A Comprehensive Analysis of Fibromyalgia and the Role of the Endogenous Opioid System by Mario García-Domínguez

“…The exact mechanisms underlying fibromyalgia remain undefined; as a result, diagnosis and treatment present considerable challenges. …”
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Burning Mouth Syndrome: Aetiopathogenesis and Principles of Management by L. Feller, J. Fourie, M. Bouckaert, R. A. G. Khammissa, R. Ballyram, J. Lemmer

“…In this short review, we discuss current knowledge of the diagnosis, aetiopathogenesis, and management of BMS.…”
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Diverse Presentation of Breath Holding Spells: Two Case Reports with Literature Review by Geetanjali Rathore, Paul Larsen, Cristina Fernandez, Manish Parakh

“…A detailed and accurate history is the mainstay of diagnosis. An EKG should be strongly considered to rule out long QT syndrome. …”
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False morel poisoning in a cat by Erdem Gülersoy, Tuğçe Manolya Baş, Mahmut Ok

“…Anamnesis, presence of the ingested spore of morel observed during fecal examination is very important in the diagnosis and the prognosis is affected by the magnitude of liver damage.…”
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Review of Small Cell Carcinomas of the Prostate by P. Furtado, M. V. A. Lima, C. Nogueira, M. Franco, F. Tavora

“…Although consensus has not been reached, the majority of patients with small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate have advanced disease at diagnosis and disproportionally low PSA levels compared to patients with conventional acinar adenocarcinoma. …”
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A Rare Occurrence of Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma Associated with Epstein Barr Virus Infection in an AIDs Patient by Haritha Chelimilla, Kanthi Badipatla, Ariyo Ihimoyan, Masooma Niazi

“…Presentation is usually nonspecific and diagnosis is often delayed until tumors reach a large size. …”
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Specimen Orientation by Marking the Peripheral End: (Potential) Clinical Advantages in Prostate Biopsy by Andrea Benedetto Galosi, Giovanni Muzzonigro, Vito Lacetera, Roberta Mazzucchelli

“…It drives several potential advantages in cancer diagnosis or isolated atypical lesions, in particular, spatial localization within the biopsy (transition versus peripheral zone, anterior versus posterior, subcapsular versus intraparenchima, and extraprostatic extension) should be easy and reliable. …”
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Investigation of hemostasis by thromboelastography in the patient with liver cirrhosis (Clinical case) by Ye. L. Bulanova, A. Yu. Bulanov, D. S. Gatsolayeva

“…The control of hemostasis is important investigation in clinical practice. The differential diagnosis between surgical and coagulopathic nature of bleeding after the invasive intervention helps to choose optimal algorithm of patient management. …”
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Current approaches to development of real-time qPCR test-kits by M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, A. V. Sprygin, A. Mazloum, T. V. Zhbanova, K. N. Gruzdev, E. V. Chernyshova

“…Currently fluorescent quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, which is a cutting-edge technology in genetic diagnosis, is used in different areas of molecularbiology. …”
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Epidemiological Factors in Patients with Endometrial Adenocarcinoma by Luis Enrique Pompa Montes de Oca, Johely López Rivas

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> an observational, retrospective and descriptive study of all patients treated at the "Enrique Cabrera" General Teaching Hospital with the diagnosis of endometrial cancer, n = 32, from January 1st, 2009 to December 1st, 2010 was conducted. …”
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis by Gopi C. Khilnani, Neetu Jain, Vijay Hadda, Sudheer K. Arava

“…The histopathology revealed multiple epithelioid cell granulomas with necrosis, and the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made. The clinical course of this patient and the relevant literature is presented in this paper.…”
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Common Periodontal Diseases of Children and Adolescents by Hayat Al-Ghutaimel, Hisham Riba, Salem Al-Kahtani, Saad Al-Duhaimi

“…Therefore, this paper was designed to provide an update for dental practitioners on epidemiology, microbiology, pathology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal diseases in children and adolescents. …”
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Cytokines in Endocrine Dysfunction of Plasma Cell Disorders by Eva Feigerlová, Shyue-Fang Battaglia-Hsu

“…To understand the origin of the endocrine symptoms associated with MG, we overview here the current knowledge on the complexity of interactions between cytokines and the endocrine system in MG and discuss the perspectives for both the diagnosis and treatments for this class of diseases. …”
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Detection of Antibody against Helicobacter pylori in the Saliva of Patients with Dyspepsia by Robert L Clancy, Allan W Cripps, Diana C Taylor, Lois A McShane, Victor J Webster

“…These results indicate that detection of antibody in saliva contributes to diagnosis and management of H pylori infection.…”
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Limbal Pseudoepitheliomatous Hyperplasia Mimicking Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia in Palpebral Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Chintan Malhotra, Arun K. Jain, Bikram Thapa

“…It, however, has not been reported as a manifestation in the palpebral form of the disease and needs to be kept in the differential diagnosis of a limbal mass lesion in vernal keratoconjunctivitis. …”
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Dysmorphological Delineation of Orofaciodigital Syndrome Type I. Presentation of a Case and Literature Review by Noel Taboada Lugo, Ana María Rodríguez Díaz, Tairí Borges García

“…The presence of facial, oral and digital dysmorphisms allowed the diagnosis to be made through the clinical method, given the absence of family history that would explain the presence of the disease as a result of a new mutation. …”
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Masson’s Tumor of the Hand: An Uncommon Histopathological Entity by Parviz Mardani, Amir Askari, Reza Shahriarirad, Keivan Ranjbar, Amirhossein Erfani, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Shirin Moradmand

“…Although relatively rare, its accurate diagnosis is essential since it can clinically be similar to both benign and malignant lesions. …”
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Expert Consensus on Tiered Detection of Newly Emerging and Outbreak Respiratory Infectious Pathogens (2024) by Chinese Hospital Association Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Specialized Committee

“…How to promptly implement a tiered screening and detection strategy that systematically covers common clinical infectious pathogens causing acute respiratory infections, pathogens causing chronic respiratory infections, and rare respiratory infectious pathogens, while focusing on potential newly emerging respiratory infectious pathogens, and quickly identifying the causative microorganisms, has become a critical issue in clinical diagnosis. To address this issue, the Chinese Hospital Association Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Specialized Committee assembled a multidisciplinary group of experts to summarize the practical experience accumulated in domestic laboratory testing.Incombination with the latest international research progress, they developed the Expert Consensus on Tiered Detection of Newly Emerging and Outbreak Respiratory Infectious Pathogens (2024). …”
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Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting with Severe, Recurrent Hypothermic Episodes by Jonas Juul Hansen, Hans Beier Ommen, Lars Christian Gormsen, Francesco Annibale d’Amore, Peter Martin Hjørnet Kamper

“…We report a case presenting with recurrent episodes of severe hypothermia preceding the diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma. The episodes of hypothermia were accompanied by other symptoms of autonomic dysfunction, mainly hypotension, which could be caused by autonomic neuropathy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. …”
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A case report of acute promyelocytic leukemia with myeloid sarcoma of the lumbar spine and literature review by Yiwen Du, Kun Yang, Yantao Ling, Ying Zhang, Yuping Gong

“…In addition to this case, we review 41 other APL patients with extramedullary sarcoma as their first symptom (MS/APL) at the time of diagnosis and provide an analysis of these cases.…”
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