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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…

Benign hyperostotic mass of the frontal bone.

Diagnosis of a slow-growing mass of the cranium can be challenging. We present a rare clinical report of a 19-year-old woman with a unilateral mass of the frontal bone. Pathological diagnosis was hyperostosis, which is extremely rare in this age…

Tags: 2012, Bone Transplantation/methods, Chen Oriana I, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Frontal Bone/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna/*diagnosis, Murthy Ananth S, Osteotomy/methods, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Air in temporomandibular joint: an indirect, specific CT sign of temporal bone fracture in the setting of head trauma.

Tags: 2011, Craniocerebral Trauma/diagnostic imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal Manish, Humans, Male, Montaser Anoosh, Pneumocephalus/*diagnostic imaging/etiology, Skull Fractures/complications/*diagnostic imaging, Temporal Bone/diagnostic imaging/*injuries, Temporomandibular Joint/*diagnostic imaging/injuries, The Journal of trauma, Tomography, Weiner Mark A, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

The CARE approach to reducing diagnostic errors.

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic errors appear to be the most common, costly, and dangerous of all medical mistakes. There has been a notable increase on the focus of error prevention as part of a growing patient safety movement. However, diagnostic errors…

An unusual dermatitis with annular lesions.

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

Inflammatory arthritis in Pongo.

As the arboreal ape, Pongo, has an unusual ground ambulation adaptation, it was of interest to assess the impact of Pongo gait on patterns of arthritis. While osteoarthritis was not identified in Pongo, 11% of individual skeletons were afflicted with…

Tags: *Primate Diseases, 1996, Animals, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Joints/pathology, Journal of medical primatology, Male, Museums, Osteoarthritis/pathology/*veterinary, Pongo pygmaeus, Rothschild B M, United States, Wild, Woods R J

Cerebral venous thrombosis masquerading as pseudotumour cerebri in a paediatric patient.

Tags: *Magnetic Resonance Angiography, 2014, Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Complications, Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Diagnosis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome/complications/*diagnosis, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Erzurum Sergul A, Humans, Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis – Diagnosis, Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis – Etiology, Intracranial Hypertension – Diagnosis, Journal of paediatrics and child health, Lateral Sinus Thrombosis/*diagnosis/etiology, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Male, Pseudotumor Cerebri/*diagnosis, Ridha Faisal

Thyroid Ultrasound: State of the Art. Part 2 - Focal Thyroid Lesions.

Accurate differentiation of focal thyroid nodules (FTL) and thyroid abnormalities is pivotal for proper diagnostic and therapeutic work-up. In these two part articles, the role of ultrasound techniques in the characterization of FTL and evaluation of…

Tags: *Practice Guidelines as Topic, 2017, Barr Richard, Bojunga Jorg, Cantisani Vito, Chammas Maria Cristina, Computer Assisted – Methods, Computer-Assisted/*methods, Cosgrove David, Cui Xin-Wu, Diagnosis, Dietrich Christoph F, Differential, Dighe Manjiri, Dong Yi, Evidence-Based, Evidence-Based Medicine, Fenner Franziska, Humans, Image Enhancement – Methods, Image Enhancement/methods, Image Interpretation, Medical Practice, Medical ultrasonography, Practice Guidelines, Radzina Maija, Reproducibility of Results, Scales, Sensitivity and Specificity, Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Gland – Pathology, Thyroid Gland/*diagnostic imaging/pathology, Thyroid Nodule, Thyroid Nodule – Pathology, Thyroid Nodule/*diagnostic imaging/pathology, Ultrasonography – Methods, Ultrasonography – Standards, Ultrasonography/*methods/*standards, Vinayak Sudhir, Xu Jun-Mei

The often overlooked digital tuft: clues to diagnosis and pathophysiology of neuropathic disease and spondyloarthropathy.

OBJECTIVE: To assess diagnostic implications of abnormalities of the pedal digital tufts and to identify features to facilitate distinguishing of spondyloarthropathy and leprosy. BACKGROUND: Better criteria for distinguishing between these disorders…

Trigeminal neuralgia.

Trigeminal neuralgia is an uncommon disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of lancinating pain in the trigeminal nerve distribution. Typically, brief attacks are triggered by talking, chewing, teeth brushing, shaving, a light touch, or even a…

Tags: *Trigeminal Neuralgia/diagnosis/physiopathology/therapy, 2008, American family physician, Analgesics, Carbamazepine/therapeutic use, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Krafft Rudolph M, NEOMED College of Medicine, Non-Narcotic/therapeutic use, Physical Examination

The Case of the Previously Shaky, Unimmunized, Itchy Infant With Rash and Pancytopenia.

A Rare Case of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome Treated with a Multi-Specialty Approach.

BACKGROUND It is important for an ophthalmologist and nephrologist to look for hidden causes of uveitis and nephritis, respectively. Delay in diagnosis leads to increased morbidity and failure to systemically manage the patient results in future…

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,…

Sarcoidosis appearing in a tattoo.

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that may present as tattoo granulomas. OBJECTIVE: A patient with systemic sarcoidosis who developed a granulomatous reaction within a tattoo is presented to stimulate interest in this unusual phenomenon.…

Tags: 2008, Abdomen, Adult, Ali Saba M, Brodell Robert T, Coloring Agents/adverse effects, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gilliam Anita C, Humans, Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, Sarcoidosis/*diagnosis/*etiology/pathology, Skin Diseases/*diagnosis/*etiology/pathology, Tattooing/*adverse effects

Crusted (Norwegian) scabies. A simple office test demystifies the 'great imitator'.

Resistant' nail fungus. Are you fighting the real invader?

Tags: 1999, Brodell R T, Cysts/*diagnosis/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hand Dermatoses, Helms S E, Humans, Hydroxides, Middle Aged, Nail Diseases/*diagnosis/surgery, Onychomycosis/*diagnosis, Postgraduate medicine, Potassium Compounds

The persistent nonhealing ulcer. Could it be basal cell carcinoma?

Tags: 2001, Aged, Basal Cell – Diagnosis, Basal Cell – Physiopathology, Basal Cell/complications/*pathology, Brodell R T, Carcinoma, Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Postgraduate medicine, Risk Factors, Skin Neoplasms/complications/*pathology, Ulcer/*etiology, Wagamon K

Childhood shingles. Herpes zoster can occur in healthy children too.

Uncovering tinea incognito. Topical corticosteroids can mask typical features of ringworm.

An elderly woman with severe anemia.

Tags: 2007, Aged, Anemia, Biopsy, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fine-Needle, Hayek Emil, Humans, Iron-Deficiency/diagnosis/*etiology, Liver Neoplasms/complications/diagnostic imaging/secondary, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome/*complications/diagnosis, Severity of Illness Index, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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

Sonographic Elastography of Mastitis.

Sonographic elastography has been shown to be a useful imaging modality in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant. However, in preliminary research, mastitis has given false-positive findings on both strain and shear wave elastography.…

Effect of Precompression on the Power Doppler Assessment of Breast Lesion Vascularity.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of precompression on power Doppler visualization of blood flow in breast masses. METHODS: This Institutional Review Board-approved and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study evaluated 30…

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…

Bedside testing: the diagnostic cornerstone of dermatology.

Tags: 1997, Brodell R T, Comprehensive therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Helms S E, Herpesviridae Infections/*diagnosis, Humans, Microscopy/*methods, Scabies/*diagnosis, Skin Diseases/diagnosis, Staining and Labeling/methods, Tinea/*diagnosis

Swelling of the lips.

Tags: *Edema/blood/diagnosis/etiology, 2015, American family physician, Brodell Robert T, Bukavina Laura, Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein/*analysis, Complement C1q/analysis, Complement C3/analysis, Complement C4/analysis, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Lip/*pathology, Male, Medical History Taking, Middle Aged, Rangwani Neil

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…

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

Toxic streptococcal syndrome.

The streptococcal toxic shocklike syndrome is a recently recognized, multisystem disorder that shares many of the features of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome, but is caused by toxins elaborated by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus. We describe…

Tags: 1990, Adult, Annals of emergency medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Emergency Service, Female, Fontanarosa P B, Gallo U E, Hospital, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pharyngitis/*complications, Septic/blood/*diagnosis/etiology, Shock, Sinusitis/*complications, Streptococcal Infections/*complications, Streptococcus pyogenes

Anorexia and bulimia.

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders with distinct clinical presentations. Reduced caloric intake, a hallmark of both disorders, is manifested by self-induced starvation in anorexia and by binge eating and gastrointestinal…

Tags: 1990, Adolescent, Adult, American family physician, Anorexia Nervosa/complications/diagnosis/*therapy, Bulimia/complications/diagnosis/*therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Giannini A J, Gold M, Humans, Male, Newman M

Disseminated brown tumors from hyperparathyroidism masquerading as metastatic cancer: a complication of parathyroid carcinoma.

Osteitis fibrosa cystica (brown tumors) can be a skeletal manifestation of advanced hyperparathyroidism, including parathyroid cancer. Severe osteitis fibrosa cystica can mimic metastatic bone diseases especially in patients with a history of cancer.…

Tags: 2001, Carcinoma, Carcinoma/*complications, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gupta A, Horattas M C, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism/complications, Kidney Neoplasms/pathology, Middle Aged, Moattari A R, Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica/*diagnosis/*etiology, Parathyroid Neoplasms/*complications, Renal Cell/secondary, Shorten S D, The American surgeon

A reappraisal of appendicitis in the elderly.

Historically, appendicitis in the elderly is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Ninety-six patients over 60 years of age with appendicitis treated over a 10-year period were reviewed. Only 20% presented classically with anorexia, fever,…

Tags: 1990, 80 and over, Aged, American journal of surgery, Appendicitis/complications/*diagnosis/mortality/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Guyton D P, Horattas M C, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Wu D

Bilateral adrenal metastases simulating abnormal renal uptake on a Ga-67 scan.

Tags: 2001, Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/pathology/*secondary, Carcinoma, Chalfant M L, Clinical nuclear medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gallium Radioisotopes, Goyal M, Humans, Kidney/*diagnostic imaging, Konez O, Lung Neoplasms/*pathology, Middle Aged, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology/*secondary, Radionuclide Imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals

Frictional asymptomatic darkening of the extensor surfaces.

Frictional asymptomatic darkening of the extensor surfaces (FADES), also known as hyperkeratosis of the elbows and knees, is commonly seen by dermatologists but has never been well characterized. Patients present with uniform, asymptomatic, brown…

Tags: *Friction, 2005, Adult, Aged, Brodell Robert T, Cutis, Diagnosis, Differential, Elbow, Humans, Keratosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology, Knee, Krishnamurthy Smita, Male, Middle Aged, Sigdel Saroj

Giant intraarticular loose bodies of the knee. Cases demonstrate spectrum of the lesion.

Synovial chondromatosis is a well-known, well-described clinical and histopathologic entity. Occasionally, loose bodies in the knee joint can continue to grow and become large enough to impinge on joint motion. Extremely large synovial chondromata…

Tags: *Knee Joint, 1986, Aged, Chondroma/*diagnosis/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Ewing J W, Female, Greenberg B, Humans, Joint Diseases/*diagnosis, Joint Loose Bodies/*diagnosis/surgery, Leeson M C, Male, Orthopaedic review, Wilcox P

The use of radioisotope scans in the evaluation of primary lymphoma of bone.

Primary lymphoma of bone is a rare lesion comprising less than 5% of all malignant primary bone tumors. Because of this rarity, the diagnosis of this lesion based on clinical findings and standard radiographic evaluations is extremely difficult and…

Evaluation of neck masses in children.

Neck masses in children may be inflammatory, neoplastic or congenital. Although most of these masses are benign inflammatory nodes, an asymptomatic neck mass is the most common presentation of head and neck malignancies in children. Cystic lesions…

Tinea versicolor of the face in black children in a temperate region.

Tinea versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection that typically affects young adults in warm, humid climates. We describe two young black children in the temperate northeastern Ohio area with tinea versicolor limited to the face. The…

Tags: *African Continental Ancestry Group, *Weather, 1989, Brodell R T, Child, Clotrimazole/therapeutic use, Cutis, Diagnosis, Differential, Facial Dermatoses/drug therapy/etiology/*pathology, Humans, Ketoconazole/therapeutic use, Kyanko M E, Male, Ohio, Pontasch M J, Sebum/analysis, Tinea Versicolor/drug therapy/etiology/*pathology

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

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