RECORDS OF ISISTIUS SP. (ELASMOBRANCHII: SQUALIFORMES: DALATIIDAE), FROM THE AZORES ARCHIPELAGO, INFERRED BY FRESH BITE MARKS IN DOLPHINS

Records of Isistius sp. (Elasmobranchii: Squaliformes: Dalatiidae), from the Azores archipelago, inferred by fresh bite marks in dolphins

The marine waters around the Azores archipelago have been studied for quite a long time.Deeper areas, however, were historically poorly accessible and only now previously unreported species are recorded regularly.Our monitoring efforts of the Azorean Collections ichthyofauna have recently revealed two cases of indirect evidence of the presence of a

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Non-Functional Paraganglioma of Retroperitoneum Mimicking Pancreatic Mass with Concurrent Urinary Bladder Paraganglioma: An Extremely Rare Entity

Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal tumours of the autonomic nervous system, which rarely present as primary retroperitoneal mass mimicking pancreatic malignancy (incidence 2-8 per million populations).Urinary Bladder Paraganglioma are also extremely rare (0.06% of all Bladder Tumour and 6% of Paragangliomas) with most being malignant and high grade t

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