Browsing by Subject "Differential diagnosis"
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Brain metastasis of unknown primary: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma
(2005)The diagnosis of a brain metastasis is usually made during the routine follow up examinations of patients with known cancer, who are under the care of oncology departments. The involvement of the neurosurgeon depends on ...
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Clinical expression of autoimmune hepatitis in a Nine-Year-Old Girl with visceral leishmaniasis
(2011)Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic disease of unknown aetiology, which usually progresses to cirrhosis if not diagnosed and treated promptly. In childhood, autoimmune hepatitis prevalently presents with non-specific ...
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Clinicopathological study of metallothionein immunohistochemical expression, in benign, borderline and malignant ovarian epithelial tumors
(2006)Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of cystein-rich metal-binding proteins, which are expressed in normal cells during fetal and postnatal life but also in a variety of human neoplasms. MT expression in human tumors has ...
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Endobronchial metastases secondary to solid tumors: Report of eight cases and review of the literature
(2000)Endobronchial metastases (EBM) secondaries to extrapulmonary solid malignant tumors are rare. Breast, colon and renal adenocarcinomas are the most frequent tumors associated with EBM. Since 1990 we have treated eight ...
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Inflammatory prostate cancer: An underestimated paraneoplastic clinical manifestation
(2005)Purpose: To identify the incidence of prostate cancer associated-systemic inflammatory syndrome (SIS), and to characterize further this entity, we searched our database as well as the medical literature. Methods: We ...
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Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema: An unusual and serious complication of anticancer therapy
(2001)Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema (NCPE) is a rare and less well-recognizable pulmonotoxic syndrome of anticancer therapy than pneumonitis/fibrosis. NCPE is a clinical syndrome characterized by simultaneous presence of severe ...
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Radiopharmaceuticals in neurological and psychiatric disorders
(2008)The development of functional brain nuclear medicine techniques and their application in the investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders, have contributed significantly in the illumination of the underlying pathophysiological ...