Investigating the Clinical Characteristics and PITX3Mutations of a Large Chinese Family with Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis and Congenital Posterior Polar Cataract by Hui Dang, Min Peng, Weiyue Gu, Gang Ding, Yuqin Sun, Zhongkai Hao, Ning Wei, Xu Wang, Chenming Zhang, Aijun Deng

“…Through family investigation, the family members were examined via slit lamp anterior segment imaging and screened for eye and other diseases by eye B-ultrasound. Genetic test was performed on the blood samples of the fourth family generation (23 people) via whole exome sequencing (trio-WES) and Sanger sequencing. …”
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A Rare Variation of Transverse Testicular Ectopia (TTE) in a Young Adult as an Incidental Finding during Investigation for Testicular Pain by Chrysovalantis Gkekas, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, Christos Georgiadis, Vasileios Kalyvas, Apostolos Malioris, Michail Papathanasiou

“…Laboratory tests were significant for elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), while sperm count revealed azoospermia. Ultrasound imaging (US) of the scrotum demonstrated the presence of both testes in the same left hemiscrotum with varicocele and no signs of inguinal hernia. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Metabolic Factors of Gallstone Disease in the Elderly Agricultural and Fishing Population of Taiwan by Hsi-Che Shen, Yi-Chun Hu, Yu-Fen Chen, Tao-Hsin Tung

“…The participants’ blood samples and real-time ultrasound fatty liver results were collected. Results. …”
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A Clinicopathological Profile of Prostate Cancer in Trinidad and Tobago by Ian Hosein, Rajendra Sukhraj, Lester Goetz, Nastassia Rambarran, Satyendra Persaud

“…From January 2012 to July 2014, 617 transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies were performed. …”
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Exosomal circRNAs: Deciphering the novel drug resistance roles in cancer therapy by Xi Li, Hanzhe Liu, Peiyu Xing, Tian Li, Yi Fang, Shuang Chen, Siyuan Dong

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Impact of Weight Reduction on Thyroid Function and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver among Egyptian Adolescents with Obesity by Mona Karem Amin, Ahmed Ibrahim Ali, Hesham Elsayed

“…The percentage of studied adolescents with ultrasound appearance of NAFLD decreased from 31.1% to 26.2% after weight reduction. …”
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Suspected Primary Spontaneous Asymptomatic Pneumothorax in a Cat by Michael Sliman, Adam J. Rudinsky, Sarah Lumbrezer, Jenessa A. Winston, Valerie J. Parker, Sarah Lorbach, James Howard

“…Thoracic CT showed two pulmonary bullae, one located in the right caudal lung lobe and one in the cranial segment of the left cranial lung lobe. Abdominal ultrasound showed a right-sided ureteral obstruction. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using the DynamX Sirolimus-Eluting Bioadaptor: 12-Month Clinical and Imaging Outcomes by Mark Webster, Douglas Scott, Madhav Menon, Dougal McClean, Seif El-Jack, Gerard Wilkins, Scott A. Harding

“…Measured by intravascular ultrasound, the vessel, lumen, and device area remained constant. …”
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An Atypical Case of Rickettsial Spotted Fever Myocarditis Mimicking Weil’s Disease by N. D. B. Ehelepola, G. D. N. R. Kumara, S. A. C. S. Sapurugala, W. M. N. P. Buddhadasa, Wasantha P. Dissanayake

“…On examination, there was dehydration and hypovolemia, and an ultrasound scan revealed capillary leakage. His liver transaminases, serum creatine, blood urea, C-reactive protein, and neutrophil percentage were high, and thrombocytopenia was present. …”
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An Unusual Case of Mammary Paget’s Disease Diagnosed Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI by Eleonora Gaspari, Aurora Ricci, Valeria Liberto, Angela Lia Scarano, Maria Fornari, Giovanni Simonetti

“…An underlying carcinoma is also common in women with negative mammography and ultrasound (US); in these cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic tool useful in the detection of occult cancer. …”
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Retrobulbar Hemodynamic Effects of Nipradilol in Normal and Normal-Tension Glaucoma Eyes by Mitsushi Fukukita, Masashi Ido, Syunsuke Osawa, Mikio Sasoh, Motoyasu Furuta, Kunio Ito, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yukitaka Uji

“…Nipradilol was also instilled in NTG patients. Ultrasound color Doppler imaging for the posterior vessels was performed before, 2 hr, 1 week (for normal), and at 4 weeks (for NTG). …”
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Prediction of Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Requiring Emergent Cholecystectomy: A Simple Score by Wael N. Yacoub, Mikael Petrosyan, Indu Sehgal, Yanling Ma, Parakrama Chandrasoma, Rodney J. Mason

“…The score comprised of: age > 45 years (1 point), heart rate > 90 beats/min (1 point), male (2 points), Leucocytosis > 13,000/mm3 (1.5 points), and ultrasound gallbladder wall thickness > 4.5 mm (1 point). …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Rare Familial Unbalanced Translocation of Chromosomes 7 and 12 by Berrin Tezcan, Foteini Emmanouella Bredaki

“…The diagnosis of the anomaly was based on two- and three-dimensional ultrasound and microarray analysis. Ultrasonography findings included fetal microcephaly and alobar holoprosencephaly, dysmorphic face (flat occiput, absent nasal bone, microphthalmia, hypotelorism, and single nostril), and hyperechogenic bowel. …”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…Thyroid work-up revealed suppressed TSH, elevated free T4 and T3 along with elevated anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin, suggesting Graves’ thyrotoxicosis. Ultrasound of the abdomen was suggestive of liver cirrhosis and ascites, which was thought to be cardiac cirrhosis, after multiple negative work-ups for alternate causes of cirrhosis. …”
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Correction: Preventing preterm birth with progesterone: costs and effects of screening low risk women with a singleton pregnancy for short cervical length, the Triple P study by Melanie A van Os, Jeanine A van der Ven, C Emily Kleinrouweler, Eva Pajkrt, Esteriek de Miranda, Aleid van Wassenaer, Martina Porath, Patrick M Bossuyt, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Christine Willekes, Mallory Woiski, Martijn A Oudijk, Katia M Bilardo, Marko J Sikkema, Johannes J Duvekot, Diederik Veersema, Jacqueline Laudy, Petra Kuiper, Christianne JM de Groot, Ben Willem J Mol, Monique C Haak

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Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran by Bahram Samadirad, Zhila Khamnian, Mohammad Bager Hosseini, Saeed Dastgiri

“…Most women (87.2 percent) had at least one ultrasound examination. The proportion of other screening tests including amniocentesis and genetic tests were 2.8 and 4.6 percent, respectively. …”
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Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of a Proximal Esophageal Pyogenic Granuloma by Elias Estifan, Varun Patel, Matthew Grossman

“…We present an 80-year-old male who underwent endoscopy for evaluation of dysphagia and was found to have a single, red, bilobed 10 mm polyp with adherent white exudate approximately 19 cm from the incisors. Endoscopic ultrasound was performed with a 20 mHz miniprobe which showed the lesion contained to the mucosal layer with no muscularis propria invasion. …”
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Clinical characteristics and laparoscopic management experience of primary ovarian leiomyoma by Jiaren Zhang, Rong Zhu, Xiaona Lin

“…The tumor size ranged from 1.2 to 7.0 cm (mean, 3.7 cm) by ultrasound. Eighteen (69.2%) patients complained of an asymptomatic pelvic mass. …”
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Batch Adsorption of Orange II Dye on a New Green Hydrogel—Study on Working Parameters and Process Enhancement by Andrei-Ionuț Simion, Cristina-Gabriela Grigoraș, Lidia Favier

“…Then, the impact of three accelerating factors (stirring speed, ultrasound exposure duration, and temperature) on the OII retention was investigated. …”
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Wilson’s Disease: Diagnosis of Wilson’s Disease in Ethiopian Young Sisters by Nebiyu Bekele, Frew Ewnetu, Tigest Hailu, Zerubabel Tegegne, Abilo Tadesse

“…Both siblings had visible ocular Kayser–Fleischer rings, low serum ceruloplasmin level and increased urinary copper content, ultrasound-evidenced cirrhotic liver disease, and axial T2-weighted MRI hyperintensities in basal ganglia, thalamus, and brainstem (midbrain and pons). …”
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