Physeal-Sparing Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction for Skeletally Immature Patients: All-Epiphyseal Technique Using Quadricep Tendon Autograft by Hatem B. Afana, Thomas Nau

“…The mechanism of injury, clinical examination, and diagnosis of ACL injury in children is the same as in adults. …”
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Comment un diagnostic territorial partagé à partir du paysage peut-il contribuer à développer une intelligence commune du territoire ? by Christine Partoune

“…The article offers a reflexive analysis of a training process dedicated to a shared diagnosis of a territory based on the landscape, proposed by the Institut d’Eco-Pédagogie, a non-profit association situated in Liège specialised in environmental education and acknowledged in the field of continuous training. …”
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Mature Teratoma of the Temporal Bone in 3.5-Month-Old Baby Girl by Alshema Alqurashi, Essa Bakry, Marta Straube, Christian H. Rickert, Parwis Mir-Salim

“…We are reporting a case of a mature teratoma of the temporal bone in a healthy borne 3.5-month-old baby girl with a 2-day suggestive history of otitis media and polypoidal mass expulsing from the external auditory canal of the left ear. A definitive diagnosis is made after complete excision and histological examination of the tissue. …”
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Unna Thost Keratoderma palmoplantar . A Case Report by Graciela Caridad Cabrera Acea, María Teresa Rodríguez Gandulla, Niurka Ramos Viera

“…The patient also presented a deformity of his fingernails resembling a parrot's beak that produced pain and moderate hyperhidrosis. A diagnosis of diffuse orthokeratotic Thost-Unna keratoderma was completed. …”
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Respiratory Distress Secondary to Esophageal Foreign Body. A Case Report by Jacob Urkin, Yair Bar-David

“…Medical staff should be aware of the symptomatic variation in ingested foreign body presentation and the importance of rapid diagnosis and management.…”
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Small cell conversion complicated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy after targeted therapy for advanced EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma: A case report by Sijia Zhang, Leichong Chen, Kuikui Zhu, Rui Meng

“…This case demonstrates that early diagnosis of HPOA can predict the occurrence of target resistance and pathologic conversion in patients with positive driver genes, providing new clues for the clinical management of lung cancer.…”
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An Uncommon Manifestation of a Great Imitator: Gummatous Syphilis of the Liver in an HIV-Positive Patient by Nadia Solomon, Tom Heller, Tommaso Manciulli, Paola Del Giacomo, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Enrico Brunetti, Francesco Taccari

“…Gummatous syphilis is rarely described in the literature, and practicing physicians should be aware of its existence and include this manifestation in the differential diagnosis of patients with a positive serology and focal liver lesions.…”
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Clear Cell Carcinoma Arising from Ovarian and Thoracic Endometriosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Samantha Mendoza Stanteen, Taemee Pak, Hao Chen, Matthew Carlson, Jessica Lee

“…At the time of her ovarian cancer diagnosis, her tumors were found to be isolated to the sites of her previously known endometriotic lesions, suggesting that malignant transformation of her endometriosis to ovarian cancer had occurred. …”
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Dysphagia in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Update. by Amarilis Barbié Rubiera, Ligia María Marcos Plasencia, Yolanda Aguilera Martínez

“…A wide review of the subject was performed including experts´ opinions, from the above mentioned institutions, in order to gather an updated report related with the significance of early diagnosis of dysphagia in patients with ictus and the opportune and correct use of therapeutic measures to reduce complication risk.…”
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Castleman Disease: An Unexpected Cause of a Solitary Pleural Mass by Fiachra Moloney, Maria Twomey, John Hinchion, Michael Maher

“…We present a case of a pleural mass located posteriorly in a paraspinal location, which was discovered incidentally in a 50-year-old man and was subsequently resected followed by an unexpected diagnosis of Castleman disease on histological examination. …”
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A Case Report of Embryonal Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Uterine Cervix in a 26- Year-Old Woman by Gunel Ziyadova, Altan Kavuncuoglu, Gonca Ozten, Zafer Selcuk Tuncer

“…Since the stage is a very important prognostic factor, an early diagnosis is crucial. …”
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Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging of a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Prostate by Gonca Kara Gedik, Guler Yavas, Murat Akand, Esin Celik, Oktay Sari

“…Transurethral resection confirmed the diagnosis. In contrast to prostatic adenocarcinoma, high fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation was observed in the primary tumor of the prostate gland.…”
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Consensus Meeting of European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility on Functional Dyspepsia (2020): Have We Dotted All the I’s? by A. A. Sheptulin, O. A. Storonova, D. E. Rumyantseva

“…Expert votes at the consensus meeting generally confirmed the main statements of the Rome Criteria Revision IV on the definition of functional dyspepsia, its aetiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment, as well as those of the Kyoto Consensus covering the possible association of dyspeptic complaints with H. pylori infection. …”
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Myotonic Steiner dystrophy in a family. Case Presentation by María Octavina Rodríguez Roque, Julio López Argüelles, Ada Sánchez Lozano, Didiesdle Herrera Alonso, Leydi M. Sosa Águila, Yansel Rodríguez Ramírez

“…It is characterized by multisystemic alterations such as musculoskeletal, cardiac, ocular, and endocrine and the most manifest that are usually neurological.The diagnosis is established by clinical data, electromyography and genetic studies. …”
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COMBINATION OF MULTILAYER Ag-Al FOR OPTICAL BIOSENSOR BASED ON SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE by Tan Tai Nguyen

“…This leads us to believe that the proposed SPR sensor can be used to detect biological targets during the clinical diagnosis of diseases, e.g., heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. …”
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"Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum": An Emerging Pathogen Infecting Potato and Tomato by Binoy Babu, Mathews L. Paret, Nicholas Dufault, Carrie L. Harmon

“…This 9-page fact sheet covers the biology, distribution, symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, and management of the pathogen and its associated diseases. …”
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Amyand’s Hernia in Adults – an Analysis of Recent Literature by Sajad Ahmad Salati, Lamees Sulaiman AlSulaim, Mohammad Ahmed Elmuttalut

“…Hence, a systematic analysis of twenty-six case reports of Amyand’s hernia published in the peer-reviewed literature in the year 2023 is presented with emphasis on variables including age of the patient, gender, clinical presentation, side of the inguinal hernia, imaging modalities used for evaluation, achievement of preoperative diagnosis or otherwise, classification, appendix management, hernia management, surgical approach, and outcomes. …”
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Vancomycin-Induced DRESS Syndrome: An Important Concern in Orthopedic Surgery by Emma Littlehales, Odhrán Murray, Robert Dunsmuir

“…We describe the typical rash and biochemical results, including eosinophilia, as well as the systemic signs seen in this case. The criteria for diagnosis of DRESS, including the RegiSCAR scoring system and commonly affected systems (renal, cardiac, and hepatic), are detailed, and we also discuss evidence for steroid treatment and considerations important in the use of this.…”
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A Highly Rare Cause of Lumbar Spondylodiscitis with Epidural Abscess: Actinomyces israelii by Mahir Kapmaz, İsmail Gülşen, Naciye Kış, Seniha Başaran, Lütfiye Öksüz, Nezahat Gürler

“…Actinomyces species may lead to slowly progressive infection of almost any site once mucosal breakdown exists; hence, it has the name “great pretender.” Its diagnosis may be unthinkable unless proper cultures/histologies are taken. …”
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Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis by Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

“…In addition to antibiotic therapy, albumin infusions have been shown to reduce the risk of renal failure and mortality in patients with SBP, particularly in those with renal dysfunction and hyperbilirubinemia at the time of diagnosis. Patients who recover from an episode of SBP should be given long term prophylaxis with norfloxacin and should be assessed for liver transplantation.…”
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