Ultrasound Detected Subcutaneous Changes in a Pediatric Cohort After Initiation of a New Insulin Pump or Glucose Sensor.

This study examined subcutaneous tissue changes at sites used by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and tested whether these changes, if any, were associated with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). This prospective study investigated recently used CSII or CGM sites in 161 children and adolescents during the first year after initiation of a new diabetes device. Subcutaneous changes such as echogenicity, vascularization, and the distance from the skin surface to the muscle at CSII and CGM sites were assessed by ultrasound.

Significance of Partial or Complete Thrombosis of the Common and Deep Femoral Vein in Patients With Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Objective: The aim was to assess the anatomical distribution of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) with a focus on iliofemoral DVT, and, in particular, to characterise thrombus in the common femoral vein (CFV) and the deep femoral vein (DFV).

Methods: A one year prospective study including patients older than 18 years of age with an acute first time DVT according to ultrasound examination at one of three university hospitals in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thrombus location and extent were registered and divided into five segments: calf veins; popliteal vein; femoral and deep femoral vein; common femoral vein; and iliac veins and/or the inferior vena cava.

Ultrasonographic examination in juvenile idiopathic arthritis is better than clinical examination for identification of intraarticular disease.

Introduction: The diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is formally based on clinical examination, but ultrasound (US) examination is used increasingly. Our purpose was to compare US and clinical examination in the assessment of synovitis in JIA.

Material And Methods: This study was retrospective and included 62 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed JIA admitted to the Department of Paediatrics at Gentofte Hospital, Denmark from 2003 to 2010.

[FDG-PET and CT in gastrointestinal stromal tumor treated with imatinib].

The combined imaging modality PET/CT is a possible superior tool for evaluation of gastro-intestinal stromal tumor treatment illustrated in a case of a 59-year-old woman responding to imatinib.

[Pseudarthrosis of the ulna in a patient with neurofibromatosis].

A case of pseudoarthrosis and partial resorption of the ulna in a 12-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis is described. Neurofibromatosis is a common neurocutaneous disease with characteristic osseous lesions. The pseudoarthrosis in this case developed after fracture.