Breast arterial calcification and risk of carotid atherosclerosis: focusing on the preferentially affected layer of the vessel wall.

Objective: To assess the relationship between breast arterial calcification (BAC) detected on screening mammography and atherosclerosis of carotid arteries considering the most likely involved layer of the arterial wall.

Materials And Methods: A total of 537 consecutive women who underwent screening mammography were enrolled in this study. Seventy-nine subjects having BAC, aged 46-75 years, and 125 age-matched controls from those without BAC were selected for ultrasound examination of carotid arteries assessing intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque presence.

Serial resistive index and pulsatility index for diagnosing renal complications in the early posttransplant phase: improving diagnostic efficacy by considering maximum values.

Objectives: To present new approaches to using duplex Doppler scanning to detect kidney complications in the early posttransplant period.

Materials And Methods: We assessed the resistive index and the pulsatility index in 127 renal transplant patients (73 men, mean age, 35.2 +/- 14 years) who underwent duplex Doppler scanning on the first, third, and fifth days after transplant.

Liver, spleen, pancreas and kidney involvement by human fascioliasis: imaging findings.

Background: Fasciola hepatica primarily involves the liver, however in some exceptional situations other organs have been reported to be involved. The ectopic involvement is either a result of Parasite migration or perhaps eosinophilic reaction.

Case Presentation: Here we report a known case of multiple myeloma who was under treatment with prednisolone and melphalan.