Introduction: Solitary fibrous bladder tumors are extremely uncommon, with only a few cases reported. These fibroblastic mesenchymal neoplasms are typically benign, indolent, and slow growing.
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male patient with obstructive uropathy was referred to our unit for workup.
Finger amputations aim at preserving function and optimizing cosmesis. The crucial decision here is whether to preserve a stump or to do a ray amputation. The present study aimed to compare the functional outcome and postoperative quality of life after ray amputation or amputation through the proximal phalanx.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is sensitive to the microstructural properties of brain tissues and shows great promise in detecting the effects of degenerative diseases. However, many approaches analyze single measures averaged over regions of interest without considering the underlying fiber geometry.
Methods: We propose a novel macrostructure-informed normative tractometry (MINT) framework to investigate how white matter (WM) microstructure and macrostructure are jointly altered in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia.
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurologic condition defined by symptoms and imaging findings secondary to vasogenic edema in the brain. Even though not all hypertensive individuals will progress to PRES, high blood pressure is the most frequent risk factor associated with the condition. The pathophysiology of PRES is not clearly understood, but the most accepted proposed mechanism focuses on the brain's inability to regulate cerebral blood flow through constriction or dilation of vessels during extreme blood pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroplastics (MPs, <5 mm) are widespread in coastal ecosystems and pose a growing global concern; however, their presence in deep-sea environments remains underexplored, especially in the Indian region. This study addresses this gap by providing the first comprehensive documentation of MPs in the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) at a depth of 5000 m, marking the initial effort to assess their presence and abundance in deep-sea core samples. The study investigated the MP concentration, composition and potential sources, revealing a size range between 10 μm and 4900 μm, with average abundances recorded at BC20 (10.
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