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MIXED MEDULLARY-PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA ASSOCIATED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER: A CASE REPORT
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Adrenal extramedullary hematopoiesis in patients with β-thalassemia
No full textTwo unusual cases of adrenal masses referable to extramedullary hematopoiesis observed in the last 7 years in patients with β-thalassemia are reported. An ultrasonography pointed hypoehoic dyshomogeneous adrenal mass, with a maximum diameter respectively of 8 and 7 cm. TC and RMN didn't reach a precise diagnosis of nature. Percutaneous fine-needle biopsy was not diagnostic in the first case, while it has not been performed for refusal of the patient in the second case. The surgical intervention was enucleation in the first case, while in the second case only an incisional biopsy has been performed. Both patients are alive and in good health at 79 and 12 months. It is suggested that, in presence of an adrenal incidentaloma, even though diagnostic elements suspicious for malignancy are present, the anamnestic element of chronic anemia, in any case, should lead to a preoperative cytologic or histological diagnosis so as to avoid an otherwise unnecessary exploratory laparotomy
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The influence of age on the predictive value of appropriateness ASGE criteria for upper digestive endoscopy
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ERITROPOIESI EXTRAMIDOLLARE SURRENALICA IN PAZIENTI CON -TALASSEMIA. DESCRIZIONE DI DUE CASI CLINICI
No full textTwo unusual cases of adrenal masses referable to extramedullary hematopoiesis observed in the last 7 years in patients with ß-thalassemia are reported. An ultrasonography pointed out hypoechoic dyshomogeneous adrenal mass, with a maximum diameter respectively of 8 and 7 cm. TC and RMN didn't reach a precise diagnosis of nature. Percutaneous fine-needle biopsy was not diagnostic in the first case, while it has not been performed for refusal of the patient in the second case. The surgical intervention was enucleation in the first case, while in the second case only an incisional biopsy has been performed. Both patients are alive and in good health at 79 and 12 months. It is suggested that, in presence of an adrenal incidentaloma, even though diagnostic elements suspicious for malignancy are present, the anamnestic element of chronic anemia, in any case, should lead to a preoperative cytologic or histological diagnosis so as to avoid an otherwise unnecessary exploratory laparotomy
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