Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes a wide spectrum of liver pathologies, ranging from pure steatosis (usually a benign and non-progressive condition) to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may progress to liver cirrhosis with complications such as portal hypertension and hepatocellular carcinoma [ 1].
A two-arm model has been proposed to explain the progression of the serrated pathway, both of which may progress to SAC.
These stages start with premalignant atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), which may progress to preinvasive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), followed by a possible progression to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and culmination in metastatic disease [ 2].
Experts estimate that an additional four million people have a syndrome called mild cognitive impairment, which may progress to Alzheimer's.
Liver dysfunction, which may progress to fulminant or chronic liver failure, is a serious healthcare problem worldwide.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the passive inhalation of cigarette smoke yields important morphological changes in the vocal fold epithelium, which may progress to neoplasia.
In an online posting in July, David G. Schardt, the senior nutritionist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, noted that symptoms of B12 deficiency include fatigue, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet, muscle weakness and loss of reflexes, which may progress to confusion, depression, memory loss and dementia as the deficiency grows more severe.
This may lead to sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), which may progress to being persistent unless treated accurately.
Patients experiencing acute elevations of ammonia present to the ICU with encephalopathy, which may progress quickly to cerebral herniation.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) encompasses numerous pathologic disorders of different etiologies, generally manifesting with an inflammatory reaction known as "alveolitis", which may progress towards fibrosis.
The articular surfaces of the bones are exposed to a greater degree of wear, which may progress to osteoarthritis in later life [1 4].
