Browsing by Subject "bone marrow biopsy"
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Ascites in a patient with episodic angio-oedema and eosinophilia: Thinking outside the box
(2017)Episodic angio-oedema with eosinophilia (EAE) or Gleich's syndrome is a rare condition characterised by recurrent episodes of oedema and eosinophilia, accompanied by urticaria, fever and weight gain. The presence of ascites ... -
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FIP1L1-PDGFRA molecular analysis in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilia
(2009)Background: Primary eosinophlia associated with the FIP1L1-PDGFRA rearrangement represents a subset of chronic eosinophilic leukaemia (CEL) and affected patients are very sensitive to imatinib treatment. This study was ... -
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis diagnosed by bone marrow trephine biopsy in living post-COVID-19 patients: case report and mini-review
(2022)Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) constitutes a life-threatening inflammatory syndrome. Postmortem histological findings of bone marrow (BM) from COVID-19 patients showed histiocytosis and hemophagocytosis and ... -
Immunoglobulin genes in multiple myeloma: Expressed and non-expressed repertoires, heavy and light chain pairings and somatic mutation patterns in a series of 101 cases
(2006)Background and Objectives. The available data on the immunoglobulin gene (IG) repertoire in multiple myeloma (MM) derive mainly from heavy chains; considerably less is known about light chains. We assessed in parallel IGH ... -
Immunohistochemicall expression of the p53, p21/Waf-1, Rb, p16 and Ki67 proteins in multiple myeloma
(2000)The aim of this study was to investigate the immunohistochemical expression of the proteins p53, Waf-l/p21, Rb, p16 and Ki67 in 38 cases of multiple myelomas (MM) and 4 cases of solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas in ... -
Leptospirosis and pancytopenia: Two case reports and review of the literature
(2005)Besides the classical manifestations, leptospirosis may rarely occur with erythroid hypoplasia and/or pancytopenia. In this study, we reported two cases of leptospirosis presented with pancytopenia as the prevailing ... -
A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes
(2017)Spondylodiscitis, the inflammation of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk space, is the reason for low back pain in a minority of cases. This is caused by various pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is ... -
Miliary tuberculosis with no pulmonary involvement in myelodysplastic syndromes: A curable, yet rarely diagnosed, disease: Case report and review of the literature
(2008)Background: Although tuberculosis is not uncommon among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), only a few reports of such patients suffering from miliary tuberculosis (MT) exist. MT often presents as a fever of ... -
Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in Greek cats
(2018)Infectious diseases have been increasingly recognized in cats worldwide. The objective of this study was the molecular investigation of the prevalence of selected pathogens in healthy and sick cats from Greece, a country ... -
Multiple autoimmune propensity and B-Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Cause or effect?
(2011)We report a case of multiple autoimmunity consisting of the presence of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA), antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs), and antiphospholipid antibodies (APLAbs) as the presenting manifestations ... -
Play and medical play in teaching pre-school children to cope with medical procedures involving needles: A systematic review
(2021)Aim: Most toddlers experience pain and distress during doctor or dental visits. Aim of this systematic review was to investigate the role of play-based interventions in pain and fear or distress management in pre-school ... -
Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia and high smooth-muscle autoantibody titers with specificity against filamentous actin: consider visceral leishmaniasis, not just autoimmune hepatitis
(2009)Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains a public health problem in most countries bordering the Mediterranean basin. Its diagnosis is challenging and often delayed, as the main clinical picture is often indistinguishable from ... -
Steroid-responsive neutropenia in a cat with progressive feline leukemia virus infection
(2020)An 8-month-old female domestic shorthair cat was presented to the Animal Medical Center with anorexia, lethargy, and mild gastrointestinal signs. A CBC revealed a profound neutropenia, and serologic testing with an in-house ... -
Tuberculous disseminated lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent non-HIV patient: A case report
(2009)Introduction. In cases of patients with disseminated lymphadenopathy, the differential diagnosis has to include both benign and malignant causes, including sarcoidosis, metastatic disease, lymphoma and, although rarely ... -
Α 57-Year-Old Woman With ARDS, Cachexia, and a 2-Month Fever
(2019)Case Presentation: A 57-year-old homemaker and rural inhabitant of Central Greece (ex-smoker, 25 pack-years), was admitted to the ICU because of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with diffuse bilateral alveolar infiltrates. ...