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A Case Of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis Presenting As A Stroke Mimic, Jonas Salna Iv, James Lee, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
A Case Of Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis Presenting As A Stroke Mimic, Jonas Salna Iv, James Lee, Eric Maddock, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
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Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis (SEL) an excess of normal adipose tissue in the epidural space of the spinal canal, typically becoming symptomatic when cord compression results. First described in 1975 by Lee et al (Lee M, 1975), it is a relatively rare disease. Unfortunately, it is often diagnosed once patients have developed marked symptoms and can have dire complications. Oftentimes SEL is completely asymptomatic, and symptoms on initial presentation are vague. Mostly commonly it presents as worsening chronic back pain (Daniel R. Fassett M.D. M.B.A., 2004) with progressive lower extremity weakness and occasional cauda equina syndrome (Wells AJ, 2014), but this …
Lip Biopsy Trends In The United States: A 7-Year Review Of Medicare Provider Utilization And Payment Database, Nardin Awad, Fady Awad, Amanda Azer
Lip Biopsy Trends In The United States: A 7-Year Review Of Medicare Provider Utilization And Payment Database, Nardin Awad, Fady Awad, Amanda Azer
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Biopsy of the lip is a procedure most used by dermatologists in order to obtain histopathological evaluation of a lesion. It has remained the definitive method of diagnosis for many pathologies, including malignancy. However, although the incidence of lip malignancy has been relatively unchanged since 2012, the number of lip biopsies performed has not followed the same trend, but rather steeply declined since. In this study, the national trends in lip biopsies are evaluated. The Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment (MPUP) database was used to evaluate these practice trends in Medicare providers.
Phyllodes Tumor Containing Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: A Rare Case Description & Review Of Literature, Kathryn Eckert, John Ground, Alyssa Imperatore, Victoria Tiedemann, Linda Szczurek
Phyllodes Tumor Containing Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: A Rare Case Description & Review Of Literature, Kathryn Eckert, John Ground, Alyssa Imperatore, Victoria Tiedemann, Linda Szczurek
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Phyllodes tumors are uncommon, often benign, malignancies of the breast and account for approximately 0.5% of all breast malignancies. These tumors were first described in 1838 by Johannes Muller as cystosarcoma phyllodes and were later more aptly renamed phyllodes tumors (as they were neither cystic nor sarcomatous).(1) As a mixed connective tissue and epithelial tumor, these behave similar to benign fibroadenomas, though their growth is much more rapid and they tend to occur in older patients.(2) Hallmarked by their large size at presentation, these tumors average between 4 and 7 cm at the time of diagnosis. The only known risk …