- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2024
LAC+USC Medical Center
2023
Mount Sinai Hospital
2023
Background: Chronic hepatitis B (HBV) prevalence is highest in foreign-born Asian and African individuals the US, though Hispanics make up largest proportion of immigrant population. Differences diagnosis management chronic HBV might exist due to lower awareness risk. We aim examine racial/ethnic disparities diagnosis, presentation, immediate a diverse safety net system enriched for Hispanics. Methods: In large urban safety-net hospital system, we retrospectively identified patients with by...
Introduction: Primary achalasia is due to loss of inhibitory neurons leading poor relaxation the lower esophageal sphincter and abnormal peristalsis. In pseudoachalasia, a similar radiographic pattern derives from secondary etiology, most commonly gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma, though cases lymphoma-induced pseudoachalasia have been reported. Here we present second known case Burkitt lymphoma (BL)-induced pseudoachalasia. Case Description/Methods: A 45-year-old African...