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JCEM Case Rep
January 2025
Division of Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
A 37-year-old man presented with symptoms of polyuria and weight loss over the past year. Initial laboratory examination showed elevated blood glucose level (468 mg/dL [25.9 mmol/L]; normal reference range [RR], 75-109 mg/dL [4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Nucl Med
November 2024
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS) represents a rare group of central nervous system disorders that are unrelated to direct tumor invasion or metastasis but may be triggered by an immune system reaction to a neoplasm or malignant tumor. In many patients, PNS is diagnosed before identifying the primary cancer. In such instances, positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan can assess individuals with suspected PNS enabling the detection of hidden malignancies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed Int (Lond)
December 2024
Department of Hematology, Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Izmir 35000, Turkey.
Cold agglutinin syndrome is a form of acquired hemolytic anemia that typically arises from underlying conditions, such as infections, autoimmune disorders or lymphoid malignancies. The majority of patients remain asymptomatic and are diagnosed with anemia through routine complete blood count (CBC) testing. The present study describes the case of a male patient in his 50s who sought a second opinion at the authors' clinic due to newly detected anemia.
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January 2025
Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Chromothripsis, a hallmark of cancer, is characterized by extensive and localized DNA rearrangements involving one or a few chromosomes. However, its genome-wide frequency and characteristics in urothelial carcinoma (UC) remain largely unknown. Here, by analyzing single-regional and multi-regional whole-genome sequencing (WGS), we present the chromothripsis blueprint in 488 UC patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Infect Dis
January 2025
Veteran Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, USA.
Background: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects >1% of the U.S. population, higher among U.
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