Ultrasonography-based staging of inflammatory granulomatous mastitis and estimation of steroid response.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to present novel diagnostic ultrasonography (USG)-based classification of inflammatory granulomatous mastitis (IGM) and to assess and compare dosage responses of locoregional steroid therapy.

Methods: From January 2017 through March 2023, total of 230 biopsy-proven IGM patients were reclassified (grades I, II, and III) according to USG-based morphological features. The injection applications were grouped in Group1 (40 mg/mL between years 2017 and 2019) versus Group2 (80 mg/mL between years 2019 and 2023), and effectiveness was analysed for each grade in between groups.

Clinical, Histopathological, Imaging, and Treatment Perspectives of Inflammatory Granulomatous Mastitis: Review of the Literature.

Inflammatory granulomatous mastitis is a benign inflammatory disease of the breast mostly presenting in puerperal women. The disease is characterized by recurrent bouts of mastitis with clinical picture of hyperemia, breast mass, and swelling of the breast with or without purulent discharge depending on the severity of the underlying inflammatory process. Although no true prevalence and incidence have been reported in the literature, there are several reported studies setting forth a predilection in specific ethnic groups and/ or geographical areas.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Systemic Versus Local Steroid Treatment in Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Cohort Study.

Introduction: Steroid therapy is known to be effective against granulomatous mastitis. We aimed to compare the efficacy of local versus systemic steroid administration in patients with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.

Materials And Methods: This prospective cohort study included 58 patients who had either local (n = 42) or systemic (n = 16) treatment due to granulomatous mastitis between 2015 and 2019.

Signal abnormalities of the bladder wall detected by native T mapping in patients with overactive bladder.

Object: Native T mapping provides tissue-specific T relaxation times, which can be used to identify structural changes in the various organs. The object of this article was to evaluate the bladder wall of patients with overactive bladder using native T mapping and compare the relaxation times of patients and healthy controls.

Material And Methods: Seventeen patients with a diagnosis of overactive bladder and 15 healthy controls were enrolled in this prospective study.

Can Beaver Tail Liver be the Cause of Preference in Living Liver Transplantation Donors?

Objective: This study aims to investigate whether there was a difference between the levels of safety in terms of the postoperative residual liver volume in living transplant donors with normal liver anatomy and beaver tail liver.

Materials And Methods: Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) images of 158 volunteers were retrospectively scanned. They were divided into 2 groups; with and without beaver tail liver.

Evaluation and Comparison of Left Ventricular Functions by Cardiac MRI and 2D Transthoracic Echocardiography.

Objective: It is important to measure left ventricular function (LVF) accurately in the diagnosis and follow-up of cardiovascular diseases. Different imaging algorithms and mathematical calculations have been developed for the evaluation of LVF in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and numerous studies are still being carried on this. In our study, LVF was calculated by two different measurement methods in MRI and were compared with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to assess the correlation and the consistency of these with TTE.

Hemorrhagic lesions associated with anticoagulant therapy: a pictorial review.

Anticoagulant therapy is a treatment that can cause bleeding complications in many anatomical structures. Intracranial, intramuscular and intraabdominal bleeding are internal bleeding that can be secondary to anticoagulated therapy. The prognosis of these hemorrhages can be very good, depending on the anatomical region involved, or they can be fatal.

The association of silicosis severity with pectoralis major muscle and subcutaneous fat volumes and the pulmonary artery/aorta ratio evaluated by CT.

Purpose: Silicosis is an incurable occupational disease that sometimes rapidly progresses with fatal outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the association between disease severity and the change in the pectoralis major muscle volume (PMV), subcutaneous fat volume (SFV), and the pulmonary artery/aorta (P/Ao) ratio in patients with silicosis using computed tomography (CT).

Methods: The study included 41 male silicosis patients and 41 control group subjects with available chest CT images.

Diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted MRI in the detection of nonpalpable undescended testes: comparison with conventional MRI and surgical findings.

Objective: The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate the role of diffusion-weighted MRI in the evaluation of nonpalpable undescended testes.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six boys with undescended testes underwent preoperative abdominal and pelvic MRI to identify the location of the testes. MRI included free-breathing diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with b values of 50, 400, and 800 s/mm(2), a T1-weighted turbo spin-echo sequence, and a T2-weighted fat-suppressed turbo spin-echo sequence.