylianakis, S. Kohl, S. Pneumaticos, J. Vlamis

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Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review by Samuel A. Sakyi, Samuel Y. Aboagye, Isaac Darko Otchere, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

“…Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Early diagnosis is crucial to prevent morbid effects and misuse of drugs. …”
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Evaluation of urinary density as a biomarker for the diagnosis of acute heart failure by Mustafa Ahmet Akçalı, Semih Çınar, Kemal Abid Tekin, Recep Murat Mert, Sena Erduhan, Ertuğ Dinçer, Yusuf Altunöz, Arif Aksu, Esra Akçalı

“…Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a widely accepted biomarker for the diagnosis of HF. Methods The files of the patients who applied to the emergency department with complaints of breathlessness were scanned, and BNP and urinary density (UD) levels were evaluated for the diagnosis of HF in patients. …”
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Effectiveness of Clinical Diagnosis in Lesions by HPV in Mouth. Useful Clinical Criteria by Josué Roberto Bermeo Escalona, Blanca Silvia González López, Eva Ramón Gallegos, Hugo Mendieta Zerón

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The Role of the Pathoanatomical Diagnosis «Chronic Gastritis» in the System of Personified Cancer Prevention by A. V. Kononov

“…The aim of the review is to systematize the principles of interpretation of morphological and molecular-cellular signs underlying the biopsy diagnosis of chronic gastritis from the standpoint of personified prevention of gastric cancer.Background.  …”
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Mirizzi Syndrome: From Ultrasound Diagnosis to Surgery—A Case Report by Dario Pariani, Giorgio Zetti, Fausto Galli, Ferdinando Cortese

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Pouchitis unveiled: exploring clinical features, diagnosis, and cutting-edge treatments by Francesca Lusetti, Camilla Almeida Martins Helfenberger, Munique Kurtz de Mello, Natália Sousa Freitas Queiroz

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Prenatal Diagnosis of Rare Familial Unbalanced Translocation of Chromosomes 7 and 12 by Berrin Tezcan, Foteini Emmanouella Bredaki

“…Partner’s brother had an unbalanced form of the translocation with severe learning disability. The diagnosis of the anomaly was based on two- and three-dimensional ultrasound and microarray analysis. …”
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Cervical artery dissection: ethiopathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment (literature review) by I. Zagorskienė, A. Paplauskaitė, J. Valaikienė

“…The most frequent symptom of CAD is headache or pain in the face or neck, which might be followed by symptoms of acute cerebral ischaemia. The diagnosis of CAD can be confirmed by various imaging techniques, but it has to be suspected by the clinician first. …”
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Colonic Metastasis with Anemia Leading to a Diagnosis of Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma by Vasa Jevremovic, Amer Abboud, Stuart Krauss

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Conditional Random Fields and Supervised Learning in Automated Skin Lesion Diagnosis by Paul Wighton, Tim K. Lee, Greg Mori, Harvey Lui, David I. McLean, M. Stella Atkins

“…Many subproblems in automated skin lesion diagnosis (ASLD) can be unified under a single generalization of assigning a label, from an predefined set, to each pixel in an image. …”
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Modern Endoscopic Imaging in Diagnosis and Surveillance of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients by Gheorghe Hundorfean, Stephen P. Pereira, John G. Karstensen, Peter Vilmann, Adrian Saftoiu

“…Additionally, we discuss future directions and techniques as candidates for a superior inflammation imaging in the diagnosis and prediction of therapeutic response.…”
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Sjögren’s Syndrome: Animal Models, Etiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Subtypes, and Diagnosis by Long Shen, Jing He, Jill M. Kramer, Vatinee Y. Bunya

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Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Peters’ Plus Syndrome: A Case Report by Neerja Gupta, Anita Kaul, Madhulika Kabra

“…Peters’ plus syndrome is a rare but clinically recognizable autosomal recessive ocular genetic syndrome. Diagnosis during the fetal life is challenging due to the presence of nonspecific findings such as ventriculomegaly in the growth-retarded fetuses. …”
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A Lip Lump: An Unexpected Histological Diagnosis of a Lip Schwannoma by Thomas Haigh, John Raad Glore, David Gouldesbrough, Winson Wong

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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting cough variant asthma diagnosis by Jiao Min, Xiaomiao Tang, Di Zhang, Jin Yang, Fei Li, Wei Lei

“…To identify independent predictors of CVA diagnosis, we developed a nomogram for predicting CVA. …”
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis by J. Čemerkaitė, I. Kaukėnaitė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…Initially, NMOSD typically presents with optic neuritis or transverse myelitis, or, less commonly, a combination of both. Diagnosis of NMOSD is based on clinical symptoms, MRI findings, and detection of AQP4-IgG antibodies in serum. …”
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