If the image revealed a bladder stone and/or the dictated report specifically mentioned a passed stone, the case was categorized as urolithiasis.
In addition, in all previous reports of rectal metastasis unassociated with peritoneal dissemination, the patients had advanced GC, whereas our case was categorized as T1aN0M0 stage IA by histological examination.
Six cases were categorized as FN on PEM imaging, while one case was categorized as FN by MRI.
In cases showing MRI findings of both type I and II, the case was categorized as Modic type I.
Each case was categorized as 0, 1+, 2+ or 3+ and specimens scoring 3+ were considered as HER2 positive.
Each CRC case was categorized into two groups based on how the cancer diagnosis was made, defined as follows.
The insertion case is categorized into two different types: the inserted nucleotides located between two basic unit patterns or appeared inside a basic unit pattern.
Almost all case definitions require laboratory or epidemiologic linkage data, and such data may affect whether the case is categorized as confirmed, probable, or possible.
Histopathological diagnoses were made according to World Health Organization Classifications, 14 and all cases were categorized by UICC TNM classification.
Human avian influenza A(H7N9) case: the cases were categorized as suspected cases and confirmed cases according to the Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Human Infections with Avian Influenza A (H7N9) (1st and 2nd Editions, 2013) [ 14, 15].
