Four Cases of Myeloproliferative Disorders Associated With Down Syndrome: Distinguishing ML-DS From TAM-DS by Kévin Boumeghar, Sylvie Daliphard, Nimrod Buchbinder, Catherine Boutet, Dominique Penther, Pascaline Etancelin, Julien Bourgain, Gérard Buchonnet, Elsa Bera, Victor Bobée

“…Here, we report four cases with educational significance, highlighting typical diagnostic features that facilitate the differentiation between these two conditions, thereby assisting clinicians and medical laboratory professionals in effectively managing and monitoring these patients.…”
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Adenocarcinoma of the Colon Disguised as Abdominal Wall Abscess: Case Report and Review of the Literature by L. Attar, N. Trabulsi, A. A. Maghrabi, M. Nassif

“…We also highlight the need for utilizing proper diagnostic imaging modalities prior to invasive intervention.…”
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Open Approach to Primary Lumbar Hernia Repair: A Lucid Option by Ketan Vagholkar, Suvarna Vagholkar

“…The anatomical aspects underlying this condition along with diagnostic tests, their pitfalls, and surgical approaches are discussed. …”
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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Induction due to Infection: A Patient with Infective Endocarditis and Chronic Hepatitis C by Fareed B. Kamar, T. Lee-Ann Hawkins

“…While antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) is often used as a diagnostic marker for certain vasculitides, ANCA induction in the setting of infection is much less common. …”
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Lyme Disease in the Era of COVID-19: A Delayed Diagnosis and Risk for Complications by Cheryl B. Novak, Verna M. Scheeler, John N. Aucott

“…We propose that the co-occurrence of COVID-19 and Lyme disease during the spring of 2020 resulted in a delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease due to COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in healthcare workflow and diagnostic reasoning. This delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease in the patient we describe resulted in disseminated infection and sixth nerve palsy. …”
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Effects of the Hot Alignment of a Power Unit on Oil-Whip Instability Phenomena by A. Vania, P. Pennacchi

“…This paper shows the successful results obtained by combining diagnostic techniques based on mathematical models of journal bearings and shaft train with detailed analyses of monitoring data aimed to investigate the effects of the hot alignment of rotating machines on the occurrence of oil-whip instability onsets.…”
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Susceptibility of Clinical Moraxella catarrhalis Isolates in British Columbia to Six Empirically Prescribed Antibiotic Agents by Tamara Bandet, Sue Whitehead, Edith Blondel-Hill, Ken Wagner, Naowarat Cheeptham

“…Susceptibility testing of M catarrhalis is not routinely performed in most diagnostic laboratories; rather, a comment predicting susceptibility based on the literature is attached to the report. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension by Said A. Al-Busafi, Peter Ghali, Philip Wong, Marc Deschenes

“…With the expected future refinements in endoscopic technology, capsule endoscopy may one day replace traditional gastroscopy as a diagnostic modality, whereas endoscopic ultrasound may more precisely guide interventional therapy for gastric varices.…”
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Cyst between Femoral Attachments of Cruciate Ligaments: Unusual Cause of Knee Pain and Review of Literature by Ravi Gupta, Akash Singhal, Rohil Mehta

“…MRI showed a cyst located between the femoral attachments of cruciate ligaments which was further confirmed by diagnostic arthroscopy. Rupture of the cyst was done arthroscopically. …”
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Glandular Odontogenic Cyst in Dentigerous Relationship: An Uncommon Case Report by Jean Carlos Barbosa Ferreira, Eneida Franco Vêncio, Rodrigo Tavares de Sá, Giovanni Gasperini

“…The diagnosis can be especially challenging due to the lack of distinct diagnostic clinic-radiological criteria and nonspecific microscopic features, mimicking benign and malignant lesions. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Secondary to Oral Contraceptive Use by Heather Stewart, Michael T. Flannery, Deborah A. Humphrey

“…The are no specific diagnostic laboratory studies for the presence of MVT, and it can be an incidental finding of computed tomography or ultrasound. …”
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Aberrant MicroRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer: Researches and Clinical Implications by Tao Sun, Xiangyu Kong, Yiqi Du, Zhaoshen Li

“…Greater understanding of the roles of miRNAs in PDAC could provide insights into this disease and identify potential diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets. The current review focuses on recent advances with respect to the roles of miRNAs in PDAC and their practical value.…”
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Bladder Cancer Invading the Prostate and Penis and Multiple Bone Metastases Showing Significant Improvement after a Short-Term Pembrolizumab Therapy following Radiation and Gemcita... by Kyohei Ishida, Akira Ogose, Gen Kawaguchi, Go Hasegawa, Yohei Ikeda, Noboru Hara, Tsutomu Nishiyama

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Idiopathic Clubbing Confined to Lower Limb Digits and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Unusual Association by Rahul Magazine, Ranjan Shetty, Umesh Goneppanavar, Aswini K. Mohapatra

“…The unusual distribution of clubbing in a clinical condition, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, where generalized clubbing is expected can lead to a diagnostic confusion. This can lead to a further burden of investigations on the patient as clubbing being a significant finding cannot be ignored.…”
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The laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections by Max A Chernesky

“…Lower genital tract infections with Chlamydia trachomatis are predominantly asymptomatic in men and women. Diagnostic technology has provided several approaches to the diagnosis of C trachomatis. …”
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Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Detection of Colonic Polyps Compared with Conventional Colonoscopy and Visualization of Extracolonic Pathologies by Alexander F Hagel, Erwin Gäbele, Martin Raithel, Wolfgang H Hagel, Heinz Albrecht, Thomas M de Rossi, Christine Singer, Thomas Schneider, Markus F Neurath, Michael J Farnbacher

“…BACKGROUND: Conventional colonoscopy (CC) is the gold standard for diagnostic examination of the colon. However, the overall acceptance of this procedure is low due to patient fears of complications or embarrassment. …”
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Endoscopic Orbital Clearance/Debridement: A Potential Substitute for Orbital Exenteration in Rhino-orbital Mucormycosis by Ahmed Hassan Sweed, Ahmed Mohammad Anany, Atef Hussein, Waleed Nada, Mohamed Eesa, Ismail Elnashar, Mohamed Mobashir, Enas Moustafa Ibrahim, Mohammed Elsayed Elmaghawry

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Towards Multitarget Testing in Molecular Microbiology by Deborah Steensels, Anne Vankeerberghen, Hans De Beenhouwer

“…Advantages of PCR assays over more conventional culture-based diagnostics include significantly higher sensitivities and shorter turnaround times. …”
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Analysis of Automotive Suspension System Failures and Reliability Evaluation: A Study Based on V-SIM Simulation by Sławomir Kowalski

“…This article presents the factors that are conducive to the faster degradation of suspension system components with examples of typical system damage seen at diagnostic stations. Further in the article, the simulation of the deflection of the suspension system was conducted in the V-SIM 5.0 software, and the sample road consequences of damage to the system were presented. …”
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A Rare Case of Small Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Endosalpingiosis, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome, and Chlamydia trachomatis Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Zhi Kiat Sia, Jodie Trautman, Takako Eva Yabe, James Wykes

“…During her third presentation, the radiological features were suggestive of high-grade small bowel obstruction in a virgin abdomen. A diagnostic laparoscopy has been performed. The intraoperative findings include a band adhesion between omentum and small bowel mesentery, and perihepatic adhesions consistent with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome. …”
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