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Life Under the Microscope: Derm101 Case: Basal Cell Carcinoma, Nodular

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Life Under the Microscope. Saturday, July 12, 2008. Derm101 Case: Basal Cell Carcinoma, Nodular. Criteria for diagnosis clinically:. A pink papule with a hint of a violaceous cast, whose mostly shiny, smooth surface is traversed by telangiectases and whose border is scalloped subtly, represents a nodular type of basal-cell carcinoma. Criteria for diagnosis histopathologically:. Options for therapy predicated on knowledge of histopathologic findings:. A carcinoma such as this one must be removed in its en...

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Life Under the Microscope: Intermethod Differences in Results for Total PSA, Free PSA, and Percentage of Free PSA

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Life Under the Microscope. Friday, July 04, 2008. Intermethod Differences in Results for Total PSA, Free PSA, and Percentage of Free PSA. Method comparison studies were conducted using the ARCHITECT i2000SR as the comparison method because it has been demonstrated that this method is equimolar and well standardized to the WHO PSA standard for measuring tPSA and fPSA concentrations.[16,17] Passing-Bablok analysis was performed using Analyse-It, version 1.71 (Analyse-It Software, Leeds, England)&#4...Wilco...

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Life Under the Microscope: 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008

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Life Under the Microscope. Friday, May 09, 2008. Anti-HBc Alone" Reflects Occult Hepatitis B Infection. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 29 - Serum antibodies to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti-HBc) in isolation may serve as a marker of occult infection with HBV, according to a report in the April issue of the Journal of Medical Virology. Four percent of the sera with anti-HBc alone contained HBV genomes, the researchers note, including 5.9% of those without HCV antibodies, 3.2% of drug u...This ...

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Life Under the Microscope: Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio Prognostic in MI Patients by Megan Rauscher

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Life Under the Microscope. Friday, May 09, 2008. Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio Prognostic in MI Patients by Megan Rauscher. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 29 - Results of a study establish that neutrophilia and lymphopenia, expressed as a high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (N/L), are strongly related to long-term mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The mortality rate during follow up in the first quintile of N/L-max was 6.4%. The highest mortality rates...This ...

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Life Under the Microscope: 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008

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Life Under the Microscope. Sunday, March 23, 2008. Fleshy Lesions on a 32-Year-Old Woman. A 32-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with several flesh-colored papules on her face, trunk, and upper extremities. Rare complications of NF1 include renal arterial stenosis and pheochromocytoma, either of which can present with hypertension. Saturday, March 22, 2008. Guidelines Issued for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer. News Author: Laurie Barclay, MDCME. Author: Penny Murata, MD.

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Life Under the Microscope: 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008

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Life Under the Microscope. Friday, August 08, 2008. Metastatic carcinoma from the bladder. Metastatic carcinoma from the bladder. Criteria for diagnosis clinically:. Violaceous papules, but mostly plaques of shapes bizarre, they being geometric and largely polycyclic, are changes that in this instance are those of metastases from carcinoma of the bladder. The attributes clinical are so unusual that no differential diagnosis meaningful can be generated. Criteria for diagnosis histopathologically:. Sad to ...

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Life Under the Microscope: "Anti-HBc Alone" Reflects Occult Hepatitis B Infection

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Life Under the Microscope. Friday, May 09, 2008. Anti-HBc Alone" Reflects Occult Hepatitis B Infection. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 29 - Serum antibodies to hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti-HBc) in isolation may serve as a marker of occult infection with HBV, according to a report in the April issue of the Journal of Medical Virology. Four percent of the sera with anti-HBc alone contained HBV genomes, the researchers note, including 5.9% of those without HCV antibodies, 3.2% of drug u...This ...

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Life Under the Microscope: 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008

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Life Under the Microscope. Thursday, February 07, 2008. NT-ProBNP Level Best Prognostic Indicator for Advanced Heart Failure. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jan 29 - New research indicates that the plasma level of NT-proBNP is a better prognostic indictor than the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimated with standard equations in patients with advanced heart failure. During follow-up, 40 patients died, 4 required urgent cardiac transplantation, and another 29 underwent non-urgent transplantation. The curre...

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Life Under the Microscope: 07/01/2008 - 08/01/2008

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Life Under the Microscope. Monday, July 14, 2008. 50 y/o male with duodenal polyp. Hyperplastic polyp of gastric metaplasia / gastric heterotopia. Extensive gastric heterotopia of the small intestine resulting in massive gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel perforation, and death: report of a case and review of the literature. Pyloric gland-type adenoma' arising in heterotopic gastric mucosa of the duodenum, with dysplastic progression of the gastric type. Dig Liver Dis 2002;34:16. Saturday, July 12, 2008.