Determination of absolute lumen diameters has been shown to be useful in predicting the functional importance of a coronary stenosis. In this study, both single-plane and orthogonal biplane digital subtraction angiograms were obtained in human cadaver coronary arteries. A single absolute diameter was calculated at the site of greatest narrowing in 20 segments by two automated computerized algor...

hemangioma of the ovary is reported in a 66 years old woman. vascular tumors of the female genital tract are rare, especially those of the ovaiy. most cases are discovered incidentally. the case presented here was missed clinically.

results in patients with high breast densities, malignant cases (61.2%) were significantly more in comparison to patients with low breast densities (37.3%) (p= 0.007, or=2.66 95% ci=1.29-5.49). after adjusting for age, density was associated with malignancy in age groups <46 years (p=0.007), and 46-60 years (p=0.024) but not in age group >60yrs (p=0.559). adjusting for menopausal status, densit...

PURPOSE Even with the development of new biopsy methods, diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is sometimes without histological evidence. The aim of our study is to find out the status of pancreatic cancer patients who are diagnosed without pathologic confirm and the prognostic value of pathologic diagnosis. METHODS We identified 52,759 pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients from the Surveillance, Epid...

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BACKGROUND Pathologic subjective halitosis is known as a halitosis complaint without objective confirmation of halitosis by others or by halitometer measurements; it has been reported to be associated with social anxiety disorder. Olfactory reference syndrome is a preoccupation with the false belief that one emits a foul and offensive body odor. Generally, patients with olfactory reference synd...

Corneal Pathologic Responses The normal cornea is clear, and any alteration in clarity signifies pathology. Pathologic changes include corneal vessels, edema, pigment, crystalline deposits, inflammatory cell infiltrates, destruction from degradative enzymes, and scarring. Such changes are usually non-specific and incited by numerous causes. Pathologic responses can occur singularly, but more of...

Four patients are described in whom a follicular carcinoma developed following thyroidectomy for a benign follicular neoplasm. It is possible that the initial thyroid neoplasm was a well- differentiated follicular carcinoma which was microscopically indistinguishable from a benign adenoma. Realizing this pathologic pitfall in thyroid diagnosis, the need for meticulous examination of the pa...

A 42-year-old woman had a change in the character of her migraine headaches. Her usual pattern consisted of throbbing frontoparietal headaches that occurred at biweekly intervals for many years. The new headaches had begun several months before and she described them as “ice pick” headaches occurring three to four times per day in the right frontoparietal region. She also experienced the new on...

The dopamine agonists ropinirole and pramipexole exhibit highly specific affinity for the cerebral dopamine D3 receptor. Use of these medications in Parkinson's disease has been complicated by the emergence of pathologic behavioral patterns such as hypersexuality, pathologic gambling, excessive hobbying, and other circumscribed obsessive-compulsive disorders of impulse control in people having ...