A 62 year-old Hispanic female presented to the oncology clinic with a right chest wall nodule. She had a past medical history of left-sided breast cancer, diagnosed 37 years prior and treated with left mastectomy and chemotherapy...
Around 20% of all colorectal cancer (CRC) patients initially present with metastatic disease [1]. CRC brain metastases are registered in less than 3% of the patients and almost always in late-stage disease [2], with the most common sites of metastasis being temporal, parietal and occipital lobe (62%)...
Diaphragmatic hernias occur most frequently in adults at the site of the esophageal hiatus, less frequently as a traumatic or iatrogenic lesion, and rarely through a previously undiagnosed congenital posterolateral (Bochdalek) or substernal (Morgagni) defect...
While the incidence of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) production outside of the pituitary gland is estimated to be 10% in patients with Cushing's syndrome, [1] the rate of ectopic ACTH from non-adrenal sites of origin is 3% and less than 1% for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) in particular...
Melioidosis is a soil associated bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gramnegative bacillus [1]. It is endemic in tropical and sub tropical zones of South East Asia and northern Australia...
The most common cause of lower back pain with or without radiculopathy are intervertebral disc protrusions or prolapses. Nevertheless, the differential diagnosis can be sometimes problematic including tumors like neurinomas, ependymomas or menigiomas, hematomas, epidural empyemas, synovial cysts or vascular malformations.
Peer review is an essential process in any publications refereeing a mutual process that allows evaluating manuscripts submitted to a journal and commented upon by independent research experts within the similar field of research...
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Plagiarism is a part of Journalistic ethic where it is considered to be a crime. The act of taking content, writing, statement or an idea that is already published is known as plagiarism. Whenever you consider using any paraphrase, sum up, or take terms, phrases, sentences or statements...