Publications by authors named "Periklis Tsoumanis"

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  • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an autoimmune disorder causing progressive nerve damage, leading to motor and sensory issues, with growing research on its effects on the visual system through visual evoked potentials (VEPs).
  • The review analyzes studies over two decades, confirming that CIDP patients show prolonged VEP latencies and reduced amplitudes compared to healthy individuals, indicating central nervous system involvement, especially in the optic nerve.
  • VEP assessment is becoming an important diagnostic and monitoring tool for CIDP, potentially serving as a biomarker for disease activity, though challenges in standardization and recording techniques remain.
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Objectives: Surgery of the thyroid takes place in a body part with complicated anatomy and several vital physiologic functions. Thyroidectomy is rarely associated with mortality but can be followed by significant complications, (i.e.

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In December 2019, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization after rapidly spreading over the world in just a few months. All elective operations and nonemergency treatments have been postponed worldwide. However, some patients require surgical therapy as well, and the time spent waiting should not have a negative impact on the surgical outcome or disease course.

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Objectives: Mucinous cystadenomas are among the most common benign adnexal masses. The peak incidence of mucinous cystadenoma appears between the third and fifth decades of life, but rare cases in younger and older women have also been reported. Ovarian cystic formations are usually asymptomatic at early stages, until they grow in size and various compression symptoms appear, such as abdominal discomfort, distention, nausea, vomiting, and increased urination.

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Intussusception in adults is rare, and the clinical symptoms of intussusception are subtle, making the diagnosis quite challenging. Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare benign tumors and are essentially adipose growths, most frequently found within the small intestine wall or mesentery. Limited up-to-date evidence exists regarding such lipomas.

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Appendicitis after colonoscopy is rare, with an estimated incidence of 3.8 cases per 10 000 colonoscopies. Herein, we report a 56-year-old female who visited the emergency department with a history of diffuse abdominal pain and nausea 8 h after a screening colonoscopy.

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