Diagnostic Challenge
Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor: A Diagnostic Challenge
... CCOT is a rare condition with diverse clinical, histological and radiographic forms. Since its inception it has been a diagnostic challenge and has given rise to various terminologies and classifications to ...
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Fibroadenoma/benign phyllodes: a cytologic diagnostic challenge
... fine needle aspiration is a diagnostic challenge due to morphological diversities and overlapping features of these lesions. Since a preoperative categorization of phyllodes tumor is crucial for their ...
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The diagnostic challenge of very early-onset enterocolitis in an infant with XIAP deficiency
... We highlight the diagnostic challenge of VEO-IBD, with particular reference to possible monogenic defects of im- munity. High-throughput genetic analysis can offer valu- able option to cope with ...
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Spinal Schwannoma with Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Diagnostic Challenge
... Our patient presented a diagnostic challenge in clinical presentation of SAH without spinal symp- toms. Conventional cerebral angiography is the method of choice to diagnose arterial aneurysm, the most ...
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis as Imitator of Skin Diseases and a Diagnostic Challenge
... Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) usually has a well clinical pres- entation that rarely confused with other dermatological diseases, but when it presents with atypical picture, it may be a diagnostic ...
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Kimura’s Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
... The mass enlarged painlessly during the next 6 months, neces- sitating readmission to the hospital in July 2001 for additional diagnostic evaluation. A repeat CT scan of the neck with contrast showed an increase ...
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Diagnostic challenge in a patient with nephropathic juvenile cystinosis: a case report
... Corneal cystine crystals were found when he was 12 years old, and he was diagnosed with cystinosis by high free cystine content in granulocytes (6.36 nmol half-cystine/mg protein, normal[r] ...
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BELHASSEN VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA - A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE IN EMERGENCY ROOM: CASE REPORT
... As these two diagnoses accounted for almost 95% of total patients with WCTs, the main workup during presentation would be to differentiate them. Differentiating these two entities has important diagnostic and ...
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Sporadic fatal insomnia in a young woman: A diagnostic challenge: Case Report
... As seen in the present case, the hematoxylin- eosin staining of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus also shows severe neuronal loss in a fatal familial insomnia (FFI) control case. The arro[r] ...
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Necrotizing fasciitis in a young patient with acute myeloid leukemia – a diagnostic challenge
... type II NF presents as a monomicrobial bacterial infec- tion most commonly caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococci. In most cases, the clinical findings are inad- equate pain (“pain out of proportion”) regarding the ...
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Aspiration of a dental bridge: a diagnostic challenge
... flexible bronchoscope would result in significant impair- ment of gas exchange, flexible bronchoscopy is contrain- dicated. We used the optical fiber bronchoscopy to con- firm, localize, and visualize the foreign body in ...
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Spontaneous intramyometrial pregnancy mimicking an intramural myoma: a diagnostic challenge
... A 24-year-old woman with a history of spontaneous abor- tion without dilatation–curettage was referred as an emer- gency case to our department with acute pelvic pain and suspected ectopic pregnancy. Vaginal examination ...
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Original Article Sarcomatoid variant of anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a diagnostic challenge
... ear in sarcomatoid variant of ALCL. Three cases were positive for vimentin, 1 case was positive for actin, and our case was partially positive for a-SMA and CD68. If the diagnostic idea is lim- ited and the number ...
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Generalized Lymphadenopathy as the First Presentation of Granulocytic Sarcoma: A Diagnostic Challenge
... In a study done by Meis et al., 16 patients were diagnosed with granulocytic sarcoma without evidence of acute leukemia; twelve of these cases (75%) were initially labeled as large cell [r] ...
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Angiosarcoma of Breast in Young Female: A Diagnostic Challenge to Radiologist
... Unlike most of the other malignant breast lesions, angiosarcoma does not show angular margins and posterior shadowing. On color Doppler ultrasound, they show increased vascularity within the lesions with multiple ...
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Pediatric Hemophagocytic Syndromes: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge
... nose the genetic forms of HS. About 30% of FHL cases result from a perforin defect, which can be rapidly identified by immunofluorescence analy- sis of perforin expression in resting cytotoxic cells. In fact, the great ...
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From the diagnosis to the therapeutic management: cerebral fat embolism, a clinical challenge
... a diagnostic challenge, above all when secondary to uncommon nontraumatic causes, because neurological signs and symptoms are variable and nonspecific, not satisfying the Gurd and Wil- son’s criteria, the ...
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Case of Adult-Onset Still’s Disease in 65-year-old man
... Valesini, “Presentation and diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease: The implications of current and emerging markers in overcoming the diagnostic challenge,” Expert Review of Clinical [r] ...
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A Rare Intradural Extramedullary Calcifying Pseudoneoplasm of the Spine Presenting with Radiculopathy
... Spinal CPNs are rare, benign lesions that may present with nonspecific clinical findings such as radiculopathy or myelopathy. These lesions pose a diagnostic challenge by mimicking more common lesions of ...
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Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Zygoma
... Extra pulmonary tuberculosis of midfacial bones is extremely rare. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis can be a diagnostic challenge, especially the extra pulmonary Tuberculosis of head and neck region ...
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