Publications by authors named "Noora Bin Essa"

This report delineates the clinical progression of a renal oncocytoma in a 38-year-old female, initially asymptomatic, over a three-year follow-up period following her treatment for papillary thyroid cancer. The timeline of this case is as follows: In 2016, the patient was treated with total thyroidectomy and I131 for thyroid cancer. During an annual follow-up, an incidental renal mass was detected via FDG PET/CT, initially characterized as a benign, non-FDG-avid renal oncocytoma.

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A 75-year-old patient was referred with biochemical recurrence for prostate cancer. The patient underwent 68 Ga-PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET/CT scan, which revealed a focal PSMA activity in the proximal left lateral penile margin. Although a subsequent ultrasound did not identify the abnormality, MRI pelvis revealed a 10-mm lesion in the left proximal corpus cavernosum.

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Article Synopsis
  • * Most patients with NSCLC can’t be completely cured, and many might have their cancer come back or spread to other parts of the body.
  • * Doctors use a special scan called FDG-PET/CT to check how well treatment is working, but it's best to wait at least 3 months after treatment to do this, depending on the treatment type.
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Os trigonum is a congenital condition in which a bone ossicle fails to fuse to a secondary ossification center in the posterior aspect of the talar bone. Repetitive plantar flexion of the foot may elicit inflammation of the ossicles fibrous connective band, subsequently causing pain. It is common to misdiagnose os trigonum as an avulsion fracture.

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