Metastases or benign adrenal lesions in patients with histopathological verification of lung cancer: Can CT texture analysis distinguish?

Introduction: Distant metastases are found in the many of patients with lung cancer at time of diagnosis. Several diagnostic tools are available to distinguish between metastatic spread and benign lesions in the adrenal gland. However, all require additional diagnostic steps after the initial CT.

Increased VLDL-TG Fatty Acid Storage in Skeletal Muscle in Men With Type 2 Diabetes.

Context: Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity is considered the rate-limiting step of very-low-density-lipoprotein triglycerides (VLDL-TG) tissue storage, and has been suggested to relate to the development of obesity as well as insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the relationship between the quantitative storage of VLDL-TG fatty acids and LPL activity and other storage factors in muscle and adipose tissue. In addition, we examine whether such relations were influenced by type 2 diabetes.

Basal and insulin mediated VLDL-triglyceride kinetics in type 2 diabetic men.

Objective: Increased very-low-density lipoprotein triglycerides (VLDL-TG) concentration is a central feature of diabetic dyslipidemia. The objective was to compare basal and insulin mediated VLDL-TG kinetics, oxidation, and adipose tissue storage in type 2 diabetic and healthy (nondiabetic) men.

Research Design And Methods: Eleven type 2 diabetic and 11 healthy men, matched for BMI and age, were included.