Inraoperative and Histological Visualization of Disrupted Vulnerable Plaques following Diagnostic Angiography of Moderate Carotid Stenosis by Tatsushi Mutoh, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Akifumi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Yasui

“…Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) remains an important tool for diagnosis of carotid stenosis but is associated with risk for periprocedural complications. …”
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An Alternative Technique for Surgical Management of Poststernotomy Osteomyelitis and Reconstruction of the Sternal Defect by Petros Konofaos, Eleftherios Spartalis, Grigorios Karagkiouzis, Christos Kampolis, Periklis Tomos

“…A 70-year-old man with the diagnosis of poststernotomy osteomyelitis underwent reconstruction of his sternal defect with the use of bilateral pectoralis major muscle flaps. …”
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Seroprevalence Study of Human Brucellosis by Conventional Tests and Indigenous Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay by Annapurna S. Agasthya, Srikrishna Isloor, Prabhudas Krishnamsetty

“…Human brucellosis often makes the diagnosis difficult. The symptoms and clinical signs most commonly reported are fever, fatigue, malaise, chills, sweats headaches, myalgia, arthralgia, and weight loss. …”
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A Girl with PRRT2 Mutation Presenting with Benign Familial Infantile Seizures Followed by Autistic Regression by Li Zhang, Zhen-Xia Wan, Jin-Yi Zhu, Hui-Juan Liu, Jin Sun, Xiao-Hui Zou, Ting Zhang, Yan Li

“…In this report, we present a rare case of a girl with a confirmed clinical and genetic diagnosis of BFIS due to a frameshift heterozygous mutation in PRRT2 (c.649dupC). …”
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Research Progress in Separation of 99Mo by Jingyan ZHAO, Weidian WANG, Jixin LIANG, Yuxuan WU, Yijia SHEN

“…As the parent nuclide of 99mTc，99Mo plays an important role for diagnosis in modern nuclear medicine.Fission products from uranium targets irradiated in nuclear reactors，besides 99Mo，a large amount of other radionuclides are produced during this process. …”
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Ischemic Gastropathic Ulcer Mimics Gastric Cancer by Saleh Daher, Ziv Lahav, Ayman Abu Rmeileh, Meir Mizrahi, Tawfik Khoury

“…As a result, few reports of ischemic gastric ulcers have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis of ischemic gastropathy is seldom considered in patients presenting with abdominal pain and gastric ulcers. …”
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Anomalous origin of a right pulmonary artery identified with echocardiography combined with CT: a case in a juvenile patient by Yan-ling Li, Ping Xie, Jia Wei, Zhao-xia Guo

“…This case provides a new insight for clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of complex congenital heart diseases.…”
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Vaginal Primary Malignant Melanoma: A Rare and Aggressive Tumor by Georgios Androutsopoulos, Emmanouil Terzakis, Georgia Ioannidou, Athanasios Tsamandas, Georgios Decavalas

“…Follow up 5 months after initial diagnosis revealed no evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis. …”
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Dermoscopic Features of Psoriatic Nails and Their Correlation to Disease Severity by Zeinab R. Mashal, Emad Eldin A. Elgamal, Mohamed S. Zaky, Mohamed L. Elsaie

“…Dermoscopy can serve as a useful tool for early diagnosis of psoriatic nail changes not always visible to the naked eye and is a non-invasive easy-to-use confirmatory tool for nail changes in psoriatic disease or in isolated nail involvement.…”
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Cardiopatía isquémica. Atención primaria de salud by Luís Padrón Velázquez, Francisco Valladarez, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Claudio González Rodríguez, René T. Manso Fernández

“…We present the criteria for the diagnosis and treatment of major forms of heart disease in primary health care and the management of miocardial infarction.…”
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Three Successful Pregnancies in a Patient with Recurrent Cushing’s Disease by W. Benothman, G. Saad, M. Kacem, K. Ach

“…The investigations confirmed the diagnosis of CD with secondary hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to an invasive pituitary macroadenoma. …”
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Retained Intraabdominal Gossypiboma, Five Years after Bilateral Orchiopexy by Mohammad Kazem Moslemi, Mehdi Abedinzadeh

“…After laparotomy excision, the cyst wall opened incidentally, and draining of a large amount of thick pus with retained surgical gauze within the cyst was found, with final diagnosis of gossypiboma. Conclusion. The policy that prevention is far more important than cure is highly appreciated. …”
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Bilateral Anterior and Intermediate Uveitis with Occlusive Vasculitis as Sole Manifestation of Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis by Angelica Pedraza-Concha, Karin Brandauer, Alejandro Tello, Carlos Mario Rangel, Christian Scheib

“…Subsequently, several differential diagnoses where ruled out. Diagnosis of bilateral anterior and intermediate uveitis with occlusive vasculitis attributed to a new relapse episode of multiple sclerosis was made, as the association between multiple sclerosis and intermediate uveitis is known, though the causal association is still questioned. …”
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Fatal Overdose due to Confusion of an Transdermal Fentanyl Delivery System by Ingo Voigt

“…Conventional urine drug screening tests are not able to exclude the diagnosis fentanyl intoxication. History taking should include family member's drug prescriptions.…”
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Laryngeal Fracture after Blunt Cervical Trauma in Motorcycle Accident and Its Management by Nuno Ribeiro-Costa, Pedro Carneiro Sousa, Diogo Abreu Pereira, Paula Azevedo, Delfim Duarte

“…Because of the rarity of this injury, physician may be not aware of its existence, leading to a late diagnosis of this entity. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman admitted to the emergency room after a motorcycle accident with cervical trauma. …”
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Presumed ocular tuberculosis in a developed country: a descriptive retrospective analysis of patients from a tertiary health care centre in the United Kingdom by Mariam M. Boshra, Amira Stylianidies, Hitesh Agrawal

“…Conclusion TBU is still a diagnosis that needs to be considered and excluded in developed areas. …”
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Psychosocial Distress and the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients in Rural Hospitals in Limpopo Province: A Qualitative Study by Dorah Ursula Ramathuba, Neo Jacqueline Ramutumbu

“…Background: The diagnosis and treatment of cancer are associated with substantial physical, psychological, and social morbidity for most patients. …”
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A Case of Disseminated Hypopigmented Keratoses Improved with Oral Acitretin by Ali Haydar Eskiocak, Cumhur İbrahim Bassorgun, Sarp Uzun, Soner Uzun

“…As the clinical and histopathological features of our patient were taken into account, it was considered to be compatible with the diagnosis of disseminated hypopigmented keratoses. …”
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Current End-of-Life Care Needs and Care Practices in Acute Care Hospitals by Amy J. Thurston, Donna M. Wilson, Jessica A. Hewitt

“…Most decedents were elderly (73.8%) and urbanite (79.5%), and cancer was the most common diagnosis (36.2%). Only 13.8% had CPR performed at some point during this hospitalization and 8.8% had CPR immediately preceding death, with 87.5% having a DNR order and 30.8% providing an advance directive. …”
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Current Trends in Targeted Therapies for Glioblastoma Multiforme by Fumiharu Ohka, Atsushi Natsume, Toshihiko Wakabayashi

“…Despite aggressive treatment including surgery, adjuvant TMZ-based chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, GBM still has a dismal prognosis: the median survival is 14.6 months from diagnosis. To date, many studies report several determinants of resistance to this aggressive therapy: (1) O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), (2) the complexity of several altered signaling pathways in GBM, (3) the existence of glioma stem-like cells (GSCs), and (4) the blood-brain barrier. …”
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