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.... Contact ulcers occur in adult men more commonly than women, particularly those using their voices extensively in a deep, low frequency. Patients present with hoarseness or throat pain, and often have chronic throat clearing or coughing. Contact ulcers are commonly unilateral but can be bilateral and arise...

... for oral tongue cancer in the United States is 19,360, accounting for 0.1 percent of all new cancer cases ( https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/oralcav.html ). The increase in oral tongue cancer incidence is among White men and women, with the increased incidence most apparent in individuals under 50...

... with paragangliomas are slightly more common in women than men, and tumors present in the fifth and sixth decades on average ( 22 , 23 ). Familial tumors (up to 33 percent of patients) present 10 years earlier on average. Paragangliomas arising in the neck typically present as asymptomatic masses, detected...

... ( 15 ). Current demographics are predominantly higher socio-economic status Caucasian men in their mid to late 50s with decreased smoking exposure. It is an uncommon disease in women, with less than 10 percent of cases in females, a fraction much lower than for head and neck SCC in general and also...

... been treated. MALIGNANT EPITHELIAL TUMORS Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Definition.  Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a subtype of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) arising within the nasopharyngeal mucosa. General Features. NPC is more common in men; there are over 129,000 new cases of NPC each...

... as many men as women are reported and the maxilla is preferentially affected about 2 to 1 ( 84 , 87 ). The most common clinical presentation is swelling, with or without pain. As lesions progress, they can loosen teeth, affect nerves, and ultimately invade soft tissue producing ulceration. Radiologic...

..., and other cold water sports participated in disproportionately by young men as a group over older men or women, and with an increased incidence in competitive/professional surfers than others ( 542 , 543 , 550 , 552 , 553 , 559 , 560 , 563 , 570 – 574 , 586 , 587 ). There is a very low incidence in Blacks...

... occur as unilateral masses arising in younger men. The vessels of antrochoanal polyp are typically small and inconspicuous, in contrast to the dilated, “staghorn” appearance of the vessels in angiofibroma. If uncertainty remains, immunohistochemistry for β-catenin may be used: the stromal cells...

... oversecretion. Cushing syndrome due to ectopic ACTH/corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) production is a disease of adult men, while most patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome related to a pituitary tumor are women of reproductive age. In children under the age of 7 years, an adrenal cortical neoplasm...

... of primary adrenal leiomyosarcomas have been reported ( 37 ). The tumors all arose in adults, and were bilateral in two cases. Men and women were affected equally. Four patients had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and in some cases, latent Epstein-Barr (EB) virus was also demonstrated in the tumor...

... or survival ( 4 ). In adults, the adrenal cortex provides about 1 percent of biologically important androgens in men (most are of testicular origin), and roughly half of all androgens in women ( 11 ). Steroid biosynthesis in the adrenal gland is regulated predominantly by pituitary-derived adrenocorticotropic...

... ) of postpubertal male patients with CAH. Lesions vary from 2 to 40 mm and are typically located adjacent to the hilum of the testis ( 33 ). In a review of 244 patients with CAH, the prevalence of TARTs was 33 percent in boys and 44 percent in adult men ( 44 ). Many of these testicular nodules are clinically...

... , Healey   CS , et al . Germ-line mutations of the RET proto-oncogene in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A . Nature   1993 ; 363 : 458 - 60 . 26. Donis-Keller   H , Dou   S , Chi   D , et al . Mutations in the RET proto-onocogene are associated with MEN 2A and FMTC . Hum Mol...

... Microbiol Rev   2017 ; 30 : 811 - 25 . 8. Krieger   JN . Trichomoniasis in men: old issues and new data . Sex Transm Dis   1995 ; 22 : 83 - 96 . 9. Tsevat   DG , Wiesenfeld   HC , Parks   C , Peipert   JF . Sexually transmitted diseases and infertility . Am J Obstet Gynecol...

... conjunctivitis can occur concomitantly with genital infection In women, active infection during delivery can lead to congenital disease in the newborn In women: chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), resulting in ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and endometriosis In men: epididymitis In both: perihepatitis...

.... Tawari   B , Ali   IK , Scott   C , et al . Patterns of evolution in the unique tRNA gene arrays of the genus Entamoeba . Mol Biol Evol   2008 ; 25 : 187 - 98 . 4. Hung   CC , Chang   SY , Ji   DD . Entamoeba histolytica infection in men who have sex with men . Lancet Infect...

...- and middle-income countries ( 40 ). From 2011 to 2015, about 43,400 new cases of HPV-associated cancers occurred in the United States. In 2015, approximately 24,400 were in women and 19,000 in men ( 41 ). Of all HPV-attributable cancers, the most frequently involved sites in women are the cervix (49 percent...

... . Semin Oncol   2015 ; 42 : 223 - 46 . 26. Pauk   J , Huang   ML , Brodie   SJ , et al . Mucosal shedding of human herpesvirus 8 in men . N Engl J Med   2000 ; 343 : 1369 - 77 . 27. Goncalves   PH , Ziegelbauer   J , Uldrick   TS , Yarchoan   R . Kaposi sarcoma...

... nonendemic areas, particularly in men who have sex with men (MSM) ( 16 ). This outbreak was linked to cases that had occurred since 2017 in Nigeria ( 17 ). As of March 2023, there have been over 86,000 cases globally, with the United States having the largest number ( 18 ). Since the peak number of cases...

... in women and children, as they consumed the brain while men mainly consumed other body parts Average incubation period is 10-13 years, although up to 50 years has been described Variant CJD ^a A CJD outbreak in the United Kingdom was documented in 1996, although the first cases may have...