Radiological challenges in differentiating Occult Traumatic Pulmonary Hematoma from mediastinal tumor: a case report and literature review by Zhedong Zhang, Yu Huang, Lufeng Zhao, Baiqin Zhao

“…While less common than pulmonary contusions, TPH presents significant diagnostic challenges, particularly when it manifests as Occult Traumatic Pulmonary Hematoma (OTPH) exhibiting subtle or atypical imaging features. …”
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Gastric Linitis Plastica and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis as First Manifestations of Occult Breast Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mara Mantiero, Giovanni Faggioni, Alice Menichetti, Matteo Fassan, Valentina Guarneri, Pierfranco Conte

“…Almost 2 years after the diagnosis of linitis plastica, the primitive breast lesion is still occult.…”
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NSAID-Induced Enteropathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Chronic Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Prospective Capsule Endoscopy Study by Ilja Tachecí, Petr Bradna, Tomáš Douda, Drahomíra Baštecká, Marcela Kopáčová, Stanislav Rejchrt, Jan Bureš

“…It was revealed in a substantial section of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis and occult gastrointestinal bleeding, mostly classified as mild damage. …”
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Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes: Severe Neurological Symptoms Resulting from Relatively Benign or Occult Tumours—Two Case Reports by M. Ghadiri-Sani, Mueez Waqar, Dave Smith, Mark Doran

“…A PET scan and regular surveillance may reveal occult malignancies better than CT or MRI. Neuromodulatory therapies and treatment of the underlying malignancy remain the best management options in these patients.…”
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Occult Spinal Dysraphism in Obstetrics: A Case Report of Caesarean Section with Subarachnoid Anaesthesia after Remifentanil Intravenous Analgesia for Labour by A. Valente, L. Frassanito, L. Natale, G. Draisci

“…Concern exists about neuraxial anaesthesia in patients with occult neural tube defects, regarding both labour analgesia and anaesthesia for Caesarean section. …”
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Development of a Predictive Model of Occult Cancer After a Venous Thromboembolism Event Using Machine Learning: The CLOVER Study by Anabel Franco-Moreno, Elena Madroñal-Cerezo, Cristina Lucía de Ancos-Aracil, Ana Isabel Farfán-Sedano, Nuria Muñoz-Rivas, José Bascuñana Morejón-Girón, José Manuel Ruiz-Giardín, Federico Álvarez-Rodríguez, Jesús Prada-Alonso, Yvonne Gala-García, Miguel Ángel Casado-Suela, Ana Bustamante-Fermosel, Nuria Alfaro-Fernández, Juan Torres-Macho

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Case report: Unraveling a unique case of male occult breast cancer with axillary intricacies and a comprehensive literature dive by Xintong Xie, Xiangyi Kong, Xiangyi Kong, Hongnan Jiang, Jidong Gao, Jidong Gao

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Axillary Metastasis from an Occult Tubal Serous Carcinoma in a Patient with Ipsilateral Breast Carcinoma: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall by Chantal Atallah, Gulbeyaz Altinel, Lili Fu, Jocelyne Arseneau, Atilla Omeroglu

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Risk Factors for Contralateral Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients with Clinical Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study by Liu Yihao, Li Shuo, Xi Pu, Wang Zipeng, Sun Hanlin, Chang Qungang, Wang Yongfei, Yin Detao

“…This study aims to find risk factors for contralateral occult papillary thyroid cancer (COPTC) to facilitate more accurate surgical decisions made for patients with PTC. …”
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Use of Fecal Occult Blood Test in Hospitalized Patients: Survey of Physicians Practicing in a Large Central Canadian Health Region and Canadian Gastroenterologists by Stephen Ip, AbdulRazaq AH Sokoro, Al Buchel, Debrah Wirtzfeld, Gerald Konrad, Tunji Fatoye, Harminder Singh

“…BACKGROUND: Although the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) was developed for colorectal cancer screening in the outpatient setting, it continues to be used among hospitalized patients. …”
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A comparative longitudinal study between bilateral and unilateral totally extraperitoneal repair among patients with unilateral inguinal hernia at a tertiary care hospital in easte... by Bikash Kumar Sah, Jatin Goel, Vijay Pratap Sah, Bhawani Khanal, Abhijeet Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Gupta

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L’economia occulta dei “soldi facili” tra i minatori di diamante della Sierra Leone by Lorenzo D'Angelo

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ALGUNAS APLICACIONES RECIENTES DE LA TÉCNICA DE RADIO OCULTAMIENTO SATELITAL EN EL ESTUDIO DE PROCESOS ATMOSFÉRICOS by Alejandro de la Torre, Pedro Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, Rodrigo Hierro, Horacio Pessano, Andrés Odiard

Subjects: “…Radio Occultation…”
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Fatal Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Patient with Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection following the Administration of R-CHOP for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Vincenzo Pitini, Massimo Rizzo, Carmela Arrigo, Patrizia Mondello, Giuseppe Altavilla

“…Occult hepatitis B (OBI) is caused by a persistent low-level replication of HBV. …”
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Macao à l’ère postcoloniale : espoir et désespoir dans un centre mondial du tourisme et des loisirs by Michael O’Regan

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Hepatitis B virus infections in pregnant women and children in the era of HBV elimination by Malgorzata Pawlowska

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Sorcellerie capitaliste et touristes pishtaco : les tensions occultes autour du tourisme d’ayahuasca chez les Shipibo de San Francisco (Amazonie péruvienne) by Doriane Slaghenauffi

“…This has brought about sorcery attacks both on rival shamans and on tourists seeking a shamanic and hallucinogenic experience, some of whom in turn become the target of sorcery rumors. These occult practices and interpretations can be seen, on the one hand, as forms of resilience adopted by Shipibo shamans in order to cope with and benefit from the current context of transition to capitalism, which is increasingly present within the communities, and, on the other hand, as manifestations of frustration and anxiety about the recuperation of local shamanism by global culture, symptomatic of the traditionally ambiguous links between gringos and Native Amazonians.…”
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Post-Colonial Macau: hope and despair in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure by Michael O’Regan

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Preliminary analysis of the role of small hepatitis B surface proteins mutations in the pathogenesis of occult hepatitis B infection via the endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced UPR-ERAD pathway by Huang Chengrong, Zhang Hao, Wang Jing, Li Jianfei, Liu Qian, Zong Qiyin, Zhang Yunyun, Wang Qin, Zhou Qiang

Subjects: “…occult hepatitis b virus infection…”
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A Clinical Prospective Observational Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Primary Diagnostic Accuracy of Occult Vertebral Fractures in Aged Women with Acute Lower Back Pain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Atsushi Terakado, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Go Kubota, Tomohiro Kanzaki, Hiroshi Mori, Yuji Shinohara, Junichi Nakamura, Yusuke Matsuura, Yasuchika Aoki, Takeo Furuya, Masao Koda, Seiji Ohtori

“…Elderly female patients complaints of acute low back pain (LBP) may involve vertebral fracture (VF), among which occult VF (OVF: early-stage VF without any morphological change) is often missed to be detected by primary X-ray examination. …”
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