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Diagn Pathol
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, P.R. China.
Background: Fasciolopsis buski is a large fluke that parasitises the human small intestine, with its infection in the biliary tract being even rarer. Given its relatively rare occurrence in recent years, the clinical diagnosis of F. buski infections can pose certain challenges.
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December 2024
Neurosurgery, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS, Bristol, GBR.
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are tangles of abnormal vessels with early arteriovenous (AV) shunting that can lead to intracerebral hemorrhage, seizures, neurologic deficit, or headache. To date, only a few cases of carcinomas metastasizing to pre-existing cerebral AVMs have been reported in the literature. However, renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) brain metastases that exhibit early AV shunting, where AVM pathology is not present, are extremely rare.
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November 2024
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, King, Saudi Arabia.
J Cardiol Cases
September 2024
Unit of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Unlabelled: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare condition; late adult presentation is extremely rare but, with modern diagnostics, more asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic elderly patients with ALCAPA are found. A 76-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency department in December 2021 with fever, fatigue, cognitive-motor slowing, and hyposthenia of left hemisoma. Cranium computed tomography (CT) was performed, with no signs of stroke.
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May 2024
Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400017 Chongqing, China.
Background: Transseptal puncture (TSP) performed with the Brockenbrough (BRK) needle is technically demanding and carries potential risks. The back end of the percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) guidewire is blunt and flexible, with good support, it can puncture the right ventricle-free wall, which is thicker than the atrial-septum. The guidewire is thin and easy to manipulate.
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