Patients could provide initial differential diagnoses

Could magnetic resonance provide in vivo histology?

THE DIAGNOSIS OF A SUSPECTED TUMOR LESION FACES TWO BASIC PROBLEMS: detection and identification of the specific type of tumor. Radiological techniques are commonly used for the detection and localization of solid tumors. Prerequisite is a high intrinsic or enhanced contrast between normal and neoplastic tissue. Identification of the tumor type is still based on histological analysis. The resul...

Identifying adaptive differences could provide insight.

SIR — The relevance of race-andintelligence research is obvious. The most troubling feature of the world economy today is not the financial crisis, but the enormous difference in wealth, technological and cultural creativity, technical know-how and social organization between countries. The per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) is 30 times higher in the United States than in most African coun...

Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia--differential diagnoses.

The incarceration of diaphragmatic hernia is very rare. We present a case of a four-year-old girl who developed the incarceration of left-sided diaphragmatic hernia, who, until then, was completely asymptomatic. This incarceration of the hernia represented a surgical emergency presenting as obstructive ileus and a severe respiratory distress which developed from what appeared to be full health....

Diarrhea — Differential Diagnoses and Treatment

Diarrhea — Differential Diagnoses and Treatment