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Clinical Performance of New Software to Automatically Detect Angioectasias in S...
Costa,Dalila; Vieira,Pedro; Pinto,Catarina; Arroja,Bruno; Leal,Tiago; Mendes,Sofia; Gonçalves,Raquel; Lima,Carlos; Rolanda,CarlaAbstract: Background: Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) revolutionized the diagnosis and management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, though the rate of detection of small bowel lesions by the physician is still disappointing. Our group developed a novel algorithm (CMEMS-Uminho) to automatically detect angioectasias which display greater accuracy in VCE static frames than other methods previously published. We ...
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome mimicking a spinal cord tumor
Salomão,Renan; Canêdo,Nathalie Henriques Silva; Abrão,Guilherme P.; Lima,Carlos; Acioly,Marcus AndréSummary Subacute necrotizing myelopathy (SNM) or Foix-Alajouanine syndrome is a rare disease characterized by progressive neurological dysfunction caused by a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Radiological diagnosis is usually suspected when there is intramedullary nonspecific enhancement and perimedullary flow voids. Ring-enhancement is rarely reported in the scope of AVF, which poses a diagnostic chal...