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Cureus
January 2025
Anesthesiology, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Buenos Aires, ARG.
The differentiation between benign and malignant brain lesions remains a fundamental challenge in modern neuroimaging. This case highlights a rare presentation of ectatic Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS), which mimicked tumefactive brain lesions and required a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation to exclude neoplastic, infectious, and inflammatory processes. A 37-year-old female presented with progressive headache, cognitive impairment, and facial pain.
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June 2025
Radiology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
Purpose: To investigate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) reading digital mammograms in increasing the chance of detecting missed breast cancer, by studying the AI- flagged early morphology indictors, overlooked by the radiologist, and correlating them with the missed cancer pathology types.
Methods And Materials: Mammograms done in 2020-2023, presenting breast carcinomas (n = 1998), were analyzed in concordance with the prior one year's result (2019-2022) assumed negative or benign. Present mammograms reviewed for the descriptors: asymmetry, distortion, mass, and microcalcifications.
Asian J Med Humanit
January 2024
Faculté de Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Objectives: The overall goal of this article is to show that denial is one of the greatest obstacles to good practical judgment and is therefore a major problem in clinical ethics by examining its cognitive structure and the challenges it poses for clinical ethics consultation and intervention. In addition to clinical examples, excerpts of verbatim from citizen forums on triage protocols will be used to illustrate the manifestations of denial in citizens when faced with difficult choices.
Case Presentation: The initial waves of the pandemic and the alarming resurgence of cases with the emergence of highly transmissible variants have created increased pressure on many healthcare systems around the world.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
March 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Sultan Idris Shah, Serdang, Malaysia.
Purpose: To highlight a case report of high-grade primary lacrimal sac Burkitt lymphoma in a young adult.
Observation: A 25-year-old gentleman was referred to the oculoplastic center for left eye medial canthal progressive swelling at the level below the medial canthal tendon for two months associated with tearing. He was initially treated for preseptal cellulitis but failed to respond to antibiotics.
Cureus
December 2024
General Surgery, Local Health Unit of Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo, PRT.
Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, arising from incomplete obliteration of the vitelline duct. MD contains all layers of the intestinal wall and often remains asymptomatic. Gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel obstruction, and acute diverticulitis occur in a few cases.
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