2025
Decoding Erdheim–Chester Disease: a Pictorial Essay of the Radiologic and Pathologic Findings, and its Main Differential Diagnoses
de Oliveira Santo I, Lerner G, Rubinowitz A, Fadel S, Chen M, Mojibian H, Mathur M. Decoding Erdheim–Chester Disease: a Pictorial Essay of the Radiologic and Pathologic Findings, and its Main Differential Diagnoses. Clinical Radiology 2025, 85: 106873. PMID: 40215805, DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2025.106873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErdheim-Chester diseaseManagement of Erdheim–Chester diseaseEvaluate disease extentMolecular mutation analysisClonal myeloid neoplasmsMonitoring Treatment ResponsePotential diagnostic pitfallsModern treatment strategiesPictorial essayDecades of lifeAffected organ systemsCentral nervous systemUnder-recognised conditionNonspecific presentationMyeloid neoplasmsDiagnostic suspicionDisease extentRadiological findingsTargeted therapyFoamy histiocytesClinical featuresPI3K-Akt pathwayDiagnostic pitfallsHistiocytic neoplasmsImaging findings
2015
Emergency physician focused cardiac ultrasound improves diagnosis of ascending aortic dissection
Pare JR, Liu R, Moore CL, Sherban T, Kelleher MS, Thomas S, Taylor RA. Emergency physician focused cardiac ultrasound improves diagnosis of ascending aortic dissection. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 34: 486-492. PMID: 26782795, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionAutopsyDiagnostic ErrorsEchocardiography, TransesophagealEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency MedicineFemaleHumansMaleMedical RecordsMiddle AgedMulti-Institutional SystemsMulticenter Studies as TopicOutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsAortic dissectionCardiac ultrasoundEmergency departmentEmergency physiciansAscending aortic dissectionPrimary outcome measureFocus groupsNonspecific presentationED visitsSecondary outcomesAortic dilationMedian timeRetrospective reviewResuscitate statusMedical recordsThoracic aortaDeadly diagnosisOutcome measuresAutopsy reportsPatientsMisdiagnosis rateDissectionUltrasoundMortalityPhysicians
2014
Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of Anorectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients
Hicks CW, Pappou EP, Magruder JT, Gazer B, Fang S, Wick EC, Gearhart SL, Ahuja N, Efron JE. Clinicopathologic Presentation and Natural History of Anorectal Melanoma: A Case Series of 18 Patients. JAMA Surgery 2014, 149: 608-611. PMID: 24848283, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnorectal melanomaOverall disease-specific mortalityNatural historyDisease-specific mortalityDisease-specific survivalNonspecific presenting symptomsWide local excisionRare malignant neoplasmVariable natural historyNonspecific presentationPresenting symptomAbdominoperineal resectionLocal excisionCase seriesMedian timeSurgical managementRectal lesionsMalignant neoplasmsPrognostic parametersClinicopathologic presentationLate diagnosisAdvanced stageIncorrect diagnosisSmall lesionsLarger study
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