Liver/spleen magnetic resonance elastography and T1/T2 mapping in chronic liver disease: a prospective study.

Objective: This study aims to compare liver and spleen stiffness measurements using magnetic resonance elastography with T1 and T2 relaxation times in patients with chronic liver disease.

Methods: A total of 75 chronic liver disease patients and 25 healthy volunteers underwent MR. Patients with significant liver fat and iron accumulation were excluded.

Comparative analysis of the sarcopenia and HALP score on postoperative outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients after pancreatoduodenectomy.

Background: Sarcopenia and HALP (Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet) scores are factors commonly associated with postoperative outcomes used in cancer patients. This study aims to evaluate the effect of these two prognostic factors on postoperative outcomes in operated pancreatic cancer patients and their correlation with each other.

Methods: The study is a single-center, retrospective study conducted with 179 patients diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) between January 2012 and January 2022.

Effect of Sarcopenia on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients With Fournier's Gangrene.

Background: Preoperative sarcopenia is an essential factor that negatively affects postoperative results. The effect of preoperative sarcopenia on postoperative complications and prognosis in patients treated for Fournier's gangrene (FG) is controversial. This retrospective cohort study analyzed the effect of FG to evaluate the effect of preoperative sarcopenia on postoperative complications and prognosis in patients who were operated on.

Biallelic CAV1 null variants induce congenital generalized lipodystrophy with achalasia.

Objective: CAV1 encodes caveolin-1, a major protein of plasma membrane microdomains called caveolae, involved in several signaling pathways. Caveolin-1 is also located at the adipocyte lipid droplet. Heterozygous pathogenic variants of CAV1 induce rare heterogeneous disorders including pulmonary arterial hypertension and neonatal progeroid syndrome.

Effective predictors for surgical decision in antenatal hydronephrosis: a prospective multiparameter analysis.

Objective: The majority of antenatal hydronephrosis disappears spontaneously. In our study, we have investigated the effective predictors for surgical decision in antenatal hydronephrosis.

Material And Methods: Forty-four patients found to have renal pelvic anteroposterior (AP) diameter more than 10-mm on antenatal ultrasonograpy were followed after birth.

The diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted imaging and the apparent diffusion coefficient values in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions.

Introduction: The goal of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions.

Methods: Between June 2012 and March 2013, 60 patients with 63 lesions (age range 29-70 years, mean age 48.6 years) were included in our study.

Nonodontogenic mandibular lesions: differentiation based on CT attenuation.

Mandibular lesions are classified as odontogenic and nonodontogenic based on the cell of origin. Odontogenic lesions are frequently encountered at head and neck imaging. However, several nonodontogenic pathologies may also involve mandible and present further diagnostic dilemma.

An uncommon case of neurofibromatosis type 2: a tribute to the intracranial calcifications.

Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) is a genetic disorder associated with schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas. Intracranial calcifications, either tumoral or non-tumoral, are relatively lesser known features of NF2. Here, we present a case of NF2, in which the diagnosis was suspected due to the presence of choroid plexus and subependymal calcifications, although no obvious schwannoma or meningioma was detected initially on standard computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.

Primary lymph node gastrinoma: a rare cause of abdominal pain in childhood.

Gastrinoma is a hormone-secreting tumor associated with the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. It is quite rare among children. The discovery of gastrinomas in unusual locations such as lymph nodes, bones, ovaries, and the liver poses a diagnostic dilemma as to whether the tumor is primary or metastatic.

Diagnostic value of sonohysterography in the evaluation of submucosal fibroids and endometrial polyps.

Aims: To evaluate the diagnostic value of sonohysterography in the evaluation of submucosal fibroids and endometrial polyps.

Methods: Thirty-two women whose preliminary transvaginal ultrasound suggested endometrial abnormality underwent sonohysterography. The findings were then compared with histopathological results.