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Swollen limbs and bone pain : a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A 50 year old man presented with peripheral oedema, abdominal distension and a pulmonary opacity on CXR. He subsequently perforated his sigmoid colon as a complication of diverticulitis with pericolic abscess. After colectomy his postoperative period was
Cacciottolo, Joseph M.   +2 more
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A case of Cerebellar Ataxia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Mr X, a 66-year-old gentleman, presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening unsteadiness on his feet, double vision, nausea and vomiting. Two months previously the patient noticed he was becoming unsteady on his feet.
Brown-Kerr, Alana, Weaver, Jamie
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Hallmarks of Neuroblastoma—Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Interventions

open access: yesCancer Nexus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood, continues to challenge clinicians and researchers because of its heterogeneous nature and complex pathophysiology. Recent breakthroughs in molecular profiling revealed intricate genetic alterations driving tumor progression, necessitating an updated perspective on the ...
Abhimanyu Thakur, Anne Dijkstra
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy : A New Paraneoplastic Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This report, based on data from a clinical case, proposes that pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy, an underdiagnosed cause of pulmonary hypertension and death in patients with adenocarcinoma, is a paraneoplastic syndrome (PNS).
Carter, Corey A.   +3 more
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Seminars in epileptology: How to diagnose status epilepticus in adults and children

open access: yesEpileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) can be regarded as the most severe expression of seizure activity characterized by a low probability of spontaneous cessation and mechanisms leading to metabolic and inflammatory derangements with increased risk of brain damage, alterations of neural networks, and potentially life‐threatening systemic complications ...
M. Leitinger   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to Progressive Disability in Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Glial Cells in Chronic CNS Inflammation

open access: yesGlia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common non‐infectious inflammatory CNS disease, characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and focal demyelinated lesions. Traditionally considered an autoimmune disease, MS is driven by the immune system's attack on CNS myelin, resulting in cumulative disability.
Volker Siffrin
wiley   +1 more source

Prognosis and Phenotypes of Advanced Head and Neck Carcinoma Associated With Hypercalcemia

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Hypercalcemia is the most common metabolic disorder in cancer, affecting 10%–20% of patients with advanced malignancies, including squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC), though its prognostic significance remains poorly studied.
Elodie Mamou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunopathogenesis of ophthalmological paraneoplastic syndromes: Recent findings

open access: yesAdvances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2018
The aim of this study was to summarize the current knowledge of paraneoplastic syndromes involving eyes. The main interest was the immunopathogenesis of the abovementioned entities.
M. Kordyś   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Algumas síndromes neurológicas estão ocasionalmente associadas ao cancro sistémico, na forma de síndrome paraneoplásica. Destas, a degenerescência cerebelosa subaguda, neuronopatia sensitiva, dermatomiosite polimiosite, síndrome miasténica de Eaton ...
Aguiar, T   +3 more
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‘Medusa-head ataxia’: the expanding spectrum of Purkinje cell antibodies in autoimmune cerebellar ataxia. Part 1: Anti-mGluR1, anti-Homer-3, anti-Sj/ITPR1 and anti-CARP VIII [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Serological testing for anti-neural autoantibodies is important in patients presenting with idiopathic cerebellar ataxia, since these autoantibodies may indicate cancer, determine treatment and predict prognosis.
Jarius, Sven, Wildemann, Brigitte
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