The incidence of metastases to the breast from nonbreast carcinoma is less than 1% of all breast cancers; of these, adenocarcinoma of the lung to breast is a small proportion (<0.1% of breast carcinomas). The imaging findings of a case of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma to the breast are presented with a review of the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of The Study: Research on courtship patterns and romantic relationship in later life has not kept pace with the burgeoning number of older adults interested in dating.
Design And Methods: We conducted content analyses of themes arising from 450 personal ads written by middle-aged (40-54), young-old (60-74), and old-old (75+) participants.
Results: Significant differences between the young-old and the middle-aged were few; those between the young-old and old-old were numerous.
Assessment of the personalities of medical students could enable medical educators to formulate strategies for the best development of academic and clinical competencies. In this article, we focus on the experience of students in the anatomy dissecting room. While there have been many attempts to evaluate the emotional responses of medical students to human cadaveric dissection, there has been no investigation into how different personality traits affect the responses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe matching hypothesis predicts that individuals on the dating market will assess their own self-worth and select partners whose social desirability approximately equals their own. It is often treated as well established, despite a dearth of empirical evidence to support it. In the current research, the authors sought to address conceptual and methodological inconsistencies in the extant literature and to examine whether matching occurs as defined by Walster et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurocysticercosis is a significant public health issue within the United States. Although cysticercosis was once thought to have been eradicated in the United States, the number of documented cases is rising and immigrants from endemic areas are at the highest risk for acquiring and developing this disease. The clinical presentation of neurocysticercosis is variable and vague neurologic symptoms or sudden unexplained death in individuals with risk factors may be the only available information warranting a consideration of neurocysticercosis.
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