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Littoral cell angioma.

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is an extremely rare primary splenic tumor. There are few MRI and scintigraphic characteristics described. These characteristics may be most helpful in differentiating LCA from other primary vascular tumors. We present a…

Locked-in syndrome: report of a case.

Locked-in syndrome is a unique clinical condition associated with ventral pontine lesions. The locked-in state is characterized by tetraplegia and mutism with maintenance of alertness as well as vertical eye movements and eye blinking, by which…

Tags: *Quadriplegia/diagnosis, 1989, Coma/diagnosis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fontanarosa P B, Gallo U E, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prognosis, The American journal of emergency medicine

Long-term functional and anatomical follow-up of early detected spondylolysis in young athletes

Background: Spondylolysis defects detected by nuclear scintigraphy but not by plain radiographs represent early lesions. Functional outcome and eventual bony union of these defects are unknown. Hypothesis: Defects with greater degree of healing…

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding as the initial presenting symptom of renal cell carcinoma

Renal cell carcinoma is known as one of the "great mimics encountered in clinical medicine," along with syphilis and tuberculosis (1), It can present clinically as a wide range of symptoms, with a classic triad described as hematuria, pain, and a…

Tags: 1998, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Chung D, Diagnosis, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Huang G J, Journal Article, Metastasis, Musselman P W, Perez V M

Lung cancer metastatic to breast: case report and review of the literature.

The incidence of metastases to the breast from nonbreast carcinoma is less than 1% of all breast cancers; of these, adenocarcinoma of the lung to breast is a small proportion (\textless0.1% of breast carcinomas). The imaging findings of a case of…

Magnesium disorders: what to do when homeostasis goes awry.

Hypomagnesemia may be caused by renal losses (often related to drugs or diabetes), inadequate intake or inadequate intestinal absorption. Manifestations may include arrhythmias, particularly during myocardial ischemia or with digitalis use, and such…

Magnetic resonance imaging to avoid laparotomy in pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pregnancy would help define a benign pelvic mass, thereby avoiding laparotomy. METHODS: During a 2-3-year period, five pregnant women with adnexal masses suspected to be leiomyomas…

Malignant mesothelioma: a case presentation and review.

Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is the most common primary tumor involving the pleura. Unfortunately, it also poses the most difficulty for physicians to diagnose and treat. Latency from the time of initial asbestos exposure, clinical features of…

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the penis: a case report and review of the literature.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare soft tissue sarcomas that arise from peripheral nerve fibers and are derived from Schwann cells, perineural cells, or fibroblasts. MPNST is an aggressive neoplasm in which local recurrence is…

Managing the patient with anaphylaxis, part 2: therapeutic strategies.

Tags: 1995, Adult, Anaphylaxis – Diagnosis, Anaphylaxis – Drug Therapy, Child, Diagnosis, Emergency Care, Emergency Medicine (00136654), Epinephrine – Administration and Dosage, Glucagon – Administration and Dosage, Histamine Antagonists, Histamine H2 Antagonists – Administration and Dosage, Hydrocortisone – Administration and Dosage, Laboratory, Mackan MD, Methylprednisolone – Administration and Dosage

Mediastinal mass in a 25-year-old man.

A 25-year-old black man presented with left-sided chest pain and cough for 3 days. His pain was pressure-like and nonradiating and was aggravated with movement and relieved when the patient lay at a 45 degrees angle. The patient denied fevers,…

Melanotic schwannoma. An unusual case of an ossified soft tissue mass.

A case of a melanotic schwannoma presenting as a soft tissue mass of the abductors of the hip is reported. The radiographic findings suggested myositis ossificans, but several subtle findings raised the concern for something else. A bilobed…

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.

We present a multiseptated mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in a 10-year-old male patient, a rare benign tumor of childhood. The characteristic ultrasound and CT appearances of this unusual tumor are reviewed. A single septal calcification…

Tags: 2001, Boinapally S B, Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Child, Cholangiography, Cholecystectomy, Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal M, Hamartoma/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Konez O, Liver Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Male, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vyas P K, X-Ray Computed

Metastatic colorectal carcinoma: an unusual presentation.

Cutaneous metastases from colorectal carcinomas occur infrequently, usually in the setting of disseminated disease. They most commonly appear on the abdominal wall or perineal area; metastases to other locations of the skin are rare. We describe a…

Tags: 2009, Aged, Carcinoma, Colorectal Neoplasms/*pathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatteh Shokat, Humans, Journal of cutaneous pathology, Lip Neoplasms/*secondary, Lymphatic Metastasis/pathology, Male, Moonda Afreen, Signet Ring Cell/*secondary, Skin Neoplasms/*secondary, Sweat Gland Neoplasms/pathology

MITRAL-VALVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY A SERUM-RESISTANT STRAIN OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI

Endocarditis due to Escherichia coli is rare. The case of a 79-year-old woman with E. coli bacteremia and multiple hemorrhagic cerebral infarcts is reported. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed no evidence of a vegetation. While she was receiving…

Tags: 1992, beta-lactam antibiotics, ceftriaxone, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, echocardiographic demonstration, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Hospitals, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, infective endocarditis, Journal Article, Kim J, Microbiology, Pulmonary Valve, spectrum, Watanakunakorn C

Morphea: Current concepts.

Morphea is an inflammatory, sclerosing skin disorder that can involve the underlying soft tissues. Although the cause of morphea remains poorly investigated, genetic predisposition, immune dysregulation, and environmental factors have been…

Tags: 2018, Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use, Clinics in dermatology, Diagnosis, Differential, Florez-Pollack Stephanie, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use, Jacobe Heidi T, Kunzler Elaine, Localized/complications/*diagnosis/diagnostic imaging/*therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Methotrexate/therapeutic use, Scleroderma, Ultrasonography, Ultraviolet Therapy

Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma: radiographic and histopathologic analysis of a rare pediatric tumor.

Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma (NCMH) is an extremely rare benign pediatric tumor that was described in 1998. Only 19 cases are reported in the literature. We present a 15-year-old girl with nasal obstruction and recurrent sinusitis. Her medical…

Tags: 2007, Adolescent, Cartilage Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Esguerra Jorge, Female, Hamartoma/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery, Humans, Johnson Craig, Mesoderm/diagnostic imaging/pathology, Nagaraj Usha, Paranasal Sinus Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery, Pediatric radiology, Radiography, Wasdahl Daniel, Wurzbach Douglas

Neurocysticercosis

Neurocysticercosis is a significant public health issue within the United States. Although cysticercosis was once thought to have been eradicated in the United States, the number of documented cases is rising and immigrants from endemic areas are at…

Tags: 2010, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, California, cysticercosis, deaths, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Journal Article, Medical Laboratory Technology, Mendelsohn G, Moskowitz J, Pathology, Research & Experimental Medicine, united-states

On Consumer Advocacy And The Diagnosis Of Mental Disorders

Tags: 2010, advocacy, Consumers, Diagnosis, Families, Frese F J, Mental Disorders, Myrick K J, phenomenology, Professional Psychology-Research and Practice, Psychology, recovery, Schizophrenia

Painful Cutaneous Nodule of the Jawline.

Tags: 2016, Adult, Biopsy, Cernik Christina, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Facial Dermatoses – Diagnosis, Facial Dermatoses – Pathology, Facial Dermatoses/diagnosis/pathology, Female, Hereditary – Diagnosis, Hereditary – Pathology, Hereditary/diagnosis/*pathology, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, JAMA dermatology, Kunzler Elaine, Leiomyoma – Diagnosis, Leiomyoma – Pathology, Leiomyomatosis/diagnosis/*pathology, Neck – Pathology, Neck/pathology, Needle, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neoplastic Syndromes, Skin Abnormalities – Diagnosis, Skin Abnormalities – Pathology, Skin Abnormalities/diagnosis/*pathology, Skin Neoplasms – Diagnosis, Skin Neoplasms – Pathology, Skin Neoplasms/diagnosis/*pathology, Uterine Neoplasms – Diagnosis, Uterine Neoplasms – Pathology, Uterine Neoplasms/diagnosis/*pathology, Weaver Joshua

Painless deformity of a long finger phalanx of a 4-year-old girl.

Painless enlarging subcutaneous mass in a 58-year-old woman.

Paleopathology as a clinical science with implications for patient care, education, and research

Tags: 1996, defleshed bones, Diagnosis, erosive arthritis, Journal Article, Journal of Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis, pyrophosphate deposition disease, rheumatoid-arthritis, Rheumatology, Rothschild B M, Spondyloarthropathy

Parotid gland metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the diagnosis and management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a parotid mass by studying such cases. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. METHODS: Identification of 24 previously reported cases of renal cell…

Tags: 2002, 80 and over, Aged, Biopsy, Carcinoma, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hlivko Thomas J, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms/*pathology, Needle, Park Youn W, Parotid Neoplasms/pathology/*secondary, Renal Cell/pathology/*secondary, Retrospective Studies, The Laryngoscope

Parotid gland metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.

Tags: 2002, 80 and over, Aged, Biopsy, Carcinoma, Descriptive Statistics, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hlivko T J, Human, Kidney Neoplasms – Pathology, Laryngoscope, Literature Review, Needle, Park Y W, Parotid Neoplasms

Parvovirus mimicking acute HIV infection.

Tags: 2015, Adult, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fernandez Anthony P, HIV Infections/*diagnosis, Humans, Male, Parvoviridae Infections/*diagnosis, Saed Stephanie, Tomecki Kenneth J, Weinstein Velez Mara

Pearls in dermatology. 'Resistant' nail fungus: are you fighting the real invader?

Tags: 1999, Brodell R T, Cysts, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Helms S E, Middle Age, Onychomycosis – Diagnosis, Postgraduate medicine

Pediatric appendiceal ultrasound: accuracy, determinacy and clinical outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is considered the most appropriate initial imaging study in the evaluation of acute appendicitis in children but has recently come under criticism with reports of low specificity and high indeterminate study rates,…

Performance measure of urinary antigen in patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia

The Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) urinary antigen (UAg) test is a commonly used assay. The purpose cif this study was to evaluate the test's actual performance in the clinical setting and determine the effects of renal function, grade of bacteremia,…

Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology guideline criteria for hospital admission of patients with syncope

Background: Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society (ACC/AHA/HRS) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines recommend different strategies to avoid low-yield admissions in patients with…

Tags: 2022, Admission, Diagnosis, guidelines, Safety, Syncope

Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Primary angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare entity. In this case report, we present a case of primary angiosarcoma of the breast in a young woman who presents with her entire right breast enlarged without skin coloration change or signs of mastitis.…

Primary fallopian tube carcinoma with isolated torsion of involved tube

Background: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (FTC) is an aggressive but rare tumor. Worldwide, more than 1,500 cases have been published, and about 20 new cases are added every year. isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT) is an unusual and uncommon…

Pruritic rash.

Raman Spectroscopy Combined With Principal Component Analysis And K Nearest Neighbour Analysis For Non-invasive Detection Of Colon Cancer

This paper attempts to investigate the feasibility of using Raman spectroscopy for the diagnosis of colon cancer. Serum taken from 75 healthy volunteers, 65 colon cancer patients and 60 post-operation colon cancer patients was measured in this…

Rapid Detection Of Streptococcus Pneumoniae In Community-acquired Pneumonia

Tags: 2006, adults, antimicrobial therapy, bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, cerebrospinal-fluid, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Diagnosis, File T M, Infections, Infectious Diseases, Kozlov R S, Management, Microbiology, Pneumococcus, Pneumonia, polymerase chain-reaction, rapid detection, sputum culture, urinary antigen test

Reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome.

Reactive arthritis is an important source of morbidity. It is acquired through infectious agent diarrhea (food poisoning) or from sexual contact. Recognition is important because it allows a therapeutic approach that usually results in improvement of…

Tags: *Arthritis, 1994, Comprehensive therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Reactive/complications/diagnosis/microbiology/pathology, Rothschild B

Real-time ultrasound elasticity of the breast: initial clinical results.

PURPOSE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a real-time elasticity imaging (EI) ultrasound (US) system in the characterization of breast lesions as benign or malignant. METHODS: A total of 208 patients with 251 lesions were scheduled to…

Red tattoo reactions.

Tags: 2003, Adult, Arm, Bhardwaj Sachin S, Brodell Robert T, Coloring Agents/*adverse effects, Contact Dermatitis, Diagnosis, Differential, Drug Eruptions/*diagnosis/etiology, Humans, Laser Therapy, Male, Patch Tests, Tattooing/*adverse effects, Taylor James S

Relationships Among Parental Reports Of Child, Parent, And Family Functioning

Most children with psychosocial problems do not present for treatment in mental health settings. They are managed by primary care physicians. Children with psychosocial problems often have parents and/or families with psychosocial distress. The…

Relevance of routine admission electrocardiograms for psychiatric patients.

OBJECTIVE: To make clinically relevant recommendations for electrocardiogram (ECG) testing among psychiatric patients, the study examined the practice of ordering ECGs for this population. METHODS: The records of 4,045 patients consecutively admitted…

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