2025
Sacral tumors: a comprehensive review of imaging, diagnostic challenges, and tumor mimics
Adin M, Woolf G, Hegde R, Elsamadicy A, Mendel E, Zucconi W, Pucar D, Aygün N. Sacral tumors: a comprehensive review of imaging, diagnostic challenges, and tumor mimics. Skeletal Radiology 2025, 1-26. PMID: 39821683, DOI: 10.1007/s00256-024-04862-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary tumorTumor mimicsImaging findingsAssessment of response to treatmentGerm cell tumorsEvaluation of systemic diseasesResponse to treatmentInsufficiency fracturesSacral massSecondary tumorsCell tumorsPretreatment evaluationDiagnostic challengeLymphoproliferative diseaseClinical detailsMalignant tumorsPrimary modalitySystemic diseaseEwing sarcomaTumorNotochordal remnantsDevelopmental entityEpidemiological factorsDiagnosisMetastasis
2017
Prevalence, healthcare resource utilization and overall burden of fungal meningitis in the United States
Charalambous LT, Premji A, Tybout C, Hunt A, Cutshaw D, Elsamadicy AA, Yang S, Xie J, Giamberardino C, Pagadala P, Perfect JR, Lad SP. Prevalence, healthcare resource utilization and overall burden of fungal meningitis in the United States. Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2017, 67: 215-227. PMID: 29244019, PMCID: PMC6557145, DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare resource utilizationFungal meningitisCryptococcal meningitisMeningitis patientsTruven Health Analytics MarketScan databaseLong-term morbidityLength of stayLarge longitudinal cohortHealth economic impactCandida meningitisLong followMarketScan databasePrimary diagnosisLongitudinal cohortOverall burdenCandidiasis patientsMeningitisHistoplasmosis patientsMeningitis diagnosisPatientsOriginal diagnosisSingle pathogenPrevalent typeDiagnosisUnited States