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Lancet Reg Health Eur
February 2025
European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE), Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs 30, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Paediatric cancers, although rare, are the leading cause of disease-related mortality in European children above one year. A key pillar of the European Health Union, Europe's Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP) puts a spotlight on childhood cancer. National Cancer Control Plans (NCCPs) have a key role but did not address childhood cancers sufficiently previously.
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March 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Whipple's disease, caused by the gram-positive actinomycete , is a rare chronic systemic illness with significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, particularly when the CNS is involved. This case report details a 46-year-old man presenting with a constellation of symptoms including fatigue, hypersomnia, weight loss, bifrontal headaches, abdominal pain, treatment-unresponsive diarrhea, and skin hyperpigmentation. Neurological examination revealed oculomasticatory myorhythmia, and imaging studies showed nodular enhancement of the hypothalamus and basal ganglia, along with retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy.
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January 2025
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of 68Ga-NOTA-RM26 (68Ga-RM26), a gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-targeting antagonist labeled with the radionuclide 68Ga, in the diagnosis of high-grade gliomas and in combination with multiregional biopsies using PET/CT.
Patients And Methods: After institutional review board approval and informed consent, a total of 35 patients with suspected glioma lesions were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent 68Ga-RM26 PET/CT scans within 2 weeks before surgery.
Orphanet J Rare Dis
January 2025
Ophthalmology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (CHUC), Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (HUC), ULS Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, 3000-075, Coimbra, Portugal.
Background: Syndromic genetic disorders affecting vision can also cause hearing loss, and Usher syndrome is by far the most common etiology. However, many other conditions can present dual sensory impairment. Accurate diagnosis is essential for providing patients with genetic counseling, prognostic information, and appropriate resources.
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January 2025
Department of Urology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Chengalpattu, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu, 603203, India.
Background: The diagnosis and management of female genital conditions (Rodriguez et al. in Clin Anat 34(1):103-107, 2020. https://doi.
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