Publications by authors named "Elena Nucci"
Radiol Case Rep
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Melanoma in situ of the nipple is rare and not well-documented, making diagnosis difficult due to various potential conditions affecting the nipple-areola area.
- A case is presented of a patient with cosmetic bilateral breast implants who reported eczema on her left nipple-areola complex and had suspicious microcalcifications found on a mammogram.
- The patient was ultimately diagnosed with nipple melanoma and also had ductal carcinoma in situ in the same breast.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates post-COVID-19 (PC) and post-COVID-19 vaccination (PCV) syndromes, specifically focusing on small fiber neuropathy (SFN) and its potential link to undifferentiated arthritis (UA).
- Nineteen patients with possible SFN underwent several diagnostic tests, including skin biopsies and joint ultrasounds, to evaluate symptoms like severe lower limb paresthesia and to compare SFN positive (SFN+) versus negative (SFN-) patients.
- Results showed that SFN+ patients had lower nerve fiber density and more abnormalities in imaging tests. Over 12 months, SFN+ patients reported decreased neurological symptoms and improved joint assessments, although nerve density did not significantly change.
Clin Exp Allergy
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- Eosinophils, important immune cells, are categorized into distinct subpopulations in mice based on their surface markers, but there’s limited research on these distinctions in humans, particularly in eosinophilic asthma patients.
- The study focused on analyzing eosinophil subpopulations in the peripheral blood and nasal polyp tissue of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma who also have chronic rhinosinusitis, comparing them to various control groups.
- Results revealed that severe eosinophilic asthma patients had a higher percentage of a specific eosinophil subtype (CD62L) in both blood and nasal tissues, indicating a unique accumulation pattern and functional differences in these cells between the two environments.
