Evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness measurements in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy.

Background: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a systemic disease more than a disease localized to the eye, and there may be vascular involvement in its pathogenesis.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) of patients with CSC, to compare it with that of healthy individuals, and to explore whether there might be an association between CSC and subclinical carotid atherosclerotic disease.

Materials And Methods: Adult patients with CSC (n = 30) and healthy individuals (n = 30) were included in this prospective study.

Can Opportunistic Use of Computed Tomography Help Reveal the Association Between Hepatic Steatosis and Disease Severity in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients?

To measure hepatic steatosis (HS) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients using unenhanced chest computed tomography (CT) imaging and to evaluate the relationship between disease severity and prognosis in adult patients.This retrospective study included 152 consecutive hospitalized COVID-19 patients with a positive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. The COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) and the chest CT score were evaluated.

Usefulness of Picture Archiving and Communication System-Based Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements in Evaluation of Allograft Dysfunction in Patients With Liver Transplantation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of picture archiving and communication system (PACS)-based quantitative grayscale ultrasonography (US) measurements in detecting allograft dysfunction in posttransplant patients.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 116 patients with liver transplantation who underwent biopsy for allograft evaluation were recruited from the database. All participants had US images prior to procedure.

Evaluation of the Achilles Tendon Using B-Mode Ultrasound and Strain Elastography in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Objectives: To investigate the B-mode ultrasound (US) features and elasticity of the Achilles tendon in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) using US elastography and to compare them with those of healthy individuals.

Methods: From March 2019 through May 2019, 30 consecutive patients with variable stages of CKD and 30 healthy individuals were prospectively included in this study. Ultrasound and strain elastographic examinations were performed on both Achilles tendons of all individuals.

Evaluation of lymphocytic thyroiditis in children with quantitative gray-scale ultrasound echo intensity using a PACS-based tool.

Purpose: To evaluate diagnostic performance of PACS-based quantitative gray-scale ultrasound as an objective method in evaluation of pediatric thyroiditis.

Methods: Quantitative measurements of the echo-intensity level of the thyroid were obtained from ultrasound images, retrospectively using a PACS-based tool in 37 children with the tissue-proven diagnosis. Thyroid/muscle ratio was calculated by dividing the mean echo intensity of thyroid by that of adjacent strap muscle.

The Role of Real-Time Tissue Elastography and Gray-Scale Ultrasound Histogram Analysis in the Diagnosis of Patients With Sjögren's Syndrome.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate gray-scale histogram analysis of B-mode ultrasound (US) images and US elastographic features of the parotid glands in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and to explore relationships with the ultrasonographic and disease activity scores in the light of histopathological findings.

Patients And Methods: A total of 57 consecutive female patients (mean age 47.9±10.

Atypically presenting kaposiform hemangioendothelioma of the knee: ultrasound findings.

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare vascular tumor of early childhood and infancy. Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon, a common complication of KHE, is characterized by life-threatening thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and consumption coagulopathy. There may be atypical cases that do not present with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon and do have atypical imaging findings.

A Practical Approach to Quantitative Grayscale Ultrasound Analysis of Hepatic Steatosis in Pediatric Patients Using a Picture Archiving and Communication System-Based Tool.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS)-based ultrasound (US) quantification technique for diagnosis of hepatic steatosis in a pediatric population.

Methods: Abdominal US images of 49 pediatric patients (≤18 years) with histopathologically proven diagnoses of hepatic steatosis (n = 17), nonsteatotic liver disease (n = 19), and a normal liver (n = 13) were retrospectively reviewed. Patient demographics, the fibrosis stage, and the steatosis grade were obtained from the database.

A practical radiographic visual estimation technique for the prediction of developmental narrowing of cervical spinal canal.

Objectives: To determine if visual spinal canal percentage of facet overlap could be used as a rapid visual pre-screening test to detect developmental bony spinal canal narrowing on lateral cervical radiographs.

Methods: Lateral cervical spine radiographs with radiology report documenting developmental narrowing of the spine canal were retrospectively identified. Cohort was supplemented with additional images without such documentation.

Ultrasound risk stratification for malignancy using the 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Children with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

Background: The 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) Management Guidelines for Children with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer provides selection criteria for nodules prior to ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of pediatric thyroid nodule risk stratification for predicting malignancy when applying the ultrasound (US) criteria recommended.

Materials And Methods: US characteristics of 39 thyroid nodules in 33 pediatric patients who underwent US fine-needle aspiration biopsy were reviewed by two radiologists.

Incidence and follow-up outcomes of developmental hip dysplasia of newborns in the Western Mediterranean Region.

The aim of our study was to determine the incidence of developmental hip dysplasia (DHD) in the Western Mediterranean Region of Turkey and evaluate follow-up results of physiologically immature hips classified as type 2 according to Graf classification. Ultrasononographic examinations of the hips were performed using Graf's technique on 1162 infants (2324 hips) referred to our clinic for hip ultrasounds between March 2013 and March 2014. DHD was detected in 1.