Orbital magnetic resonance imaging of giant cell arteritis with ocular manifestations: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

Objectives: We conducted a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of publications reporting the ophthalmologic presentation, clinical exam, and orbital MRI findings in patients with giant cell arteritis and ocular manifestations.

Methods: PubMed and Cochrane databases were searched up to January 16, 2022. Publications reporting patient-level data on patients with ophthalmologic symptoms, imaged with orbital MRI, and diagnosed with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis were included.

A Case of Chronic Aortic Dissection With Hemopericardium and Tamponade.

Type A aortic dissection involves the separation of the wall of the ascending aorta into a true lumen and a false lumen. The finding of an aortic dissection in a patient experiencing mild to moderate symptoms for several weeks may be surprising for clinicians, given the severity of the underlying process. Here, we present an 88-year-old patient who was admitted to our hospital due to orthopnea and leg swelling for the past two to three weeks and was found to have a chronic dissection of the ascending aorta, complicated by hemopericardium and tamponade.

Diagnostic Accuracy Studies in Radiology: How to Recognize and Address Potential Sources of Bias.

Accuracy is an important parameter of a diagnostic test. Studies that attempt to determine a test's accuracy can suffer from various forms of bias. As radiology is a diagnostic specialty, many radiologists may design a diagnostic accuracy study or review one to understand how it may apply to their practice.

Vessel wall MR imaging of central nervous system vasculitis: a systematic review.

Purpose: Beyond vessel wall enhancement, little is understood about vessel wall MR imaging (VW-MRI) features of vasculitis affecting the central nervous system (CNS). We reviewed vessel wall MR imaging patterns of inflammatory versus infectious vasculitis and also compared imaging patterns for intracranial versus extracranial arteries of the head and neck.

Methods: Studies reporting vasculitis of the CNS/head and neck and included MR imaging descriptions of vessel wall features were identified by searching PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, and EMBASE up to June 10, 2020.

Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers of Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: A Meta-Analysis.

Background And Purpose: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is a common cause of stroke worldwide. Intracranial vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging may be able to identify imaging biomarkers of symptomatic plaque. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the strength of association of imaging features of symptomatic plaque leading to downstream ischemic events.

Imaging endpoints of intracranial atherosclerosis using vessel wall MR imaging: a systematic review.

Purpose: The vessel wall MR imaging (VWI) literature was systematically reviewed to assess the criteria and measurement methods of VWI-related imaging endpoints for symptomatic intracranial plaque in patients with ischemic events.

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched up to October 2019. Two independent reviewers extracted data from 47 studies.

GALDIT-SUSI a modified method to account for surface water bodies in the assessment of aquifer vulnerability to seawater intrusion.

The salinization of coastal aquifers is one of the major environmental issue worldwide. Overexploitation is the most common reason of salinization, since it generates a piezometric inversion, which in turn leads to groundwater flow from the coast towards inland. This also occurs in water bodies connected to the sea like lagoons, rivers, torrents and wetlands.