Publications by authors named "S Khouchoua"

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  • The PRECINCT study is a multicenter analysis of surgical documentation and disease incidence in patients with peritoneal tumors, focusing on the surgical peritoneal cancer index (sPCI) and its variations across centers.
  • Among 707 enrolled patients from September 2020 to December 2021, the study found that different morphological terminologies were used to describe peritoneal lesions, with the most common being "normal peritoneum," "tumor nodules," and "confluent disease."
  • The research revealed that the incidence of pathologically confirmed disease was higher in cases with more severe lesion scores and suggested that using frozen section analysis could be beneficial, indicating the need for larger studies correlating imaging and pathology.
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Introduction: Pulmonary artery aneurysms encompass a wide range of presentations and forms. Mycotic aneurysms represent a particular subset of focal dilatation of the vessel wall with high morbidity and mortality rates. Herein, we report the case of a 32 year old patient, with a prior history of ventricular septal defect presenting with a mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with infective endocarditis and septic emboli.

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Urothelial cell carcinomas represent the vast majority of urinary bladder tumors. However, many inflammatory and non-neoplastic conditions can mimic a urinary bladder malignancy. In that matter, diverticulitis can progress into colovesical fistula formation with a bladder wall abscess that can mimic a pseudo mass.

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mesenchymal neoplasms most frequently seen in the stomach and small intestine, arising in the muscularis propria of the intestinal wall. Given its nonspecific clinical presentation, it can represent a diagnostic challenge, especially in abdominopelvic locations. Lesion evaluation of abdominopelvic tumors can be difficult and lead to misinterpretation in assessing their origin.

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Adrenal gland abscesses are rare lesions usually reported to be caused by fungal pathogens and typically through hematogenous spread from other primary sources of infection. Imaging has always been known to play a major role in the characterization of focal adrenal lesions. However, given the rare occurrence of abscesses in this location, making the right diagnosis remains challenging.

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