Structural alterations of the thymus in high-risk fetuses and their relationship with obstetric conditions and fetal congenital defects by Lisset Ley Vega, Yanna Chao Martínez, Aimé Rosario Benítez Molina, Jesús Arturo Satorre Ygualada, Fidel Ernesto Pérez Marrero, Mery Karla Satorre Ley

“…Conclusions: measurement of the thymus using the thymus-thorax index provides useful information about possible fetal conditions and constitutes a diagnostic tool for better assessment and monitoring of pregnant women at risk of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction.…”
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Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Biopsies with a High Detection Rate of Prostate Cancer by Dirk G. Engehausen, Karl Engelhard, Siegfried A. Schwab, Michael Uder, Sven Wach, Bernd Wullich, F. Steffen Krause

“…MRI-guided biopsy of the prostate is a diagnostic option for patients with suspected prostate cancer and a history of repeatedly negative transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies. …”
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Burden of coeliac disease in Germany: real-world insights from a large retrospective health insurance claims database analysis by Bernd Bokemeyer, Leonarda Serdani-Neuhaus, Juliane Sünwoldt, Christina Dünweber, Svitlana Schnaidt, Detlef Schuppan

“…Methods: CeD diagnosis was defined by at least one inpatient or two outpatient diagnostic codes (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM) K90.0) within four quarters (irrespective of calendar year) for CeD during the study period. …”
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Maltoma of Thyroid: A Rare Thyroid Tumour by Navisha Latheef, Vijendra Shenoy, M. Panduranga Kamath, Mahesh Chandra Hegde, A. Raghavendra Rao

“…A case of maltoma of thyroid is presented for its rarity and diagnostic dilemmas. Conclusion. Maltomas are slow-growing lymphomas. …”
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Intrathyroidal Clear Cell Tumor of Parathyroid Origin with Review of Literature by Daniela Pirela, Daniela Treitl, Siba El Hussein, Robert Poppiti, Thomas Mesko, Alex Manzano

“…The histologic appearance together with the immune profile was diagnostic of WCCA, with diffuse positivity for GATA3, focal weak positivity for parathyroid hormone, and negativity for PAX8, thyroglobulin, TTF1, synaptophysin, chromogranin, and S100p. …”
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Gastroenterological Surgery and Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Review by Tomonori Takano, Hiroyuki Aiba, Mitsuo Kaku, Hiroyuki Kunishima

“…Thus, they are often the causative pathogens of healthcare-associated infections. Rapid diagnostic tests based on glutamate dehydrogenase and toxins are the mainstay of CDI laboratory diagnosis owing to their simplicity. …”
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Case report: a patient with spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma recovered after conservative treatment by Jingge Cheng, Bo Li, Shuaiye Liu, Yiming Liu, Yipeng Zhao

“…This case report supports the diagnostic value of CT scans for spinal epidural hematoma and shares a conservative treatment plan for patients with high spinal cord lesions.…”
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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Multiple Sclerosis Patient Diagnosed after Switching from Natalizumab to Fingolimod by Tim Sinnecker, Jalal Othman, Marc Kühl, Imke Metz, Thoralf Niendorf, Annett Kunkel, Friedemann Paul, Jens Wuerfel, Juergen Faiss

“…Natalizumab- (NTZ-) associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe and often disabling infectious central nervous system disease that can become evident in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients after NTZ discontinuation. Recently, novel diagnostic biomarkers for the assessment of PML risk in NTZ treated MS patients such as the anti-JC virus antibody index have been reported, and the clinical relevance of milky-way lesions detectable by MRI has been discussed. …”
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Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia with Rare Histopathologic Features: A Case Report by Abbas Karimi, Mahboube Hasheminasab, Samira Derakhshan, Dariyoush Goudarzi Pour, Mahdis Khazaeli Najafabadi, Razie Hosseininavaz

“…It was highlighted that awareness of rare histologic variants in fibro-osseous lesions especially fibrous dysplasia was required to improve diagnostic confidence.…”
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The Validity of Quantifying Pulmonary Contusion Extent by Lung Ultrasound Score for Predicting ARDS in Blunt Thoracic Trauma by Mohamed Soliman Sayed, Kareem Abdelhamid Elmeslmany, Ahmed Samir Elsawy, Nashwa Abed Mohamed

“…The ability of the LUS to predict ARDS was tested. The diagnostic accuracy of LUS was compared with chest radiography for lung contusion and pneumothorax with thoracic CT scan as a reference. …”
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Clinical Assessment of the Nystagmus Fixation Suppression Test: An Experimental Study by Stefanie Siegrist, Thomas Wyss, Athanasia Korda, Georgios Mantokoudis

“…BACKGROUND: Assessment of nystagmus fixation suppression can be used as an additional diagnostic tool for patients with an acute vestibular syndrome to distinguish between a central or peripheral cause. …”
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The Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Other Full Blood Count Indices in Retinal Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Dimitrios Kazantzis, Genovefa Machairoudia, Panagiotis Theodossiadis, Irini Chatziralli

“…<i>Conclusions</i>: The NLR and other indices can be used as diagnostic markers in retinal diseases and as prognostic factors of the response to treatment. …”
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Misdiagnosis of Psychosis and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Young Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Jiangbo Ying, Melvyn Weibin Zhang, Sreedharan Geetha Sajith, Giles Ming-Yee Tan, Ker-Chiah Wei

“…Although research in adult ASD has expanded alongside increased prevalence statistics over the past few years, more efforts to enhance the diagnostic processes in adult ASD are needed to reduce the challenges in this field.…”
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Deep learning-based malaria parasite detection: convolutional neural networks model for accurate species identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by Diego A. Ramos-Briceño, Alessandro Flammia-D’Aleo, Gerardo Fernández-López, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) advances, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), have significantly improved diagnostic capabilities and accuracy by enabling the automated analysis of medical images. …”
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Posttraumatic Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality by Kivanc Atesok, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Andrew O’Brien, Yohan Robinson, Dachling Pang, Donald Deinlein, Sakthivel Rajaram Manoharan, Jason Pittman, Steven Theiss

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a valuable diagnostic tool in patients with SCIWORA because of its superior ability to identify soft tissue lesions such as cord edema, hematomas and transections, and discoligamentous injuries that may not be visualized in plain radiographs and CT. …”
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CRISPR-Based Programmable Nucleic Acid-Binding Protein Technology Can Specifically Detect Fatal Tropical Disease-Causing Pathogens by Md. Rashidur Rahman, Toma Rani Majumder, Md. Aminul Islam Apu, Alok K. Paul, Afrina Afrose, Biplab Kumar Dash

“…Diagnostic approaches capable of ultrasensitive pathogen detection from low-volume clinical samples, running without any sophisticated instrument and laboratory setup, are easily field-deployable, inexpensive, and rapid, and are considered ideal for monitoring disease progression and surveillance. …”
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The Role of Endoscopy in the Treatment of Biliary Complications after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation by Alexey V. Kurenkov, Yury S. Teterin, Oleg D. Olisov, Petr A. Yartsev, Murad S. Novruzbekov, Kubay M. Magomedov

“…The endoscopic treatment program included diagnostic ERCP, endoscopic papillosphincterotomy (EPST), bilioduodenal stenting, nasobiliary drainage, balloon dilatation.Results. …”
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Efficacy of ultrasonography and mammography in detecting features of breast cancer by Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Amal A. Alareqi, Moawia Gameraddin, Awadia Gareeballah, Kamal D. Alsultan, Amel F. Alzain

“…Conclusion: US and MG images show similar morphological changes, enhancing diagnostic accuracy in breast lesions. US characterizes echogenicity, provides real-time imaging, and uses color and pulsed Doppler techniques for vascularity and lymphadenopathy detection, while MG is better for identifying different calcification types.…”
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Screening of Trace Elements in Hair of the Female Population with Different Types of Cancers in Wielkopolska Region of Poland by Bogusław Czerny, Krzysztof Krupka, Marcin Ożarowski, Agnieszka Seremak-Mrozikiewicz

“…Thus, search for reliable and practical markers of the disease process remains the key issue of the diagnostic process. Objectives. The study aims at linking the trace element status of an organism, assessed by hair analysis, with the occurrence of cancer diseases. …”
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Radiographs in Dentistry: Aspects Related to Radiation Dose by Diego Coelho Lorenzoni, Ana Maria Bolognese, Daniela Gamba Garib, Fabio Ribeiro Guedes, Eduardo Franzotti Sant’Anna

“…In addition to the radiation dose, image quality and diagnostic needs should be strongly taken into account.…”
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