Acute Pancreatitis and Splenic Vein Thrombosis due to Hypertriglyceridemia by Ercan Gündüz, Recep Dursun, Mustafa İçer, Yılmaz Zengin, Cahfer Güloğlu

“…Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a condition characterised by the activation of the normally inactive digestive enzymes due to an etiological factor and digestion of the pancreatic tissues, resulting in extensive inflammation and leading to local, regional, and systemic complications in the organism. …”
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Field Studies on Lyme Disease in North America by Joseph Piesman

“…Searching for the appropriate vector is the first step in determining whether a region is endemic and enzootic for the spirochete B burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, followed by examination of the ticks (questing or already attached to hosts) and wildlife for the spirochete. …”
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Bilateral Diffuse and Cluster Pigment Epithelial Detachment Associated with Diffuse Proliferative Glomerulonephritis by Heshmatollah Ghanbari, Alireza Dehghani, Mohsen Pourazizi

“…Retinal pigment epithelium detachment (PED) is an area of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) elevation with minimal or no sensory retinal detachment resulting from the accumulation of sub-RPE fluid. There are many etiological factors that lead to the development of PED. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis Treatment. by Francisco García Valdés, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestany, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Rudis Miguel Monzón Rodríguez, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez

“…It is the acute inflammatory reaction of the pancreas, affecting a gland that was previously healthy and causes its self-digestion with variable complications of local and distal systems of organs. Its etiological agents, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods and therapy are described. …”
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Sinonasal mucormycosis with an unusual involvement of palate by Santosh Kumar Swain

“…Rhizopus species are the most common etiological agent associated with mucormycosis. It is an emergency clinical condition and has a poor prognosis. …”
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Mucormycotic Osteomyelitis Involving the Maxilla: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rajesh Arani, S. N. H. Afsar Shareef, H. M. Khuthija Khanam

“…Consequences of this infection range from draining tract to malignant transformation. Various etiological factors are involved in origin of the disease; among them, fungal origin is rare. …”
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Congenital Gastric Outlet Obstruction and Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis: A Prenatal Sonographic Diagnosis of a Case with Hydrothorax and Ascites by A. Yisau Abdulkadir, O. A. M. Adesiyun, A. Adisa Fawole, A. Peter Aboyeji

“…Mother's clinical history and laboratory workup excluded immune hydrops. The etiological dilemma and fetal outcome are discussed. …”
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How does gut microbiota affect the vaginitis axis? The mediating role of plasma metabolites by Mo Li, Qianyu Zhang, Tong Wu, Lanfang Ma, Dianxing Hu, Zixuan Yuan, Shixuan Wang, Aiyue Luo, Jinjin Zhang

“…However, the underlying etiological factors remain poorly understood, leading to recurrent vaginitis and constraining clinical management. …”
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Penile Fracture: Delayed Presentation, Primary Urethral Repair and Satisfactory Outcome by Bashir Yunusa, Kalamon Wullie, Soeghen E. Willie, Solomane Konneh, Swaliho Sherriff, Ayun Cassell, Edit Ikpi

“…Penile fracture is a relatively rare condition warranting emergency intervention. The commonest etiological factor remains coital activities, which explains why it is being underreported. …”
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Estimation of invasive pneumococcal disease dynamics parameters and the impact of conjugate vaccination in Australia by Karyn L. Sutton, H.T. Banks, Carlos Castillo-Chávez

“…Pneumococcal diseases, or infections from the etiological agent Streptococcus pneumoniae, have long been a major cause of morbidity andmortality worldwide. …”
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Spontaneous Splenic Rupture following Colorectal Surgery and Hemodialysis by Ahmed Mohammed AlMuhsin, Antonio Privitera, Ameera Balhareth, Khalid Sabr

“…The authors present a case of spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient following colectomy for cancer and undergoing postoperative hemodialysis and discuss the possible etiological factors.…”
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Dens Evaginatus and Dens Invaginatus in Dilacerated Maxillary Lateral Incisor Diagnosed Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography - A Case Report and Review of Literature by Hemant Sawhney, Vanshika Agarwal, Geetanjali Gupta

“…Take-away Lessons: These anomalies act as an etiological factor for several dental problems for neighboring & opposing tooth. …”
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Classic and New Diagnostic Approaches to Childhood Tuberculosis by Gladys Guadalupe López Ávalos, Ernesto Prado Montes de Oca

“…Adequate and timely assessment of tuberculosis infection in childhood could diminish epidemiological burden because underdiagnosed pediatric patients can evolve to an active state and have the potential to disseminate the etiological agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis, notably increasing this worldwide public health problem.…”
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Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma by Eric P. Arruda, Kevin M. Higgins

“…It most commonly affects the elderly and has a predilection for the sun-exposed skin of the head and neck region. Other etiological factors include immune suppression, organ transplantation, and polyoma virus infection. …”
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Patent foramen ovale in young stroke patients: diagnostic challenge and a new approach to the secondary prevention (a case report and review of literature) by I. Beržanskytė, J. Valaikienė, D. Jatužis

“…In most cases, cryptogenic stroke with PFO is just a presumed diagnosis as it is difficult to prove PFO as etiological factor. Randomized trials and meta-analysis have showed controversial results in searching for the most effective prevention of cryptogenic stroke with PFO recurrence in the last six years. …”
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Prevalence of Oral Lesions Biopsies Among Different Laboratories by Layla Muhamad

“…Conclusions: The results showed a high frequency of malignant tumors, which need more evaluation of etiological factors. …”
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Infectious Endocarditis from Enterococcus faecalis Associated with Tubular Adenoma of the Sigmoid Colon by Emilly Caroline de Freitas Silva, Camila Ronchini Montalvão, Simone Bonafé

“…Since this microorganism is one of the endocarditis etiological agents, there is a need for greater study in regard to the association with endocarditis and colonic lesions. …”
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Critical evaluation of pathogenic factors of primary biliary cirrhosis by A. F. Sheptulina, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Etiological factors increasing risk of PBC development include genetic factors, immunologic disorders, and environmental features. …”
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Kyoto global consensus report on<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>gastritis: summary by A. A. Sheptulin

“…New classification of gastritis and duodenitis, based on the etiological approach has been proposed. It is recommended to qualify dyspepsia cases with sustained symptomatic improvement after successful eradication therapy as H. pylori-associated dyspepsia, and to distinguish them from functional dyspepsia. …”
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Giant Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm in an Asymptomatic Young Male by Priyank Shah, Nishant Gupta, Irvin Goldfarb, Fayez Shamoon

“…It is a rare finding since most patients will present with complications of dissection or rupture before the size of aneurysm reaches that magnitude. Etiological factors include atherosclerosis, Marfan’s syndrome, giant cell arteritis, tuberculosis, syphilis, HIV-associated vasculitis, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and medial agenesis. …”
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