Interdisiplinary and intraobserver reliability of the Greulich-Pyle method among Turkish children.

Objectives: Greulich-Pyle (GP) is one of the most used method for bone age determination (BAD) in various orthopedic, pediatric, radiological, and forensic situations. We aimed to investigate the inter- and intra-observer reliability of the GP method between the most relevant disciplines and its applicability to the Turkish population.

Methods: One-hundred and eighty (90 boys, 90 girls) patients with a chronological age younger than 18 (mean 9.

The Role of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Extrapulmonary Metastases in Osteosarcoma Staging and Restaging: A Pilot Study.

Objective: The aim of the study is to investigate the role of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in assessing extrapulmonary metastases in primary osteosarcoma staging.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical data to identify primary osteosarcoma patients with available preoperative whole-body MRI obtained in the staging or restaging. Histopathology was the reference test for assessing the diagnostic performance, if available.

The value of MRI contrast enhancement in biopsy decision of suspicious mammographic microcalcifications: a prospective multicenter study.

Objectives: To investigate the inclusion of breast MRI in radiological assessment of suspicious, isolated microcalcifications detected with mammography.

Methods: In this prospective, multicenter study, cases with isolated microcalcifications in screening mammography were examined with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) before biopsy, and contrast enhancement of the relevant calcification localization was accepted as a positive finding on MRI. Six experienced breast radiologists evaluated the images and performed the biopsies.

Calcific tendinitis: intramuscular and intraosseous migration.

Calcific tendinitis is a well-documented and extensively studied disease in the literature. Intramuscular and intraosseous migration are rare complications, which may present diagnostic challenges. This pictorial essay illustrates the imaging findings of these complications.

Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis and coexisting intrasellar mass lesion presenting with headache as the sole symptom.

A case of isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis in an elderly diabetic patient is described. A coexisting mass lesion located in the sellar region was detected incidentally. Coincidence of these two entities represents a potential surgical disaster which may result in direct intracranial spread of fungal infection.

[Unilateral congenital aplasia of the submandibular gland].

Aplasia of the major salivary glands is very uncommon, whereas isolated aplasia of unilateral submandibular gland is even rarer. In this article, we report a 55-year-old female case in whom unilateral aplasia of the left submandibular gland was detected incidentally by ultrasonography with no other congenital comorbidities in the light of literature data.