Publications by authors named "Colin Todd"

Grapevine trunk diseases are caused by a broad diversity of fungal taxa that have serious impacts on the worldwide viticulture industry due to significant reductions in vineyards yield and lifespan. Field surveys carried out from 2018 to 2022 in California nurseries and young vineyards revealed a high incidence of . Since species are important pathogens of other perennial crops, the present study aimed to identify and determine the pathogenicity of the species on grapevines.

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Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTD) are caused by a consortium of fungal pathogens that affect the biological functions of the vascular system of mature and young grapevines (Gramaje et al. 2018). We conducted surveys to profile GTD pathogens in California grapevine nurseries and collected 784 cuttings of cvs.

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Unlabelled: Haemorrhage of a parathyroid adenoma is a rare clinical presentation. This report describes a previously fit and well 54-year-old woman who presented with acute neck swelling and pain with an overlying ecchymosis. Admission laboratory tests revealed a raised parathyroid hormone and hypercalcaemia.

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Introduction: Parathyroid carcinomas are very rare tumors and may arise in the normally located or ectopic gland. The latter present certain diagnostic difficulties, and there are no specific guidelines on their management. We present a case of parathyroid carcinoma arising within an ectopically located intrathyroid gland and discuss the diagnosis, management, and difficulties encountered.

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A 21-year-old female presented with left-sided loin pain and profound circulatory shock. After emergency laparotomy, angiography, embolisation and histological investigation, a diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of a benign non-secretory adrenal cortical tumour was made. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case of this diagnosis.

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