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BMC Womens Health
January 2025
Department of Surgical Oncology, Salah Azaiez Institute, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Boulevad 9 Avril Bab Saadoun 1006, Tunis, Tunisia.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor derived from thyroid C-cells. It is a rare aggressive tumor, known to metastasize to lymph nodes, liver, bones, and lungs. We report a case of a young patient with a family history of breast cancer, who developed breast metastases six months post-treatment for medullary thyroid carcinoma.
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March 2025
Department of Pathology, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Incidental adrenal masses are frequently detected due to the extensive use of cross-sectional imaging, with about 3% to 7% of adults estimated to have them. Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas (PPGL), rare tumors originating from paraganglia tissues, including the adrenal medulla, continue to be imaging mimics, necessitating a multimodal approach for accurate diagnosis. We report a case of 72-years male presenting with intermittent pain abdomen for the past 1 year.
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January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Objective: Molecular testing is recommended for risk stratification of atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) nodules in the USA; however, it is not routinely performed in some countries owing to limited availability and affordability. Here, we propose a risk stratification algorithm for AUS nodules when molecular testing is unavailable.
Methods: We examined 304 (4.
Case Rep Neurol Med
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
This study reports a rare case of referred pain in the trigeminal nerve distribution caused by entrapment of the greater occipital nerve (GON). Notably, the pain extended to the ipsilateral tongue, an unusual intraoral involvement. GON entrapment can lead to sensitization in secondary nociceptive neurons within the trigeminocervical complex (TCC), which receives signals from both trigeminal and occipital nerves, causing referred facial pain.
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December 2024
Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410007, People's Republic of China.
Vertigo, including central and peripheral causes, is one of the common symptoms in patients who are admitted to neurological outpatient and emergency rooms. Despite the advancements in imaging techniques in recent years, central vertigo is difficult to identify and is often misdiagnosed in clinical practice. In this study, 4 patients were admitted to the hospital with complaints of dizziness or vertigo.
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