The importance of anatomical localization of non-small cell lung carcinoma in predicting mediastinal lymph node metastasis.

Bronchopulmonary segmental location of non-small lung carcinomas is closely related to metastatic lymph node foci in the mediastinum. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between the anatomical locations of pulmonary masses on the bronchopulmonary segmental base and metastatic lymph node regions in non-small cell lung cancer using preoperative 18F-FDG PET/CT images. Ninety patients newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung carcinoma and referred to PET/CT imaging for staging were included in the study.

Effects of a multimodal exercise program for people with ankylosing spondylitis.

Background And Purpose: Few randomized controlled studies have examined the effects of exercise in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This study investigated the effects of a 12-week, multimodal exercise program in patients with AS.

Subjects: A convenience sample of 30 patients with AS (18 male, 12 female), with a mean age of 34.

The association between cervical rib and sacralization.

Study Design: After determining the normal reference values for the length of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical vertebra, the association between the presence of cervical rib and sacralization was investigated.

Objective: To determine the length of cervical rib and search for any association between cervical rib and sacralization.

Summary Of Background Data: Both cervical ribs and sacralization have been noted in some patients in the authors' clinical practice.