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Abdominal pain is a frequent symptom and in the majority of cases the underlying disease is not life threatening. The general practitioner's first task is to differentiate between inflammatory and other diseases. The patient's history, the clinical examination and laboratory tests form the basis for...
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PMID: 21796594
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We diagnosed the patient being affected of Takayasu arteritis and adeguate therapy had been undertaken....
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PMID: 21572493
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Cancer of the gallbladder, a rare entity with a poor prognosis, is often discovered incidentally during or after cholecystectomy. It tends to disseminate early via lymphatic, peritoneal, endobiliary, and hematogenous pathways. Diagnosis is made intra-operatively in only a quarter of...
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PMID: 21478068
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A 66-year-old woman presented with back pain and arm claudication. Severe stenosis of the left proximal subclavian artery was detected incidentally by thorax computed tomography. Doppler ultrasonography and phase contrast magnetic resonance angiography (PCMRA) evaluation revealed par...
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PMID: 21519995
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With the increasing use of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), the number of incidentally detected ventricular septal aneurysms (VSAs) in adults has increased. However, to date, there are not sufficient well-organized data regarding VSAs in adults on MDCT.
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PMID: 21498299
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To estimate the prevalence of incidental pancreatic cysts (IPCs) in asymptomatic patients addressed to magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), and to correlate it with clinical and imaging features.
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PMID: 20473669
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Colorectal cancer is commonly diagnosed in the United State and is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Positron emission tomography has been used for the evaluation and management for patients with colorectal cancer. Frequently, abnormal incidental lesions are detected on positron emission to...
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PMID: 20458476
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Our findings suggest that a simple cholecystectomy is a curative procedure for IMCs of the gallbladder....
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PMID: 21411787
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A 12-year-old, spayed cocker spaniel was presented for panting behavior which had increased over the past several months. A diagnosis of hyperadrenocorticism was made, and ultrasound imaging revealed the presence of a gallbladder mucocele. While often an incidental finding, gallbladder mucoceles can...
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PMID: 21629430
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The authors present a case report of a 52-year-old Hispanic female who presented for a routine dental exam at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Incidental findings of multiple, calcified acne vulgaris lesions were noted in the soft tissues of the cheek that were viewed in the...
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PMID: 21563597
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The case is reported of severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) associated with asymptomatic inferior vena cava (IVC) occlusion, detected incidentally while performing percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV). The patient successfully underwent a single-stage balloon dilatation of the membranous ob...
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PMID: 21560830
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We present the case of an 86-year-old man who developed acute abdomen. Surgery revealed a perforated Meckel's diverticulum. Histology identified a poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma arising in Meckel's diverticulum. We provide a review of the literature....
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PMID: 21376424
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We searched Pubmed for English language articles that examined the relationship of PFO to vascular events. PFOs are highly prevalent in patients with cryptogenic stroke and in patients with migraine, but the incidence of primary and recurrent stroke does not seem to be increased in patients with PFO...
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PMID: 21476380
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We did not close the defect. Although the heart was rotated toward the left pleural cavity in the postoperative chest computed tomography (CT), the postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient has remained asymptomatic for 7 months, since the resection. We reviewed the preoperative chest CT,...
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PMID: 21587133
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We describe 3 cases (2 female and one male) of ectopic sebaceous glands in the esophagus incidentally detected during routine upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic examination. Histopathology diagnoses were supported using immunohistochemestry for AE1/AE3 citokeratins and epithelial membrane antig...
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PMID: 21339017
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We review the problems of the differential diagnosis of notochordal remnants apropos of a case of the incidental autopsy finding of EP in a 78-year-old man, who died due to heart infarction. The 6-mm asymptomatic gelatinous lesion was fixed to the basilar artery on its ventral aspect. Small EPs can...
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PMID: 21574122
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We provide some guidance and practical advice for further investigation and management of the adnexal incidentaloma....
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PMID: 21555262
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We report the diagnosis of a BHD syndrome achieved after incidental radiological finding of a renal tumour in a 24-year old man. The patient also displayed recurrent pneumothoraces and showed to have cysts in the basis of both lungs. The association of recurrent pneumothoraces and renal neoplastic d...
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PMID: 21466061
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The aim of this study was to discuss the diagnosis and determine the optimal thoracoscopic surgical treatment of mediastinal bronchogenic cysts.
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PMID: 21515207
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We describe a case of a 50-year-old female with incidental giant Virchow-Robin spaces in the right hemispheric subcortical white matter with adjacent white matter hyperintense signal intensity on T2-weighted and FLAIR images....
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PMID: 21534209
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Endometriosis is a common condition in women that affects up to 45% of patients in the reproductive age group by causing pelvic pain. It is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity and is rarely found subcutaneously or in abdominal incisions, cau...
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PMID: 21902990
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At the histopathologic examination of neck dissection specimens of the patients who underwent surgical treatment with the diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, tyroid cancer metastases may also be detected in addition to laryngeal cancer metastases. Were retrospectively reviewed the files of 74 patients who...
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PMID: 21762052
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Neonatal cephalhaematoma is commonly seen after a minor birth trauma, e.g. from vacuum-assisted deliveries. It is usually considered benign and resolves spontaneously without any treatment. Considerable parental anxiety may be associated with this condition and thus primary health care professionals...
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PMID: 21485897
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We determined the prevalence and factors associated with incidental findings on CT scans performed to screen for coronary artery calcium (CAC) among HIV-infected men. A clinically significant finding was defined as requiring additional workup or a medical referral. A total of 215 HIV-infected men we...
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PMID: 21195379
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Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare malformation characterized by lung tissue fed by one or several aberrant systemic arteries. The authors present the case of a 35-year-old woman in whom extralobar sequestration was fortuitously detected at the time of persistent pleuropneumopathy. Computed tom...
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PMID: 21167444
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To report the clinical presentation, course, management and associated pathology of DEH seen at the National Orthopaedic Hospital Lagos.
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PMID: 21809611
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We report on a patient with a low-grade phyllodes tumour of the seminal vesicle. The patient was admitted to our hospital with a tumour in the excavatio rectovesicalis diagnosed by CT scan. He had no symptoms. For further diagnosis we took transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsies, the histopathologica...
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PMID: 21082518
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Primary hepatic signet ring cell neuroendocrine tumor is extremely rare and is characterized by distinct intracytoplasmic hyaline vacuoles that are mucin negative and cytokeratin positive. The unique histological features may cause difficulty in diagnosis and delay patient care. Here the authors rep...
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PMID: 20960381
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We report a case of GT that was first detected because of the presence of hemarthrosis of the knee. The patient was an 8-year-old boy who presented with a sudden, painful left knee after outdoor games. Till the first visit to our hospital, he had not been diagnosed with GT despite a history of bleed...
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PMID: 20736850
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We report a 12-year-old boy with osteoblastic osteosarcoma of the right femur. He was started on chemotherapy according to the EURAMOS/COSS 1 protocol. Chemotherapy with doxorubicin/cisplatin resulted in reversible acute renal failure and methotrexate levels were repeatedly elevated. Family history...
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PMID: 20921908
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the blood pool contrast agent gadofosveset for MR angiography (MRA) of the renal vasculature in living kidney donors (LKD).
Of the 28 consecutive potential LKDs (13 men, 15 women; mean age 55.14 years ± 11.97) initially included in this prospective study, 2...
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PMID: 20922646
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This case report describes the incidental finding of a calcified ligamentum arteriosum during post-mortem CT examination. The calcification of the ligament was confirmed at autopsy. Subsequent histological examination revealed the presence of cartilage-like and bone-like tissue as well as extended c...
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PMID: 20822945
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A 64-year-old female patient had been receiving hemodialysis since June 2008. A left adrenal mass, 2.5 cm in diameter, was incidentally found by screening computed tomography at the initiation of hemodialysis. Plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine were increased to 1.21 ng/ml and 4.71 ng/ml, respect...
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PMID: 21063160
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Admission rates and incidental finding categories were similar across the 2 time periods. Implementation of a dedicated incidental finding coordinator resulted in more than a 165% increase in incidental finding capture (n = 802 vs n = 302; P < .001). Patient notification was attempted, and appropria...
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PMID: 20705305
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We report the first case of near serious lingual nerve injury in an 80-y-old female caused by the Rigid GlideScope Stylet. This complication was discovered during oral surgery and may have been missed if the site of surgery was not oral cavity.
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PMID: 21526673
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This article describes several examples where the development of drugs and devices for use in psychiatry followed from initial serendipitous observations. The potential psychotropic properties of chlorpromazine (Thorazine(®)) were first noted in surgical patients when the drug was being investigate...
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PMID: 20873698
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We describe an ovarian gynandroblastoma in a 28 year-old female patient, found accidentally during a cesarean section operation. There is only one reported case in world literature occurring in a pregnant woman. The principal component we found was adult granulose cells, with a microfollicular patte...
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PMID: 21966775
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Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) constitute an emerging clinical entity due to the increased use of abdominal imaging for diagnostic purposes. Most often it consists of benign-nonfunctioning lesions and an increase in size during follow-up is reported in about 9% (0-26%), whereas their functional evolut...
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PMID: 19856259
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Cystic neoplasms (CN) of the pancreas represent 10% of cystic lesions and 1% of pancreatic tumors. Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN), serous cystadenoma (SC) and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) are cystic neoplasms and represent more than 90% of these types of lesion. Few series have bee...
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PMID: 20850905
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Arthroscopy of the osteoarthritic knee is a common and costly practice with limited and specific indications. The extent of osteoarthritis (OA) is determined by joint space narrowing, which is best measured on a weight-bearing radiograph of the knee in 30° or 45° of flexion. The patient older than...
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PMID: 20839687
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Adrenal incidentalomas, i.e. clinically inapparent adrenal mass, are considered to be one of the most frequent tumours in human pathology. They more frequently occur in women, older age, patients with metabolic syndrome and in patients with malignant diseases. The first step in the management is exc...
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PMID: 21137168
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We present a 6-year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis and a limited form of epileptic spasms who had, in addition, two coexisting cerebral cysticercal cysts. The association was an incidental finding, but the cerebral tubers could be mistaken for perilesional edema of cysticercal cysts, especially if...
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PMID: 20697322
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