Publications by authors named "G Cassola"
Objective: Isolated intracranial tuberculomas are rare, especially in adults and it is not uncommon that they are easily confused with other diseases. To address this issue, we reported a case of a tuberculoma of the corpus callosum focusing on clinical characteristics, diagnostic clues, and outcome.
Conclusions: Intracranial masses are frequently targeted as neoplastic pathology with surgical treatment in most cases.
Background: IL-1 plays a pivotal role in the inflammatory response during cytokine storm syndromes.
Objective: Our aim was to analyze the efficacy and safety of early anti-inflammatory treatment (AIT) with intravenous anakinra with or without glucocorticoids in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
Methods: We performed a retrospective single-center cohort study of patients admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia from February 26 to April 29, 2020, to assess the efficacy of early AIT with intravenous anakinra (100 mg every 8 hours for 3 days, with tapering) alone or in combination with a glucocorticoid (intravenous methylprednisolone, 1-2 mg/kg daily, with tapering).
Purpose: To assess the agreement of one-dimensional transient elastography (1D-TE), two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE), and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in a consecutive cohort of patients affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to understand which patient-related factors are associated with disagreement.
Methods: Ninety-one consecutive patients with current or previous chronic HCV infection were enrolled between March 2017 and September 2018. We assessed the correlation between stiffness measurements expressed in kilopascals (kPa).