Delayed Aortic Dissection after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers functional improvement for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis. Vascular complications after TAVI are known to occur frequently. Among them, aortic dissection is a rare but life-threatening vascular complication.

Value of tomography in detecting breast masses and discriminating malign and benign lesions.

Objectives: The main purpose of the present study was to determine the effectivity of computerized tomography (CT) in detecting breast masses and discriminating masses as malignant or benign.

Material And Methods: After having received the institutional local ethics committee approval, an experienced radiologist who did not participate in the study created a patient pool by searching our health center's Pathology department database between 2010 and 2018. The group created consisted of dense and non-dense breast types equally and included approximately similar percentages of benign and malignant breast mass sizes.

A very rare renal venous anomaly: Accessory polar left renal vein.

A 49-year-old female patient with hypertension was admitted with an intraabdominal murmur and referred for multidetector computed tomography angiography for suspected renal artery stenosis. Her medical history, clinical examination, serum biochemistry, and ultrasound examination findings showed no pathological findings of diabetes mellitus or any other disease. Axial and coronal reformatted multidetector computed tomography angiography revealed a dilated accessory polar renal vein which drained the venous circulation of the left lower pole into the inferior vena cava at midline.

Relationship between androgenic alopecia and white matter hyperintensities in apparently healthy subjects.

A healthy brain is essential for living a longer and fuller life. Detecting asymptomatic white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be clinically important in terms of treatment and prognostic evaluation. WMHs in brain may reflect brain aging.

Conservative Treatment of Spontaneous Rectus Sheath Hematomas: Single Center Experience and Literature Review.

Introduction: Spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma (SRSH) is characterized by bleeding within the rectus abdominis muscle sheath, one of the rare causes of acute abdominal pain. Early diagnosis is imperative in SRSH to prevent complications and the treatment is usually conservative. We intended to present in this study our experience with SRSH patients with respect to diagnostic evaluation and management of their disease.

Efficacy of chemical shift MRI for differentiating diffuse red bone marrow reconversion and hematological malignancies.

Background/aim: The main purpose of our study was to determine the efficacy of chemical shift imaging (CSI) for differentiating diffuse red bone marrow reconversion (RBMR) and hematological malignancies. We also aimed to calculate the cut-off value for these entities with similar imaging features in routine magnetic resonance (MR) sequences.

Materials And Methods: A total of 54 patients were included: 17 patients (31.

Relationship between the earlobe crease and brain white matter abnormalities in apparently healthy subjects.

Background/aim: In the present study we aimed to investigate whether the earlobe crease (ELC) might provide predictive information about white matter intensities (WMIs) in the brain that reflect brain aging.

Materials And Methods: A total of 350 individuals examined from January 2016 to July 2016 were screened. Patients with known demyelinating white matter disease, neurodegenerative disorders, cerebrovascular event history, or brain tumors were excluded from the study.

IL-17A, MCP-1, CCR-2, and ABCA1 polymorphisms in children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Objective: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children has risen significantly, owing to the worldwide childhood obesity epidemic in the last two decades. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is closely linked to sedentary lifestyle, increased body mass index, and visceral adiposity. In addition, individual genetic variations also have a role in the development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Contribution of MRI to ultrasound in the diagnosis of fetal anomalies.

Purpose: To evaluate the contribution of MRI to ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of fetal anomalies.

Materials And Methods: After informed consent and institutional review board approval, concomitant US and MR imaging were performed for 184 fetuses with suspected anomalies in university hospital. Postnatal final diagnoses were obtained for 183 anomalies in 151 fetuses either by radiological examination, surgery, autopsy, or inspection.