CT and MRI Manifestations of Pancreatic Hemangioma: A Literature Review and a New Case Report
ABSTRACT Pancreatic hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor occurring in the pancreas. Preoperative diagnosis is challenging due to its lack of specificity in clinical manifestations and imaging examinations. A pancreatic lesion was found during physical examination of a 54‐year‐old woman who had no symptoms of abdominal discomfort.
Jing Zhang +3 more
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Spondylodiscitis as the first manifestation of Whipple's disease -a removal worker with chronic low back pain [PDF]
Whipple's disease is a rare systemic infectious disease caused by the actinobacterium Tropheryma whipplei. Spondylodiscitis is an extremely rare manifestation of the infection and has previously been described in only three case reports.
Altwegg, M. +4 more
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This case report highlights a rare instance of pulmonary infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei, presenting with distinctive imaging features on chest CT: multiple round or oval thick‐walled consolidations with small central cavities (approximately 1 mm in diameter) and subpleural distribution.
Yang Liu, Handan Fu
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Background Whipple’s disease is a chronic multisystemic infectious disease that rarely presents as culture-negative endocarditis. Most patients reported with Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis involve a native valve and few describe prosthetic valve ...
Mauricio J. Kahn +2 more
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Deadly Carousel or Difficult Interpretation of New Diagnostic Tools for Whipple's Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
: Whipple's disease is a rare systemic disorder classically presenting with weight loss, arthralgias, and diarrhea, which was first described in 1907. The causative bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, is a fastidious organism not growing on conventional media.
Altwegg, M. +3 more
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Systemic and local decorin levels mirror the clinical course of pancreatic cancer
Abstract Despite significant progress in oncology research, pancreatic cancer remains inherently difficult to treat, and the mechanisms underlying therapeutic resistance remain unresolved. Decorin (DCN), a member of the family of small leucine‐rich proteoglycans, has emerged as a versatile actor in various malignant diseases.
Maja Svensson +6 more
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Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy: Surgical technique and perioperative clinical outcomes in a single center [PDF]
Introduction: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth cause of death from cancer in Western countries. The radical surgical resection is the only curative option for this pathology. The prevalence of this disease increases with age in population.
AGRUSA, Antonino +8 more
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Ecologies of Risk: Malaria and Settler Landscape Transformation in 19th‐Century Ontario
ABSTRACT Objectives This study examines how settler‐driven environmental change shaped malaria transmission and mortality in 19th‐century southern Ontario. It aimed to understand the biosocial and ecological conditions that sustained endemic malaria in a temperate, colonial context.
Amanda Cooke, Megan B. Brickley
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A developing country perspective [PDF]
Objective: To review retrospectively, the resultsof Whipple\u27s procedure from 1986 to December 2009 at the Aga Khan University Hospital. Methods: Patient\u27s case notes were reviewed to extract information related to demographics, clinical and ...
Bari, Hassaan +2 more
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Non-alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome in psychiatric patients with a history of undiagnosed Wernicke's encephalopathy [PDF]
Wernicke's encephalopathy is often undiagnosed, particularly in non-alcoholics. There are very few reports of non-alcoholic patients diagnosed with Korsakoff syndrome in the absence of a prior diagnosis of Wernicke's encephalopathy and no studies of ...
Ilonen, Tuula +5 more
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