Zinner syndrome is a rare developmental anomaly of the distal Wolffian duct. It is characterized by a triad of unilateral renal agenesis, cysts in the ipsilateral seminal vesicle, and ipsilateral obstruction of the ejaculatory duct. While some patients are asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally, other patients may present with symptoms related to obstructed ejaculatory ducts and seminal vesicle cysts.
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December 2021
Patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs) at risk of cancer undergo high rates of invasive, costly, and morbid procedures. To train and externally validate a risk prediction model that combined clinical, blood, and imaging biomarkers to improve the noninvasive management of IPNs. In this prospectively collected, retrospective blinded evaluation study, probability of cancer was calculated for 456 patient nodules using the Mayo Clinic model, and patients were categorized into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF Colonoscopy is an effective tool to prevent colorectal cancer. Social media has emerged as a source of medical information for patients.YouTube (a video sharing website) is the most popular video informative source.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Seasonal influenza is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus. During the 2017-2018 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted approximately 959,000 hospitalizations and 79,400 deaths from influenza. We sought to evaluate the educational quality of informational videos pertaining to seasonal influenza on the popular social media forum, YouTube.
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