Cognitive reserve and AβI-42 in mild cognitive impairment (Argentina-Alzheimer’s disease neuroimaging initiative) [PDF]
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive reserve and concentration of Aβ1-42 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with mild cognitive impairment, those with Alzheimer’s disease, and in control ...
Allegri, Ricardo Francisco+11 more
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Sudden cardiac death is a catastrophic event, making its prevention important. However, patient selection for primary prevention remains controversial. We report two cases of cardiac conduction disorder initially treated with permanent pacemaker implantation.
Shunsuke Inoue+19 more
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Erdheim-Chester Disease: Utility of 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography [PDF]
Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a rare non Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown origin with multiorgan involvement. We report a case of a man who presented to us with haematuria, asthenia, fever, nausea and malleolar oedema.
Angelina Cistaro+4 more
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A rare case of appendicular skeleton localization in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia successfully treated with salvage radiation therapy [PDF]
Bone involvements in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are considered rare events, and the English-language medical literature describes them only in sporadic case reports. Consequently, robust indications for a rational clinical management are lacking.
Al Sayyad, Said+12 more
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Sipple Syndrome: From Diagnosis to Management - A Case Report [PDF]
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) is a rare inherited disease caused by multiple complex mutations in the RET gene. It is characterized by the occurrence of tumors involving more than two endocrine glands in the same patient.
Ruwaida Mira+3 more
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Shining stars in the sky on the gastric mucosa
We report a rare case of an elderly Japanese man diagnosed with sporadic gastric Burkitt lymphoma. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed nodular and ulcerated lesions in the lesser curvature of the stomach. Pathological analysis of showed that the gastric lesions are characterized by a diffuse and dense accumulation of dark atypical lymphocytes (night) and
Kosuke Minaga+3 more
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Diagnostic role and prognostic impact of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients treated for uterine corpus cancer [PDF]
Introduction/Objective. The goal of our research was to evaluate diagnostic and prognostic role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) in patients previously treated for uterine cancer and compare it to conventional imaging methods (
Stojiljković Milica+7 more
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Intrapancreatic accessory spleen false positive to 68Ga-Dotatoc: case report and literature review [PDF]
Background: Intrapancreatic accessory spleen (IPAS) is an uncommon finding of pancreatic mass. Differential diagnosis with pancreatic tumor, especially with non-functional neuroendocrine tumor (NF-NET), may be very hard and sometimes it entails ...
Bellato, V.+9 more
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Clinical Images: Penetrating aortic ulceration as an initial presentation of Erdheim‐Chester disease
Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Jerome Razanamahery, Bernard Bonnotte
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ABSTRACT Background This study evaluated the clinical significance of an unplanned total pancreatectomy (TP) by comparing surgical outcomes of planned and unplanned TP for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods Forty‐two patients who underwent TP for PDAC between 2009 and 2020 at the Kindai University Hospital were retrospectively analyzed ...
Dongha Lee+9 more
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