Subgroup analysis of accreta, increta and percreta cases using acoustic radiation force impulse elastography.

Objective: To compare acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography values and histopathological diagnoses (accreta, increta, percreta) in patients suspected of having abnormal placental invasion (API).

Materials And Methods: This prospective study included 54 patients in the third trimester with a history of caesarian section (CS) and API based on gray scale and Doppler ultrasonography (USG) and 35 healthy controls. Patients underwent ARFI elastography preoperatively.

The role of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in the differentiation of benign and malignant focal liver masses.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate elasticity of benign and malign focal liver lesions and surrounding parenchyma as measured by acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI).

Materials And Methods: 34 hemangiomas, 4 focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH), 10 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 22 metastatic lesions from a total of 62 patients were examined with ARFI elastography. ARFI measurements for each tumor type were expressed as mean ± standard deviation for liver mass and surrounding parenchyma.

Radiological findings and outcomes of bronchial artery embolization in cryptogenic hemoptysis.

Management of cryptogenic massive hemoptysis is difficult, and conservative treatment may be inadequate to stop the hemorrhage. Surgery is not a reasonable option because there is no underlying identifiable pathology. This study aimed to investigate the radiologic findings and bronchial artery embolization outcomes in cryptogenic hemoptysis, and to compare the results with non-cryptogenic hemoptysis.

Endovascular management of vascular complications after percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Background: Bleeding is one of the most common and most important complications of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), which is mainly controlled with conservative treatment options. Transcatheter arterial embolization is required in less than 1 % of the patients undergoing PCNL. There are only a few studies about endovascular treatment of vascular complications of PCNL.