Publications by authors named "M D Murphey"

Pseudoendocrine sarcoma is a rare, recently described intermediate grade sarcoma of uncertain phenotype that most commonly affects the paraspinal location in older patients with a distinctive endocrine/paraganglioma-like morphology and unique CTNNB1 point mutation. While these tumors appear as epithelial or even benign endocrine tumors, these lack markers for such and are highlighted by nuclear expression of beta-catenin. This case is the first among the previously reported only twenty-five cases of this entity, including one original series and a few case reports, to correlate the radiologic imaging with the pathologic features.

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Objective: To review the spectrum of clinical and imaging features of glomus tumor involving the musculoskeletal system including the typically solitary forms as well as the rarer multifocal forms (glomuvenous malformation and glomangiomatosis).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of our institutional pathology database from 1996 to 2023 identified 176 patients with 218 confirmed glomus tumors. Primary imaging studies included MRI (125), radiographs (100), clinical/intraoperative photos (77), and ultrasound (36).

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  • Chronic nonspinal osteomyelitis is difficult to diagnose and manage, prompting experts to create consensus statements on the use of percutaneous image-guided biopsies to improve standard care practices across different healthcare institutions.* -
  • MRI is an essential tool for ruling out osteomyelitis and should be performed early in patient evaluation; other microbiological culture methods can be used when conditions allow.* -
  • Expert recommendations include avoiding antibiotics for at least 2 weeks before a biopsy and advising against biopsies in cases of severe ulcers, emphasizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach in treatment.*
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Motivated by the complex and multifactorial etiologies of osteoarthritis, here we use a comprehensive approach evaluating knee joint health after unilateral lower limb loss. Thirty-eight male Service members with traumatic, unilateral lower limb loss (mean age = 38 yr) participated in a prospective, two-year longitudinal study comprehensively evaluating contralateral knee joint health (i.e.

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