Publications by authors named "S M Dagher"
[Primary chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible in children: etiology and diagnostics].
Stomatologiia (Mosk)
December 2024
Primary chronic osteomyelitis (PCO) is a rare non-bacterial autoinflammatory severe disease that most often affects children aged 7 to 12 years and is much less common in adults. The most common areas of lesion are long tubular bones, however, any bones of the skeleton, including the lower jaw, can be affected. The clinical picture of this disease is complex and similar to many tumor and tumor-like bone lesions, which often leads to a significant delay in making a correct diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Neoadjuvant BRAF-directed therapy and immunotherapy followed by surgery improves survival in patients with BRAF-mutant anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC), more so in those who have complete ATC pathologic response. This study assesses the ability of FDG-PET to non-invasively detect residual high-risk pathologies including ATC and poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) in the preoperative setting.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective, single-center study included consecutive BRAF-mutant ATC patients treated with at least 30 days of neoadjuvant BRAF-directed therapy and who underwent FDG-PET/CT within 30 days prior to surgery.
Article Synopsis
- - This study investigates potential artefacts like vascular pseudoinvasion and myometrial clefts that can complicate the histological evaluation of specimens from laparoscopic hysterectomies.
- - Out of 60 patients analyzed, vascular pseudoinvasion occurred in 22% of adenocarcinomas and was linked to other artefacts present in the uterine tissue.
- - No significant connection was found between the use of an intrauterine manipulator and the occurrence of these artefacts, suggesting they may not solely contribute to these issues during surgery.
Advanced MRI-based neuroimaging techniques, such as perfusion and spectroscopy, have been increasingly incorporated into routine follow-up protocols in patients treated for high-grade glioma (HGG), to help differentiate tumor progression from treatment effect. However, these techniques' influence on clinical management remains poorly understood. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the impact of MRI-based advanced neuroimaging on clinical decision-making in patients with HGG after treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Early and reliable prediction of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is crucial for treatment decisions and early intervention. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models that utilize neuroimaging to predict HT.
Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science was conducted until February 19, 2024.