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The patient was a 60-year-old woman. She was diagnosed with hypertension, symptomatic epilepsy, renal failure, and cerebral infarction. During follow-up, she was found to have a mass in her left breast and was referred to our department. An irregular mass measuring 5 cm in diameter was palpated in the C region of the left breast. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes, thought to be metastases, were also palpated in the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. A needle biopsy revealed invasive ductal carcinoma, ER positive, PgR positive, HER2 negative, Ki-67 12%. A systemic examination revealed bone metastasis. Surgery was not possible due to comorbidities, so fulvestrant(500 mg/month)+denosumab(120 mg/month)was started. Furthermore, as the tumor markers were elevated, abemaciclib(300 mg/day)was added, which resulted in a decrease in the tumor markers. After 1 month of administration, grade 3 neutropenia was observed, so the dosage was reduced to 200 mg/day. During the course of treatment, the tumor markers rose again, so the dose was increased to 250 mg/day, which resulted in a decrease in the tumor markers and good tolerability. At present, 36 months after the start of treatment, long SD has continued, no adverse events of grade 3 or higher have been observed, and the drug has been well tolerated.
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Curr Med Imaging
September 2025
Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China.
Unlabelled: Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is a severe complication of solid malignancies, including lung adenocarcinoma, characterized by poor prognosis and diagnostic challenges. This study assesses whether curvilinear peri-brainstem hyperintense signals on MRI are a characteristic feature of LM in lung adenocarcinoma patients.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from multiple centers, encompassing lung adenocarcinoma patients with peri-brainstem curvilinear hyperintense signals on MRI between January 2016 and March 2022.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, USA.
Unlabelled: Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) is caused by antibody-mediated destruction of red blood cells. There are two broad categories of AIHA: warm and cold, both categorized by the thermal reactivity of the autoantibodies. Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) occurs at temperatures below normal body temperature and primarily involves IgM antibodies.
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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