The 3-Dimensional-Computed Tomography Texture Is Useful to Predict Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Grading.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the computed tomography texture parameters in predicting grading.

Methods: This study analyzed 68 nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (Pan-NENs). Clinical and radiological parameters were studied.

Vertebral fractures and mortality risk in hospitalised patients during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.

Background And Objective: Bone fragility has been linked to COVID-19 severity. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether a diagnosis of vertebral fracture (VF) increased mortality risk in COVID-19 patients and whether this effect was greater than in those without COVID-19.

Methods: We assessed VFs by computed tomography (CT) in a cohort of 501 patients consecutively admitted to the emergency department (ED) for clinical suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first wave of pandemic emergency.

Inter-center agreement of mRECIST in transplanted patients for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objectives: To evaluate the inter-observer reliability of modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumours (mRECIST) of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing neo-adjuvant treatments before liver transplant (LT). The agreement of tumor number, size, transplant criteria, and the radiological-pathological concordance were also assessed.

Methods: A total of 180 radiological studies before/after neo-adjuvant therapies performed on 90 patients prior to LT were reviewed from three expert centers.