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West Afr J Med
August 2024
Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Email: Tel: 08063241116.
Background/objective: Rheumatic diseases (RMDs) are among the leading health burdens and causes of disability globally. Interestingly, they are on the rise due to the increasingly ageing population. Inflammatory RMDs are not left behind in the rise, especially in Africa, where they were thought to be rare as there has been increasing reportage of these diseases in recent years.
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August 2024
Department of Histopathology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
Background: The advancement in non-invasive methods for diagnosing and characterizing liver disease has achieved significant success. One such methods, FibroScan, combines non-invasiveness, rapidity, painlessness, and reproducibility. However, its accuracy and value are limited in many clinical settings.
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December 2024
Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Interventional Radiology, İzmir, Türkiye.
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the indications and therapeutic efficacy of flow-diverting stents (FDSs) in the management of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECAAs) and dissections.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 18 patients treated for ECAAs with an FDS between 2010 and 2024. Patient demographics, aneurysm characteristics, procedural details, and clinical and radiologic follow-up outcomes were extracted from medical records.
J Diabetes Res
December 2024
Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College 241000, Wuhu, China.
Limited data are available about the epidemiological characteristics and the risk factors for amputation, particularly in developing countries from Asia, especially in China. We aim to investigate the age features of patients with Type 2 diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and analyze the critical influencing factors predicting lower extremity amputation and major amputation. Data were retrieved from the electric medical record system to identify patients aged > 18 years with Type 2 DFU from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2023.
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November 2024
Radiology, Government Medical College & Hospital, Jammu, Jammu, IND.
Introduction: Obstructive jaundice resulting from a duodenal diverticulum is known as Lemmel syndrome. Lemmel syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with obstructive jaundice in the absence of choledocholithiasis, mass, or a stricture.
Aims And Objectives: To describe the computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with Lemmel syndrome.
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