Mammographically detected breast arterial calcifications: indicators for arteriosclerotic diseases?

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of breast arterial calcifications (BAC) detected on mammography and search for conditions that may influence their existence.

Materials And Methods: The mammograms of 6156 consecutive patients were reevaluated for the presence of BAC. Four hundred eighty-five women having BAC were enrolled in the patient group.

The value of contrast enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography in differentiating hypoehoic lesions in the peripheral zone of prostate.

Objective: To characterize the hypoechoic prostate nodules in the peripheral zone by means of power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) and contrast enhanced PDUS (CE-PDUS).

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two patients with dijital rectal examination findings suspicious for malignancy and/or a serum PSA level higher than 4 ng/dl, and who had hypoechoic nodules on transrectal ultrasonography were enrolled in this prospective study. Power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) images before and after sonocontrast (Levovist) injection were photographed for further evaluation.

[Status of international radiological publications and archive utilization in Turkey].

Purpose: To investigate the use of radiological technology and archive utilization in two sampled international radiological journals and radiology clinics in Turkey, and to explore the impact of these findings on radiological publications.

Materials And Methods: Randomly selected 22 issues of AJR and Radiology, 1037 articles in total, were reviewed. The type of article, radiological technique, country of origin, use of advanced technology and archiving were defined for each article.

A patient with liver trauma and incomplete behcet s disease.

Behcet' s Disease (BD ) is a complex multisystemic disease, which is characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphteous ulcers and iritis in which vasculitis can also be one of the possible clinical manifestations. A thirty seven year-old female patient with incomplete BD was admitted to emergency service, with intra-abdominal hemorrhage more severe than that would be expected, with the degree of related trauma. We decided to manage the patient conservatively, observing vital signs, haemogram, computed tomography (CT) and angiography instead.