Guidelines for the Diagnostic Cross Sectional Imaging and Severity Scoring of Chronic Pancreatitis.

The paper presents the international guidelines for imaging evaluation of chronic pancreatitis. The following consensus was obtained: Computed tomography (CT) is often the most appropriate initial imaging modality for evaluation of patients with suspected chronic pancreatitis (CP) depicting most changes in pancreatic morphology. CT is also indicated to exclude other potential intraabdominal pathologies presenting with symptoms similar to CP.

A potential therapeutic pitfall in the treatment of venous reflux due to variant planar anatomy of varicose segments.

Purpose To elaborate on a planar anatomic variant of great saphenous vein as a potential therapeutic pitfall in the treatment of venous reflux. Materials and methods Lower extremity veins in 568 limbs with great saphenous vein insufficiency were sonographically mapped. A rather overlooked variation, the saphenous bow, was studied with emphasis on anatomic clarification and its involvement in venous insufficiency.

Comparison of Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Treatment Techniques for Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis Types 2 and 3b.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term results of a modified catheterization technique for percutaneous treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (CE) types 2 and 3b and to retrospectively compare the results of puncture, aspiration, injection, and reaspiration (PAIR); standard catheterization; and the modified catheterization technique.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-three patients (37 male, 36 female; 75 cysts) with CE types 2 and 3b who underwent percutaneous treatment from March 1991 to August 2008 were included. Informed consent from all patients and approval of the ethics board were obtained.

Percutaneous Treatment of Simple Hepatic Cysts: The Long-Term Results of PAIR and Catheterization Techniques as Single-Session Procedures.

Purpose: The purpose of our study is to evaluate results of percutaneous aspiration with alcohol sclerotherapy in symptomatic patients with simple hepatic cysts by employing single-session techniques either by a needle or a catheter.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively included 39 simple hepatic cysts in 35 patients treated via percutaneous aspiration and single-session alcohol sclerotherapy between years 1993 and 2012. Indications were pain (n = 28) or ruling out cystic echinococcus (CE) disease (n = 7).

Percutaneous Treatment of Splenic Cystic Echinococcosis: Results of 12 Cases.

Purpose: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the spleen is a rare disease even in endemic regions. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of percutaneous treatment for splenic CE.

Materials And Methods: Twelve patients (four men, eight women) with splenic CE were included in this study.

Unusual presentation of a pancreatic cyst resulting from osteosarcoma metastasis.

Pancreatic metastases are uncommon. They have been reported in lung cancer, gastrointestinal malignancies, breast cancer, renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, lymphoma and sarcoma, and usually have solid morphology. Cystic metastasis to the pancreas is even more rare with few case reports in the literature.

Embolic infarct presented with bilateral thalamic lesions possibly initiated by an emboli to the artery of Percheron.

Bilateral thalamic infarcts are rare and present with varying symptoms. Cardioembolism and small artery disease are the most common etiologic factors. The occlusion of a rare arterial variant called the artery of Percheron results in bilateral thalamic infarcts.

Effects of gender on burden among caregivers of Alzheimer's patients.

Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effects of gender on caregiver burden among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.

Design: Comparative descriptive study.

Methods: Factors affecting the burden of female and male caregivers (age, total duration of caregiving, mean duration of daily caregiving, education, income, employment status, age of the patients cared for, and Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] and Neuropsychiatric Inventory [NPI] scores) were similar (p > .

Reliability and validity of Turkish version of attitudes toward old people scale.

Aims And Objectives: To assess the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of Kogan's Attitudes Toward Older People Scale.

Background: To explore nursing students' attitudes towards older people, standardised, well-tested instruments are needed. Kogan's Attitudes Toward Older People is a comprehensive instrument for assessment of attitudes toward older adults and has been validated in several languages.

Dual-echo TFE MRI for the assessment of myocardial iron overload in beta-thalassemia major patients.

Purpose: Cardiac failure due to myocardial iron overload is the most common cause of death in beta-thalassemia patients. Multi/ two echo times-turbo field echo (TE-TFE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered the gold standard technique in the evaluation of myocardial iron accumulation. However, multi TE-TFE technique is not available in all scanners.

Iliac vascular complication after spinal surgery: immediate endovascular repair following CT angiographic diagnosis.

Iliac arterial injuries are rare but important complications that can develop after spinal surgery. The presentation of these injuries is usually late, with symptoms such as leg swelling or cardiac failure. However, acute massive bleeding may be a sign of early presentation as in our patient.

Value of Dual Energy Computed Tomography for detection of myocardial iron deposition in Thalassaemia patients: initial experience.

Purpose: The aim of our study was to compare the value of cardiac DECT (cDECT) for detection of myocardial iron deposition to T2*w cardiac MRI (cMRI).

Material And Methods: Nineteen patients with clinical history of Thalassaemia underwent T2*-weighted cardiac MRI (cMRI) with a 1.5 T MR scanner (MAGNETOM Symphony, Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany) and cardiac dual energy CT (cDECT) with a DSCT scanner (SOMATOM Definition, Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany) on the same day.

Non-invasive evaluation of voiding function in asymptomatic primary school children.

This study aimed to evaluate the voiding characteristics of primary school children by using questionnaires and non-invasive diagnostic tools. The voiding characteristics of 212 healthy children in two primary schools were evaluated with ultrasound for bladder wall thickness (BWT) in association with the Pediatric Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Score (PLUTSS), familial questionnaire, uroflowmetry (UF) and urinalysis. Most of the children (70%) had achieved urinary and fecal continence between the ages of 18 months and 36 months.

PVOD suggested by MDCT and clinical findings in a pregnant woman.

Pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary venoocclusive disease (PVOD) is increasingly recognized (Wagenvoort, Chest 69:82-86, [20]; Scully et al., N Engl J Med 308:823-834, [21]). The clinical presentation is usually progressive pulmonary hypertension.