Abstract Grade 3 neuroendocrine tumours (NET G3) represent approximately 20% of high‐grade neuroendocrine neoplasms, and the recent identification of this entity has given rise to many unanswered questions relating to clinical management. The prognosis for these patients is worse than for those with Grade 1–2 well‐differentiated NET, but better than ...
Mairéad G. McNamara +11 more
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Targeted Therapy in the Management of Elderly Patients with Pancreatic Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Background: The pancreas is an uncommon but recognizable site for metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Isolated pancreatic RCC metastases are still rarer and often present years after initial nephrectomy.
Chiu, WHK, Maraveyas, A, Razack, A
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Expansion of the Phenotype of Lymphatic Anomalies Caused by Somatic Activating BRAF Variant
ABSTRACT Background The somatic activating variant in BRAF (p.V600E) was recently described as a novel cause of macrocystic head and neck lymphatic malformations in three individuals. Other recent studies profiling the genetic causes of more complex lymphatic anomalies identified this same pathogenic BRAF variant.
Michael D. Fox +11 more
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Multidetector-row computed tomography of thoracic aortic anomalies in dogs and cats: Patent ductus arteriosus and vascular rings [PDF]
Background Diagnosis of extracardiac intrathoracic vascular anomalies is of clinical importance, but remains challenging. Traditional imaging modalities, such as radiography, echocardiography, and angiography, are inherently limited by the ...
Christiane R Henjes +2 more
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VV‐ECMO for TRALI/TACO During Treatment of Hemorrhagic Gastric Ulcer: A Case Report
ABSTRACT A 77‐year‐old man with no medical history was admitted with hematemesis. Vital signs indicated shock, and massive amounts of allogeneic blood were transfused. His respiratory condition deteriorated, and veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV‐ECMO) was initiated. He was weaned from VV‐ECMO and transferred to another hospital on Day
Mayu Shindo +3 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Pediatric plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare complication of surgically palliated congenital heart disease (CHD). Fibrin casts obstruct airways and can cause respiratory distress. There are no therapeutics approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to treat PB, but inhaled tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been
Kathleen A. Stringer +10 more
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Treatment of upper abdominal malignancies with organ cluster procedures [PDF]
Upper abdominal exenteration for upper abdominal malignancies was carried out in 15 patients with removal of the liver, spleen, pancreas, duodenum, all or part of the stomach, proximal jejunum and ascending and transverse colon.
Mieles, L +3 more
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A case of splenic rupture: a rare event after laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is generally safe and well-accepted. In rare cases, it is associated with complications (intra- e postoperative bleeding, visceral injury and surgical site infection).
ATTARD, Andrea +5 more
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State of the art of the Fontan strategy for treatment of univentricular heart disease [version 1; referees: 2 approved] [PDF]
In patients with a functionally univentricular heart, the Fontan strategy achieves separation of the systemic and pulmonary circulation and reduction of ventricular volume overload.
Bogers, A.J.C.C. (Ad J.C.C.) +3 more
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Pediatric lung transplantation: The years 1985 to 1992 and the clinical trial of FK 506 [PDF]
The application of lung transplantation to the pediatric population was a natural extension of the success realized in our adult transplantation program, which began in 1982. Twenty pediatric patients (age range 3 to 18 years) have had heart-lung (n = 11)
Armitage +27 more
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