Diagnostics, Volume 15, Issue 9

Background/Objectives: The surveillance of patients with incidental pulmonary nodules overloads existing respiratory and lung cancer clinics, as well as multidisciplinary team meetings. In our clinical setting, until 2018, we had numerous patients wi...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is typically asymptomatic in its early stages. Diagnosis typically relies on routine fundoscopy for the clinical detection of microvascular abnormalities. However, permanen...

Background/Objectives: This study aims to determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value by comparing ultrasonography and panoramic radiography with the gold standard cone beam computed tomography in...

A 47-year-old woman presented with fever, fatigue, night sweats and inguinal glandular swelling following a tick bite. Weeks of diagnostic uncertainty followed, and a lymph node biopsy was sent to be investigated for tularemia and pathology. An 18F-F...

Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (GGS) is also known as Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS). In the most common manifestation, GGS is diagnosed based on multiple cysts in the jaw bones, namely OKCs (odontogenic keratocysts). Other features might includ...

Background/Objectives: This study evaluates the diagnostic efficacy of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and T1-weighted contrast-enhanced (T1W + C) and T2-weighted (T2W) imaging modalities in differentiating vestibular schwannomas (VSs) and c...

Background and objective: Chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and COPD, pose significant challenges to human health and global healthcare systems. This pioneering study utilises AI analysis and modelling of cough and respiratory sound signal...

Background and Objectives: The accurate discrimination between patients with and without cancer using their cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is crucial for early cancer diagnosis. The end-motifs of cfDNA serve as significant cancer biomarkers, offering compelli...

Background: Severe and difficult-to-control asthma occurs in 3–10% of patients in developed countries. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of the prognostic role of leptin and adiponectin, as well as the leptin receptor gene...

Diagnostic imaging is fundamental in dentistry for disease detection, treatment planning, and outcome assessment. Traditional radiographic methods, such as periapical and panoramic radiographs, along with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), utilize...