We have read with interest the publication by Medina Fernández et al. about resection margins in conservative surgery for breast cancer. The paper is a synopsis of the problem posed in conservative breast surgery and the presence of positive margins in between 20 and 40% of surgical specimens that are removed. This confirms that our objective should be to achieve free resection margins and abse...

Abstract Purpose The aim of this mini-review is to discuss the possible role radioguided surgery in brain tumours and, particular, gliomas. Methods A research PubMed/Medline database was carried out identify relevant studies evaluating tumours. Results Radioguided results using gamma (γ)-emitting tracers and γ-detection probes were summarised. Most importantly, review included preliminary findi...

BACKGROUND To investigate intravitreal treatment efficiencies in patients suffering from exudative ARMD with a BCVA ≤ 0.05. METHODS Retrospective analysis: Analysis parameters were lesion type, BCVA at baseline and at follow-up, the intravitreal drug used, and its application frequency. Patients were divided into: 1) following injections of bevacizumab, triamcinolone, their combination, or ra...

Occult breast cancer is a type of breast cancer without any symptoms on the breasts or any abnormalities upon radiologic examination such as mammography. In males, there are few cases of breast cancer, the rate of diagnosis of occult breast cancer is very low, and little is known about this disease. We experienced two cases of occult breast cancers manifesting as axillary lymph node metastasis ...

Recent activation and electrophysiological studies have demonstrated that sound recognition and localization are processed in two distinct cortical networks that are each present in both hemispheres. Sound recognition and/or localization may be, however, disrupted by purely unilateral damage, suggesting that processing within one hemisphere may not be sufficient or may be disturbed by the contr...

Recent activation and electrophysiological studies have demonstrated that sound recognition and localization are processed in two distinct cortical networks that are each present in both hemispheres. Sound recognition and/or localization may be, however, disrupted by purely unilateral damage, suggesting that processing within one hemisphere may not be sufficient or may be disturbed by the contr...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to establish the clinical efficacy of the "low sestamibi dose" (LSD) protocol to perform thyroid and parathyroid radioguided surgery in a large series of patients homogeneously studied and operated on by the same surgeon. The LSD protocol was initially developed in our center to cure primary hyperparathyroid (PHPT) patients with a high likelihood of a solitary ...

An 80-year-old woman presented with recurrent occult gastrointestinal bleeding requiring blood transfusions. She underwent endoscopy and colonoscopy that failed to identify the cause of bleeding. An enteroscopy revealed duodenal arteriovenous malformation that was cauterized. However, anemia and occult gastrointestinal bleeding recurred. A repeat enteroscopy was negative. A wireless capsule end...