Acquired Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia with Delayed Presentation in a Child by Nader Mutwakel Osman

“…A congenital diaphragmatic hernia occurs because of embryologic defects in the diaphragm. Most patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernias present early rather than late in life, however, adults may present with a congenital hernia that was undetected during childhood. …”
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Crossed Unfused Ectopic Pelvic Kidneys: A Case Illustration by Jad A. Degheili, Murad M. AbuSamra, Fadi El-Merhi, Albert El-Hajj

“…The present case also highlights the different subtypes of renal ectopia, the different embryological hypotheses behind their presentation, and the various systematic anomalies, associated with them. …”
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Coexisting Malignant Melanoma and Blue Nevus of the Uterine Cervix: An Unusual Combination by David Parada, Karla B. Peña, Frances Riu

“…Malignant melanoma (MM) and blue nevi of the uterine cervix are an extremely rare neoplasm, probably derived from embryologic migration of melanocytes from the neural crest. …”
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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient with Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus by Kaitlin E. Woods, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Daniel Sloyer, Roy E. Henrickson, Lawrence M. Wei, Heather K. Hayanga

“…Dextrocardia involves embryologic malformations leading to a right hemithorax heart with rightward apex. …”
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus by A. Ganes, L. Segan

“…Dextrocardia with situs inversus is a rare embryologic anomaly whereby the heart and aorta are mirrored on the contralateral side. …”
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Complete Duplex of the Left Ureter with Lower Moiety Hydronephrosis Secondary to Ureteral Stone in Adult by Masresha S. Dino, Alemayehu Tegegn Tefera, Kaleab Hebtemichael Gebreselassie, Sena Sefera Akkasa, Ferid Ousman Mummed

“…Ureteral duplication is a common embryologic abnormality of the kidney with an incidence rate of 0.8% in adults. …”
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Noncholesteatomatous Cyst of the Tympanic Membrane: A Nonpublished Entity? by Rafael Ramírez-Camacho, Isabel Salas, Almudena Trinidad, Ithzel Maria Villarreal

“…The presence of a serous cyst in the tympanic membrane implies the description of a new or unpublished entity based on our knowledge whose origin may be very unlikely explained on actual embryologic and anatomic background. Clinical Case. …”
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Początkowe stadia życia ludzkiego według św. Pawła by Andrzej Muszala

“…The article analyze also three expressions of embryological meaning, used by St. Paul: “from the mother’s womb” (ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός; Ga 1: 15), “Christ is formed in you” (μορφωθῇ; Ga 4: 19) and “child born abnormally” (ἔκτρωμα; 1 Kor 15: 8).…”
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Incidental finding of levocardia with situs inversus: case report by Michael Stuckert, B.S., Soumya Sharma, M.S., Sarah Jaggernauth, B.S., Andrew Waack, B.S., Venkatramana Vattipally, M.D.

“…This anatomical anomaly arises from abnormalities in the biochemical signaling systems mediating embryological development. We present a case of situs inversus with levocardia incidentally discovered in a healthy 24-year-old male during workup following a motor vehicle collision. …”
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Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Duodenal Stenosis in a 16-Year-Old Girl by Virtut Velmishi, Dritan Alushani, Ermira Dervishi, Saimir Heta, Spiro Sila, Paskal Cullufi

“…They usually occur at the level of the ampulla of Vater and are thought to be an embryologic defect during the development of the foregut, leading to abnormal recanalization. …”
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Lingual Thyroid Excision with Transoral Robotic Surgery by Elif Ersoy Callıoglu, Kazım Bozdemir, Bulent Ulusoy, Tolga Oguzhan, M. Hakan Korkmaz

“…Ectopic thyroid gland may be detected at any place between foramen caecaum and normal thyroid localization due to inadequacy of the embryological migration of the thyroid gland. It has a prevalence varying between 1/10.000 and 1/100000 in the community. …”
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Bilateral Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: An Approach to Diagnosis and Salvage by Aman Berry Williams

“…Usually, it arises from aberrant embryological development or acquired dysfunctionality of the popliteal artery and its surrounding musculotendinous structures in the popliteal fossa. …”
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Clinical implications of the hepatomesenteric trunk–case report and literature review by Mark Shacker, Artur Rybachok, Benjamin R. Paul, Manuel Cevallos

“…Methods: A narrative literature review was conducted to thoroughly characterize the hepatomesenteric trunk, including its reported prevalence, embryological origin, and implications in clinical practice. …”
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy for an Ampullary Region Carcinoma Occurred in Annular Pancreas Coexistent with Replaced Common Hepatic Artery by Ryuji Komine, Atsushi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Mori, Keisuke Minamimura, Toru Hirata, Takashi Kobayashi, Nobuo Toda, Masaya Mori

“…High-quality preoperative imaging and awareness of such rare conditions are necessary for operative safety. Although the embryological relationship between these anomalies is uncertain, the present case may suggest some relevance between the two. …”
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Malrotation Induced Small Intestine Ischemia in an Adolescent by Karadeniz Erdem, Atamanalp Selçuk Sabri

“…Intestinal malrotation occurs if midgut does not complete or partially completes its 270° counter-clockwise rotation around the superior mesenteric artery during embryologic life. In general, it frequently manifests with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction and volvulus in the initial months of life, and it is very rare to manifest in the adulthood. …”
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Infrapatellar Fat Pad Stem Cells: From Developmental Biology to Cell Therapy by Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Henrique V. Almeida, Daniel J. Kelly, Fergal J. O’Brien, Cathal J. Kearney

“…In this review, we first describe the IFP anatomy and compare and contrast it with other adipose tissues, with a particular focus on the embryological and developmental aspects of the tissue. …”
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The history of Drosophila studies: steps in the development of genetics by N. N. Yurchenko, A. V. Ivannikov, I. K. Zakharov

“…Owing to Drosophila’s biologic features, it became a universal eukaryotic model for genetic, embryological, morphological, physiological, molecular, and cellular studies. …”
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FERTILITY CARE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES: Embryologists’ practices of care in IVF-clinics in sub-Saharan Africa by Trudie Gerrits, Andrea Whittaker, Lenore Manderson

“…They also raise questions about their contribution to the scarcity of embryological work in SSA. If access to IVF is to be achieved in the SSA region, more embryologists need to be trained and retained.…”
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Dental Approach to Craniofacial Syndromes: How Can Developmental Fields Show Us a New Way to Understand Pathogenesis? by Inger Kjær

“…In this section, deviations observed in syndromes prenatally will be highlighted and compared to the normal human embryological craniofacial development. Specific focus will be given to developmental fields studied on animal tissue and transferred to human cranial development. …”
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Exosomes in Ocular Health: Recent Insights into Pathology, Diagnostic Applications and Therapeutic Functions by Noelia Blanco-Agudín, Suhui Ye, Sara González-Fernández, Ignacio Alcalde, Jesús Merayo-Lloves, Luis M. Quirós

“…In the context of ocular physiology, exosomes play a very important role in embryological development, the regulation of homeostasis and the immune system, which is crucial for normal vision. …”
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