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Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9359.jot-22-4303
Seyed Morteza BagheriCorresponding author
Background Doppler ultrasonography can evaluate vascular and renal parenchymal disorders. In this study, color Doppler patterns in transplanted kidneys were compared with histological diagnosis to develop diagnostic models for transplanted kidney failure. Method 45 kidney transplant patients partici…
Oct 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-2371.jslr-18-2213
Meriam SabbahCorresponding author
Department of gastroenterology, Habib Thameur Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Introduction: Granulomas in gastric biopsy specimens are extremely rare. The final diagnosis of granulomatous gastritis is based on morphological findings, clinical and laboratory data. The aim of our study is to evaluate the clinical fields and to determine the etiology of gastric granulomatosis in…
Aug 2017
Vahudin ZugorCorresponding author
Purpose: To show the increased necessity of routine prostate biopsy in men older than 75 years and to identify markers, which reliably indicate the presence of a prostate cancer (PCa), we evaluate several different parameters from elderly patients. Methods: 196 patients over 75 years were included i…
May 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-17-1465
Saeideh BazzazianCorresponding author
Objectives: The present study investigated biopsychosocial predictors (HbA1c, self-efficacy, and social support) of self-management and health-related quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: 160 adults referred to the Iranian Diabetes Society participated in this study. Partici…
Jun 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-4721.ijcm-26-6039
Nidhi RaoCorresponding author
Background Mucormycosis is a rapidly progressive invasive fungal infection associated with high mortality in patients with hematological malignancies such as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(ALL). Early diagnosis is challenging because clinical and radiological findings are often nonspecific, and tissue…
May 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2572-3030.jcgb-26-6307
Arne-C. FaisstCorresponding author
The development of tumor biomarkers derived from blood, or its components, has become pivotal in advancing early cancer diagnosis. Malignant transformations induce cancer-specific alterations in the transcriptome, proteome, and secretome of tumor cells. Recent studies highlighted similar alterations…
Sep 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4488.jna-24-5219
Kelly V. LiangCorresponding author
Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is due to autoantibodies to phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R Ab). It is unclear whether COVID-19 vaccines can trigger flares of glomerular diseases such as primary MN. There have been increasing reports of glomerular diseases presenting or flaring after receipt of…
Mar 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2694-1201.jsn-22-4184
Adel EkladiousCorresponding author
Sarcoidosis is granulomatous autoinflammatory autoimmune remitting relapsing disease affecting every organ in the body, it is the most difficult disease to diagnose in the absence of serum or imaging biomarker. Differential diagnosis is broad which included inflammatory, infective, neurodegenerative…
Mar 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2997-2108.jcc-20-3675
Zheng YuanCorresponding author
Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune-mediated blistering disease. Cervical involvement is rare. A 38 year old nulliparous woman with PV on oral prednisolone and azathioprine was referred to the Gynaecology service for an abnormal cervical cytological smear showing low-grade squamous intraepithelial l…
Aug 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-23-4679
Tomiko RyuCorresponding author
Vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co V-2) has contributed to control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On the other side, vaccination of SARS-CoV-2 could trigger autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We present a 50-year-old female with well-controlle…
Mar 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-23-4506
Anu PartanenCorresponding author
Limited data exist on the mechanisms promoting clonal expression of BCR-ABL1 cells in various myeloproliferative disorders. We present a patient whose Janus Kinase (JAK) 2 V617F-negative idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) transformed to Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A 55-year-old…
Apr 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-22-4123
Vladimir ZaichickCorresponding author
Background Thyroid benign (TBN) and malignant (TMN) nodules are a common thyroid lesion. The differentiation of TMN often remains a clinical challenge and further improvements of TMN diagnostic accuracy are warranted. The aim of present study was to evaluate possibilities of using differences in tra…
Apr 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-22-4133
Xin QingCorresponding author
Background Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are diseases of different lineages. The diagnosis of both MGUS and CML in the same patient is a rare occurrence and has not been reported in much literature. Case Presentation We describe a 56-yea…
Mar 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-22-4097
Julian Iñaki L. GarciaCorresponding author
Malignant melanoma the most common malignancies associated with GI involvement. They usually manifest clinically at an advanced stage of neoplasm. Surgery is also recommended for palliative treatment of GIT metastases. A case of a 67-year-old male diagnosed with malignant melanoma for 7 months had b…
Mar 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-22-4096
Julian Iñaki L. GarciaCorresponding author
Introduction Benign duodenocolic fistula (DCF), also known as a non-malignant fistula between the duodenum and colon, with or without cecum-involvement, is an unusual complication of different gastrointestinal (GI) diseases 12. Case This is a case of a 28-year-old Filipino female who presented with…
Nov 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-21-4016
Jibin C. AlabadoCorresponding author
Malignant transformation of peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) may develop from a plexiform type of Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) or previously irradiated areas. Generally, MPNSTs occur in about 2% to 5% of neurofibromatosis patients. In this paper, we present a 58-year-old male patient with neurofib…
Jul 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-20-3559
Adesoji AdetonaCorresponding author
Background Male Infertility accounts for 30-40% of all cases of infertility and its evaluation requires a good history, thorough physical examination, and several investigations to include testicular biopsy which might be used to further categorize infertile males for proper management and prognosti…
Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-21-3801
Xin QingCorresponding author
Lennert lymphoma (lymphoepitheloid lymphoma) is an extremely rare variant of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified. Here we report a case of Lennert lymphoma diagnosed in a 57-year-old woman. She had a three-year history of waxing and waning lymphadenopathy with a rapid increase in siz…
Feb 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-21-3733
Xin QingCorresponding author
Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a recently recognized type of T-cell lymphoma that can develop following breast implants, with morphologic and immunophenotypic features indistinguishable from those of ALK-negative ALCL. Here we report a case of a 58-year-old woman…
Sep 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-20-3552
Xin QingCorresponding author
Plasma cell neoplasms of the thyroid gland are uncommon. They may occur either as a primary extraosseous (extramedullary) plasmacytoma or as secondary involvement by multiple myeloma (MM). Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old female, presenting with goiter and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, in whom t…