background:speech is the most important communication tool and is the smooth product of four systems: respiratory, phonatory, resonatory, and articulatory. currently, a variety of voice disorder occurred because of life style and environmental pollutants. vocal nodule is one of the most prevalent disorders in this category. considering the point that the air required for vocal cords vibration i...

The options for management of submucosal nodules in the small bowel are limited. A 67-year-old woman presented for evaluation after positive findings from fecal immunochemical testing. Colonoscopy showed a 2-cm submucosal nodule in the terminal ileum. Superficial biopsies from the lesion were unrevealing. Over-thescope clip (OTSC)-assisted resection was planned. An OTSC (size 12/6, type gc) was...

We report the integration of the linkage map of tomato chromosome 2 with a high-density bacterial artificial chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization (BAC-FISH)-based cytogenetic map. The euchromatic block of chromosome 2 resides between 13 and 142 cM and has a physical length of 48.12 microm, with 1 microm equivalent to 540 kb. BAC-FISH resolved a pair of loci that were 3.7-3.9 Mb apart a...

Determining the change in the pulmonary nodule size is a critical measurement for cancer diagnosis and therapy evaluation. In this study, an image-processing method that quantifies the nodule volume change based on computed tomography (CT) images is proposed. The proposed method consists of the following four steps: CT image interpolation, pulmonary region segmentation, nodule extraction, and n...

Appearance of a thyroid nodule has become a daily occurrence in clinical practice. Adequate thyroid nodule assessment requires several diagnostic tests and multiple medical appointments, which results in a substantial delay in diagnosis. Implementation of a high-resolution thyroid nodule clinic largely avoids these drawbacks by condensing in a single appointment all tests required for adequate ...

To cite: Soraru J, Cardaci G. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208376 DESCRIPTION An 81-year-old man was investigated for weight loss, fever, deranged liver enzymes and elevated inflammatory markers. CT imaging revealed a lobulated well-defined anterior mediastinal mass (1.7×2.8×3.2 cm) and a further small (1.43×0.59×1.9 cm) subpleural nodule in...

BACKGROUND In lung cancer screening, a nodule management protocol describes nodule assessment and thresholds for nodule size and growth rate to identify patients who require immediate diagnostic evaluation or additional imaging exams. The Netherlands-Leuvens Screening Trial and the National Lung Screening Trial used different selection criteria and nodule management protocols. Several modelling...

Little thief in the skin. Furuncle is a cutaneous infection circunscribed to a pilosebaceous follicle caused by Staphylococcus aureus, a grampositive coccus that grows in clusters and is one of the most common bacterial pathogens. Furuncle is more common in young adults and affects the skin of the neck, face, axillae, thighs and buttocks. The S.aureus infection produces suppuration and abscess ...