... very rarely, metastasization. PAs/PitNETs’ classification and nomenclature have consistently changed in the course of time, reflecting knowledges about their complex biology, with the aim of stratifying patient risk and, therefore, uniform therapeutic strategies. According to the last WHO...

... Abstract Successful management of facial pain starts with making correct diagnosis. Diagnostic errors, particularly early on in evaluation of facial pain patients are not uncommon, and some of this may be related to the lack of uniform classification that would satisfy needs of different...

... ]. Table 1 Classification of chronic hypoparathyroid disorders Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism Postsurgical hypoparathyroidism is the most common form of acquired hypoparathyroidism. Hypoparathyroidism represents the most frequent and sometimes severe complication after neck surgery...

... to be identified at the right time at the bedside. One of the greatest efforts of the recent history of critical care nephrology has been to find a common classification for AKI definition and staging with the purpose of allowing a timely diagnosis and push forward epidemiologic research. Summary: AKI...

... classification systems incorporate solute removal parameters. Ward [ 14 ] defined high-flux and “protein-leaking” membranes based on a combination of water permeability, β 2 -microglobulin removal parameters (sieving coefficient/clearance), and albumin parameters (sieving coefficient/amount removed). The high...

... remission, and (8) high levels of immunoglobulin E [ 5 , 16 ]. Table 2 Classification of acquired anhidrosis References References 1. Sato K, Kang WH, Saga K, Sato KT: Biology of sweat glands and its disorders. II. Disorders of sweat gland function. J Am Acad Dermatol 1989;20:713-726. 2...

... Abstract Chronic pruritus has diverse forms of presentation and can appear not only on normal skin [International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) classification group II], but also in the company of dermatoses (IFSI classification group I). Scratching, a natural reflex, begins in response...

... Abstract Presently, there is no universal ‘working' classification system acceptable to all clinicians involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with salivary gland neoplasms. The most recent World Health Organization Classification of Tumours: Head and Neck Tumours (Salivary Glands...

... Abstract The classification of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) has been evolving steadily over the last decades. Important prognostic factors of NENs are their proliferative activity and presence/absence of necrosis. These factors are reported in NENs of all body sites; however, the terminology...

... Abstract Classification is a natural human trait that enables us to put what may otherwise be very complex subjects into some order. However, classification should be seen not as an end in itself but rather as a means to help us understand certain topics. In the case of medicine, classification...