Publications by authors named "Biagio Cabibbo"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify key predictors of active inflammation in Crohn's disease (CD) using contrast-enhanced MR enterography.
- Ninety-one patients with CD were analyzed through advanced MRI techniques, and their results were compared with endoscopic and histological findings as the reference.
- The best independent predictors of active CD were identified as bowel wall T2 hyperintensity and the total length of the disease, while commonly used markers like CDAI and biochemical tests were not effective predictors.
Objective: To assess the additional diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the characterization of indeterminate solid hepatic lesions identified on non-diagnostic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT).
Methods: Fifty-five solid hepatic lesions (1-4 cm in diameter) in 46 non-cirrhotic patients (26 female, 20 male; age±SD, 55±10 years) underwent CEUS after being detected on contrast-enhanced CT which was considered as non-diagnostic after on-site analysis. Two blinded independent readers assessed CT and CEUS scans and were asked to classify retrospectively each lesion as a malignant or benign based on reference diagnostic criteria for the different hepatic lesion histotypes.
Purpose: To define the percentage of small (≤2 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) nodules showing the diagnostic enhancement pattern at CEUS, computed tomography (CT), and gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA)-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
Methods: 42 cirrhotic patients (26 male, 16 female; 67 ± 12 years) with 46 biopsy-proven HCCs ≤2 cm were included. Each HCC was scanned by CEUS, contrast-enhanced CT, and Gd-BOPTA-enhanced MR imaging.
Objective: To assess the value of time-intensity curves obtained after sulphur hefluoride-filled microbubble contrast agent injection to discriminate responders from non-responders among patients with Crohn's disease (CD).
Methods: Forty-three patients (29 male and 14 female; mean age ± SD, 48.5 ± 17.
We analysed the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound to differentiate inflammatory from fibrotic ileal strictures in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Twenty-eight patients (17 male and 11 female; mean age ± SD, 48.5 ± 17.
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