Combined Cerebellar and Spinal Cord Deficits Caused by an Underlying Gynecologic Malignancy by Tamer Othman, Moshe-Samuel Hendizadeh, Ritika Vankina, Susan Park, Phyllis Kim

“…Neurologic symptoms frequently precede the cancer diagnosis, which is most often seen in women with breast or gynecologic tumors. …”
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Pseudoaneurysm of the Anterior Tibial Artery following Tibio-Talar-Calcaneum Fusion with a Retrograde Nail: A Rare Case and Literature Review by Simon Craxford, Saravana V. Karuppiah, Stephen Milner

“…As pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication, a high index of suspicion is needed in order to avoid a missed or delayed diagnosis. We urge surgeons to keep in mind the potential for pseudoaneurysm when a patient presents with a nonresolving haematoma and arrange appropriate further investigations as needed.…”
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Sampling Guidelines and Recommendations for Submitting Samples for Diagnosing Laurel Wilt in Avocado Trees (Persea americana L.) by Jonathan Henry Crane, Romina Gazis, Jeff Wasielewski, Daniel Carrillo, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward A. Evans

“…Proper sampling is a critical step in disease diagnosis and in the determination of the causal agent of disease. …”
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Head and Neck: A Case Series and Literature Review by Brandon T. Mullins, Trevor Hackman

“…Mean follow-up was 31 months. Average age at diagnosis was 44.7 years of age. All patients received wide-local excision and adjuvant radiotherapy. …”
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Extensive Intracardiac and Deep Venous Thromboses in a Young Woman with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and May-Thurner Syndrome by Yekaterina Kim, Daniel C. Choi, Ali N. Zaidi

“…Her hospital course was complicated by a new diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), with an incidental discovery of a large tricuspid valve mobile mass on a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). …”
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A Leydig Cell Tumour in a Cat: Histological and Immunohistochemical Findings by Pietro Asproni, Francesca Millanta, Davide Lorenzi, Alessandro Poli

“…Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that neoplastic cells were vimentin, calretinin, and melan-A positive, whereas a lack of immunoreactivity to cytokeratins confirmed the diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a feline Leydig cells tumour without any concurrent testicular neoplasm or in a nonretained testis.…”
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Congenital urethral diverticulum with a large stone in a 16-year-old male: a case report by Hazem Arab, Yousef Alsaffaf, Ahmed Aldolly, Mohammad Shehadeh

“…The reason behind the development of such a large stone is most likely due to insufficient medical services and delayed diagnosis in the patient’s environment.…”
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Florid Proliferation of Hyalinized Vessels in a Spermatic Cord STAT6 Positive Solitary Fibrous Tumor and Its Potential Clinical Implications by Christopher P. Marquez, Haiyan Zhang, Jason Goodrum, J. Nicholas Sreshta, Marjan Afrouzian

“…We describe the diagnostic immunohistochemical markers useful for arriving at its diagnosis. We also summarize our current understanding of the structural and molecular features that make up SFTs and discuss how these features may help us better understand the pathophysiology of pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.…”
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An Overlapping Cell Image Synthesis Method for Imbalance Data by Yi Ning Xie, Lian Yu, Guo Hui Guan, Yong Jun He

“…DNA ploidy analysis of cells is an automation technique applied in pathological diagnosis. It is important for this technique to classify various nuclei images accurately. …”
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Malnutrition in Chronic Pancreatitis: Causes, Assessment Methods, and Therapeutic Management by Agnieszka Madro

“…In recent years, more and more emphasis has been placed on early diagnosis and adequate treatment of malnutrition in the course of chronic diseases (CP). …”
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Cervical Ganglioneuroma. A Pediatric Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by Mányeles Brito Vázquez, Yamila Muga Baluja, José Miguel Alcalde Rojas

“…To obtain histology, an ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy was performed, and the diagnosis of cervical ganglioneuroma was informed by pathological anatomy. …”
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Pulmonary embolism. A case report by Pedro J. Barrios Fuentes, Felix Silvino Molina Díaz, Indira Martínez Chavarría

“…Patients with patellar fracture as a trigger for this serious condition involving life-risk had not been treated in this hospital, that is why it was decided to publish this case, as well as for the implementation of such an innovative, useful and quick diagnosis aided by multislice computed tomography angiography.…”
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Leptospirosis: An Unusual Cause of ARDS by Marc Clavel, Gwenaelle Lhéritier, Nicolas Weinbreck, Antoine Guerlin, Anthony Dugard, Eric Denes, Philippe Vignon

“…Bedside open lung biopsy was only consistent with a postinfectious BOOP. The diagnosis was retrospective when the niece of the patient presented with similar inaugural symptoms ten days later after being scratched by a wild rat which was considered by our patient as a pet.…”
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A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis by N. Navarrete-Navarrete, J. Escobar Sevilla, M. Toribio García, F. Urbano, J. M. Sabio, J. Jiménez-Alonso

“…In these cases it is very important to make an early diagnosis and intensive treatment to prevent the visual prognosis.…”
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Sacroiliitis and Polyarteritis Nodosa in a Patient with Familial Mediterranean Fever by Yunus Ugan, Atalay Doğru, Hüseyin Şencan, Mehmet Şahin, Şevket Ercan Tunç

“…While more than 310 sequence variants in the MEFV gene have been described to date, the diagnosis is still established clinically. FMF may be accompanied by sacroiliitis and various forms of vasculitis. …”
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Current management of the stability of organizations of the investment and construction complex in crisis situations by A. V. Kozlovsky, N. A. Moiseenko, O. E. Astafyeva

“…The authors substantiate the need to study regional trends as an integral part of the anticrisis program at the regional level. Early diagnosis of crisis phenomena in the economy proves that a sufficiently high level of socio-economic development does not yet ensure complete economic security and the ability to withstand the threats posed by the unbalanced structure of the economy. …”
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An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario by Mona R Loutfy, John W Austin, Burke Blanchfield, Ignatius W Fong

“…The investigation shows the importance of considering the diagnosis of botulism in patients presenting with cranial nerve and autonomic dysfunction, especially when combined with gastrointestinal complaints; it also highlights the importance of proper home canning technique.…”
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Orbital Cellulitis: A Rare Presentation of Metastatic Bronchial Carcinoma by Rohit Kumar, Wolfgang Issing

“…Computed tomography of the paranasal sinuses revealed frontal and ethmoidal sinus opacification with orbital involvement consistent with a diagnosis of orbital cellulitis secondary to sinusitis. …”
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Vitreous Analysis in the Management of Uveitis by Erika M. Damato, Martina Angi, Mario R. Romano, Francesco Semeraro, Ciro Costagliola

“…A correct diagnosis of uveitis is often challenging, given the wide range of possible underlying conditions and the lack of typical phenotypes. …”
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Feasibility of Imaging Myelin Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis by Maria I. Zavodszky, John F. Graf, Cristina A. Tan Hehir

“…Based on our results, we concluded that PET imaging has the potential to become a useful complementary method to MRI for MS diagnosis and therapy monitoring.…”
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