Therapeutical potential of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cell transplantation in patients with type 2 diabetic critical limb ischemia.

Aim: The aim was to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) in critical limb ischemia (CLI) of type 2 diabetic patients.

Method: Forty diabetic patients with CLI were enrolled and randomized to treatment and control groups. In the treatment group, the patients received subcutaneous injections of recombinant human G-CSF (30 MU/day) for 5 days to mobilize stem cells.

Value of diffusion-weighted MRI in the differentiation of benign and malign breast lesions.

Introduction: Our purpose was to determine whether diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) could be used in differentiation of benign and malign breast lesions.

Materials And Methods: 41 women patients were included in the study. 45 lesions were diagnosed by biopsy; 25 (55.

Clinical application of Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy in patients with cold thyroid nodules. Comparison with color Doppler sonography.

We prospectively studied 26 patients with cold thyroid nodules (five malignant and 21 benign nodules) on Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy to investigate the diagnostic value of Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintigraphy and color-Doppler sonography in differentiating malignant from benign thyroid nodules. In each patient, Tc-99m Tetrofosmin uptake in the nodule and intranodule vascularity were assessed semiquantatively. Both the uptake and vascularity were classified as low, Iso or high.