Publications by authors named "Francesca Polit"
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- Localized cystic kidney disease (LCKD) is a specific kidney disorder marked by cysts in certain kidney areas, demonstrated in a case of a 41-year-old man with urinary symptoms and hematuria.
- Initial diagnosis revealed a urinary tract infection, but follow-up imaging showed a concerning 2.6 cm cystic lesion in the right kidney, leading to surgical intervention.
- The report highlights LCKD's benign nature, differences from progressive renal diseases, various symptoms, diagnostic methods, and similarities in tissue findings with conditions like polycystic kidney disease.
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune pathologies often associated with occult malignancies. Glucocorticoids (GCs) represent the initial therapy to control symptoms and avoid complications. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shifted the paradigm of cancer treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising in a Zenker diverticulum (ZD) is an extremely rare entity. Approximately 50 cases have been reported worldwide. We report a case of a 74-year-old man who presented to our institution with chronic regurgitation, dysphagia and halitosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProstate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men. Common treatments include active surveillance, surgery, or radiation. Androgen deprivation therapy and chemotherapy are usually reserved for advanced disease or biochemical recurrence, such as castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), but they are not considered curative because PCa cells eventually develop drug resistance.
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