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Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou450052, China.
To investigate the clinicopathological and molecular genetic characteristics of intracranial mesenchymal tumors with FET::CREB fusion transcript. The clinical and imaging data of 6 cases of intracranial mesenchymal tumors with FET::CREB fusion from December 2018 to December 2023 were collected at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Their histological features, immunophenotype and molecular characteristics were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Comput Assist Tomogr
November 2024
From the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has significantly advanced the visualization of cardiac structures, particularly valves. We assessed the diagnostic performance of CCTA in diagnosing the most common disorders affecting the aortic valves requiring surgery-papillary fibroelastoma, infective endocarditis, and degeneration.
Methods: This retrospective study included patients who underwent aortic valve resection between 2016 and 2023 and had a preceding CCTA.
Cureus
December 2024
Nephrology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, ESP.
Histoplasmosis, caused by the fungus , is a significant public health concern in endemic regions like Mexico. Immunocompromised individuals, especially those with HIV infection and those exposed to nitrogen-rich environments, such as bird excrement or bat guano, are particularly vulnerable. This case report describes a middle-aged patient with jaundice in the skin and mucous membranes.
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December 2024
Department of Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, IND.
Phaeohyphomycosis is a fungal infection caused by dematiaceous fungi that presents as a superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, or systemic infection. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is the most common manifestation and presents as a subcutaneous nodule or cystic lesions and abscesses. It usually results from traumatic implantation of the saprophytic fungus from soil and vegetative matter; therefore, the commonest sites of infection are the extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Cases
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama City 700-8558, Japan.
Conjunctival malignant melanoma is extremely rare, with no standard of care established at moment. Here we report a 65-year-old woman, as a hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier, who presented concurrently a liver mass and lower bulbar conjunctival pigmented lesions in the right eye. Needle liver biopsy and excisional conjunctival biopsy showed hepatocellular carcinoma and conjunctival malignant melanoma , respectively.
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