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The unexpected finding of a pulmonary nodule in an asymptomatic patient is a common clinical event. This paper examines the case of a 64-year-old woman who was discovered to have a small pulmonary nodule on routine examination. Differential diagnosis, modes of examination, and pathological findings

Bronchogenic cyst is a result of abnormal development of the ventral foregut presents as a discrete mass. Most commonly, it is appeared in the middle mediastinum and rarely is seen in adults. We report a 35-year-old woman who was asymptomatic and incidentally was found with a mass in chest

Isolated noncompaction of the left ventricle (LV) is a rare disorder, classified as a primary genetic cardiomyopathy by the American Heart Association. The European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases classified LV noncompaction as an unclassified cardiomyopathy. LV noncompaction cardiomyopathy characterized by the following features: 1) an altered myocardial wall with prominent trabeculae and deep intertrabecular recesses resulting in thickened myocardium with two layers, consisting of compacted and noncompacted myocardium and 2) continuity between the left ventricular cavity and the deep intertrabecular recesses, which are filled with blood from the ventricular cavity, without evidence of communication with the epicardial coronary artery system. Features of LV noncompaction can overlap with dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (especially the apical variant), and restrictive cardiomyopathy. The phenotypic expression can vary considerably within the same family. The LV noncompaction can rarely occur as a transient phenomenon during myocarditis. We present the case of a 23-year-old patient, admitted to our Department for cardiac evaluation because of ECG changes and cardiac enlargement revealed at thoracic radiography. She had a history of chronic toxoplasmosis. An echocardiography was performed revealing left ventricular enlargement with severe systolic and diastolic dysfunction, diffuse hypokinesia and signs of isolated left ventricular non-compaction. Under these circumstances, we have considered the presence of isolated left ventricular non-compaction. A cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging was performed and it sustained the diagnosis. The alternative cause of

of bleeding in FXI deficiency cases is variable and seems to poorly correlate with plasma FXI levels. The molecular pathology of FXI deficiency is mutation in the F11 gene on the chromosome band 4q35. We report a novel mutation of the F11 gene in an 18-year-old asymptomatic Korean woman with mild FXI

An asymptomatic 76-year-old woman with a prior history of mitral annular calcification underwent a transthoracic echocardiographic examination for evaluation. Her risk factor for atherothrombotic disease

By the routine use of abdominal sonography in screening of pregnant women, the identification of asymptomatic adnexal masses became a more common problem. When an ovarian mass was discovered in a pregnant woman, the decision

Many women see their general practitioner for ‘well woman ’ checks, which often include Pap tests and a pelvic examination. A recent review of the evidence revealed pelvic examination in asymptomatic women is not a valid screening test, particularly with regard to ovarian cancer screening. Method

Abstact: Congenital absence or agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) may be clinically asymptomatic or may be an incidental finding discovered at autopsy or on neuroimaging. The presence of ACC in patients with schizophrenia is rarely reported. A case of a young woman with ACC and schizophrenia

ng gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach that al er g. ve on g 5 as lt, identified clinically because they cause symptoms; but most GISTs are asymptomatic and discovered inciden-Our hepatobiliary surgery outpatient department accepted a 66-year-old woman, who presented with a