NON-FUNCTIONAL PARAGANGLIOMA OF RETROPERITONEUM MIMICKING PANCREATIC MASS WITH CONCURRENT URINARY BLADDER PARAGANGLIOMA: AN EXTREMELY RARE ENTITY

Non-Functional Paraganglioma of Retroperitoneum Mimicking Pancreatic Mass with Concurrent Urinary Bladder Paraganglioma: An Extremely Rare Entity

Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal tumours of the autonomic nervous system, which rarely present as primary retroperitoneal mass mimicking pancreatic malignancy (incidence 2-8 per million populations).Urinary Bladder Paraganglioma are also extremely rare (0.06% of all Bladder Tumour and 6% of Paragangliomas) with most being malignant and high grade t

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Two Cases of Subvesical Bile Duct Injury Detected and Repaired Simultaneously during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Introduction.Subvesical bile duct (SVBD) injury is a secondary major cause of minor bile duct injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).However, this injury is usually not recognized Turkey Tail intraoperatively, but postoperatively.Case Report.Case 1: the patient was an 84-year-old female, preoperatively diagnosed with acute cholecystitis.Dur

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Bridging gaps in COVID-19 vaccine knowledge: Effects of multimodal narratives on message elaboration and recall across science literacy levels

Objective: The study examines the effects of message modalities (visual vs.textual) and rhetorical approaches (narrative vs.expository information) on the elaboration and recall of COVID-19 vaccine information among individuals with diverse levels of science literacy.Methods: We recruited 328 U.S.adults who were not fully vaccinated against COVID-1

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Predicting PTSD development with early post-trauma assessments: a proof-of-concept for a concise tree-based classification method

Background: Approximately 70% of individuals globally experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetimes, potentially leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Understanding the development of PTSD and devising effective prevention and treatment strategies are crucial.This proof-of-concept study aimed to design a concise tree-based ad

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