Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance enterocolonography in assessing Crohn disease activity.

Introduction: Diffusion‑weighted magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to identify inflamed bowel segments in patients with Crohn disease (CD).

Objectives: We aimed to determine diffusion‑weighted imaging (DWI) value to predict active CD and compare apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) with endoscopic and conventional indices of magnetic resonance imaging of CD activity.

Patients And Methods: Overall, 229 patients with suspected and diagnosed CD prospectively underwent magnetic resonance enterocolonography (MR‑EC) with DWI sequence and ileocolonoscopy.

Comparison of Changes in Disease-Free and Overall Survival of Resectable Rectal Adenocarcinoma between 2010 and 2015.

Background: Management of rectal cancer (RC) has undergone many changes in recent decades. A multidisciplinary approach to this complex disease is essential, ensuring high-quality diagnostic, treatment, and outcomes. We aimed to compare treatment results of RC in a single-centre setting between 2010 and 2015.

Lemann Index for Assessment of Crohn's Disease: Correlation with the Quality of Life, Endoscopic Disease Activity, Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity and C- Reactive Protein.

Aim: Crohn's disease (CD) is characterized by continuing inflammation and progressive gut damage. Despite many scoring indices of CD, there is a lack of more global assessment tools for the evaluation of the total disease impact on the gut.

Methods: Fift y-three adult patients with proven CD underwent magnetic resonance enterocolonography (MR-EC), colonoscopy, and clinical activity assessment, including CRP.

[Percutaneous transthoracic fine needle aspiration of lung tumors by computed tomography examination].

Morbidity of lung cancer in Lithuania is increasing. Early diagnostics of this disease is important, difficult and necessary. During 2001, 169 patients with first and second stages of lung cancer were treated in Department of Thoracic Surgery at Kaunas Oncology Hospital.