Autophagy Genes and Otitis Media Outcomes
Clinics and PracticeOtitis media (OM) is a common cause of hearing loss in children that requires corrective surgery. Various studies have investigated the pathomechanisms and treatment of OM.
Yong Jun Kim +5 more
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Recurrent chest pain as a rare presentation of extra‐pelvic endometriosis
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Periodic chest pain, with bloody pleural effusion should raise the suspicion of pleural endometriosis as a well‐known, but a rare condition in clinical practice.
Mousa Hussein +4 more
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Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]
, 2014 Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Chang, Simone, Maharaj, Satish
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Inducers of epithelial mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells in malignant pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2016 The Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) plays a role not only in tumor metastasis but also in tumor recurrence. This process is believed to be tightly linked to the presence of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) however, it is still not clear which ...
Cherubini, Emanuela +5 more
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Diagnostic role of complete blood count in pleural effusions
Medicine Science, 2021 Pleural effusion (PE) can be seen during the course and treatment of many malignant or benign diseases. Congestive heart failure and pneumonia are the most common causes of benign pleural effusion (BPE), while lung and breast cancer are the most common ...
Aydin Balci, Suphi Aydin
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Prognostic Value of the Persistence or Change in Pericardial Effusion Status on Serial Echocardiograms in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Pericardial effusion in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an indicator of right heart failure and a marker of poor prognosis; its significance on serial transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) is not clear.
Dardari, Zeina A.
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Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common acute infection in children. Pain is its most prominent and distressing symptom. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for AOM, although they have only a modest effect in reducing pain at two to three days.
Beller, Elaine M +6 more
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TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION IN THE PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY MAN-CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Sanamed, 2019 Introduction: Although pleural effusion is a common clinical manifestation, the differential diagnosis of the cause of the pleural effusion is often challenging, especially in the early differentiation of tuberculous pleurisy (TP) from other pleural ...
Lazovic Biljana +6 more
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Cholesterol Crystals – A Beautiful Incidental Finding in Pleural Fluid
Journal of the Scientific SocietyChyliform (pseudochylous) pleural effusions build up over time as a result of the breakdown of cellular lipids in long-lasting pleural effusions such as those caused by tuberculosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Do middle ear infections matter? Student self-reported perceptions of behaviour, including social skills, following experience with otitis media with effusion [PDF]
, 2007 Children frequently experience fluctuating conductive hearing loss during and following episodes of otitis media with effusion. With the prevalence of the disease increasing in the non-Indigenous population in Australia, many children may be at risk of ...
Stenton, Janice S.
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