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Carotid ultrasound is an important tool for evaluating the presence and extent of atherosclerotic plaques. Atherosclerotic plaques play a crucial role in assessing cardiovascular risk and can be particularly helpful...
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, also called degenerative arthritis in the past. Osteoarthritis mainly affects various joints, including the finger joints and knee joints. As Korea enters...
Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of the thyroid, accounting for over 85% of thyroid cancers. Among its more than 15 subtypes, diffuse sclerosing subtype papillary thyroid...
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare, low to intermediate grade malignant vascular tumor. A 62-year-old woman visited our hospital with abdominal discomfort for 3 months. Abdominal ultrasound showed two homogeneous hypoechoic...
A 42-year-old female patient was found to have a lesion that appeared to be ascites during a trans-abdominal ultrasound at a local healthcare center as part of a routine health...
Gallbladder tumors are rare but aggressive malignancies, often identified incidentally after cholecystectomy. Adenocarcinoma is the most common phenotype, though squamous cell carcinoma is rare, and it ranged as 1–4% of...
Chronic liver diseases (CLD) are a major global health issue, with liver fibrosis progression and cirrhosis as critical determinants of prognosis and treatment strategy. Historically, liver biopsy has been the...