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The 366 patients diagnosed with transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) were analyzed regarding their clinical characteristics in the first year after approval of tafamidis 61 mg for ATTR‐CM in Germany. Nearly two‐thirds of the patients were in an advanced disease stage and 64% met the key criteria of the “Transthyretin Amyloidosis ...
Richard J. Nies+23 more
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Mediastinal goiter diagnosed by functional imaging [PDF]
A 63-year-old asymptomatic woman with cured Hodgkin diseases presented for restaging. The chest computed tomography showed a mass at the right side of the upper mediastinum. The benignity and the origin of the tissue were unknown.
Guido Michels+3 more
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Severe osteoarticular involvement in isotretinoin-triggered acne fulminans: two cases successfully treated with anakinra. [PDF]
Acne fulminans (AF) is a severe form of inflammatory and ulcerated acne associated with fever, malaise, joint swellings and polyarthralgia.1 Osteoarticular lesions are often described and can be radiologically indistinguishable from those observed in
Barbareschi+9 more
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A phenomap of TTR amyloidosis to aid diagnostic screening
Abstract Cardiac amyloidosis due to transthyretin (ATTR) remains an underdiagnosed cause of cardiomyopathy. As awareness of the disease grows and referrals for ATTR increase, clinicians are likely to encounter more atypical forms of the condition in clinical practice.
Alexios S. Antonopoulos+4 more
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OBJETIVO: a infecção do trato urinário é uma das doenças bacterianas mais freqüentes em pediatria. O envolvimento infeccioso renal (pielonefrite) pode evoluir com formação de cicatriz renal irreversível com conseqüente perda funcional e dano renal ...
Eliana B.M. Guidoni+3 more
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Sternal nonunion on bone scintigraphy: A case report [PDF]
Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone
Assadi, M.+4 more
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In vivo evaluation of TNF-alpha in the lungs of patients affected by sarcoidosis [PDF]
Introduction. Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disorder characterized by multiple noncaseating granulomas involving intrathoracic lymph nodes and lung parenchyma.
BRUNO, PIERDONATO+9 more
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Abbreviations: TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; ATTR‐CM, transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. We aimed to diagnose occult ATTR‐CM in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI using bone scintigraphy. We verified a diagnosis of ATTR‐CM in 8 of 171 (4.7 %) consecutive aortic stenosis patients who underwent TAVI.
Margrethe Flesvig Holt+15 more
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A Rarely Case: Symptomatic Ectopic Lingual Thyroid [PDF]
Lingual thyroid tissue -totally or partially- occurs at the base of the tongue due to a defect ofembriological migration of thyroid tissue. It is rarely symptomatic and could mimic lingualtumor tissue.
Ramazan BÜYÜKKAYA, Melih Ergin ERKAN, Yusuf AYDIN, Ayla BÜYÜKKAYA, Sibel YAZGAN, Ömer YAZGAN, Alp Alper ŞAFAK
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The effect of an iodine restricted including no sea foods diet, on technetium-99m thyroid scintigraphy: A neglected issue in nuclear medicine practice [PDF]
Although it is recommended to patients to avoid sea food and iodine-containing medications prior to iodine-131 ( 131I) scanning, the efficacy of this diet as for technetium-99m pertechnetate ( 99mTc-P) thyroid scintigraphy is not well addressed in the ...
Assadi, M.+5 more
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