Association between left-sided varicocele and epididymo-orchitis with sonographic findings.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between left-sided varicocele and epididymitis or epididymo-orchitis.

Materials And Methods: The study included 72 patients with left side epididymitis (EP) or epididymo-orchitis (EPO) (Group 1) and a control group of 72 patients without EP or EPO (Group 2). Those with right EP-EPO were excluded due to possible other underlying retroperitoneal pathologies causing varicocele.

Giant optical polarisation rotations induced by a single quantum dot spin.

In the framework of optical quantum computing and communications, a major objective consists in building receiving nodes implementing conditional operations on incoming photons, using a single stationary qubit. In particular, the quest for scalable nodes motivated the development of cavity-enhanced spin-photon interfaces with solid-state emitters. An important challenge remains, however, to produce a stable, controllable, spin-dependent photon state, in a deterministic way.

Patellar height: an important parameter in knee MRI associated with tendinopathy, quadriceps fat pad edema (QFPE), anterior cruciate ligament mucoid degeneration (ACL-MD), and lateral cartilage damage.

Background: Some pathologies associated with abnormal patellar height have been reported in the literature. However, its relationship with some pathologies, such as anterior cruciate ligament mucoid degeneration (ACL-MD) and focal cartilage defect, has not been investigated.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between patellar height with patellar-quadriceps tendinopathy, quadriceps fat pad edema, ACL-MD, and focal cartilage defect.

Rapid Remote Online Evaluation in Endoscopic Diagnostics: An Analysis of Biopsy-Proven Respiratory Cytopathology.

Background: This prospective study assesses the use of rapid remote online cytological evaluation for diagnosing endoscopical achieved biopsies. It focuses on its effectiveness in identifying benign and malignant conditions using digital image processing.

Methods: The study was conducted between April 2021 and September 2022 and involved analyses of 314 Rapid Remote Online Cytological Evaluations in total (154 imprint cytologies, 143 fine needle aspirations and 17 brush cytologies) performed on 239 patients at the LungenClinic Grosshansdorf.

[Aberrant course of the aneurysmal internal carotid artery revealed by dysphonia and chronic cough : About a case].

Aberrant internal carotid artery is a rare birth defect. It occurs when the artery takes an abnormal course, the discovery of which is fortuitous but in the presence of dysphonia or chronic cough; this anomaly remains a diagnosis of exclusion. Cervicothoracic CT scan with injection of contrast product confirms the diagnosis.

Head-to-head Intra-individual Comparison of [Ga]-FAPI and [F]-FDG PET/CT in Patients with Bladder Cancer.

Aim/purpose: Fibroblast activation protein-(FAP)-ligands, a novel class of tracers for PET/CT imaging, demonstrated promising results in previous studies in various malignancies compared to standard [F]FDG PET/CT. Ga-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor-([Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI)-PET/CT impresses with sharp contrasts in terms of high tumor uptake and low background noise leading to clear delineation. [F]FDG PET/CT has limited accuracy in bladder cancer due to high background signal.

Evolution of Bowel Complaints after Laparoscopic Endometriosis Surgery: A 1497 Women Comparative Study.

Study Objective: To assess to what degree can digestive symptoms improve after endometriosis surgery for different localizations.

Design: A comparative retrospective study employing data prospectively recorded in the North-West Inter-Regional Female Cohort for Patients with Endometriosis (CIRENDO) from June 2009 to November 2018.

Setting: Two referral centers.

The value of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT in diagnosis and management of suspected pituitary tumors.

Background: Gallium 68-tetraazacyclododecane-tetraacetic acid-octreotate ([68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE) is a selective somatostatin analogue ligand, which shows increased affinity for somatostatin receptor subtype (SSTR) 2 and has been used routinely for imaging neuroendocrine tumors with PET/CT. We investigated the utility of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with suspected pituitary pathology. We reviewed imaging for twenty consecutive patients (8 men, 12 women, mean age of 48.

[Sphenochoanal polyp: case study of a rare entity and literature review].

Sphenochoanal polyp is a rare form of choanal polyp originating from the sphenoid sinus and extending to the choanae via the sphenoethmoidal recess. We report a case of sphenochoanal polyp in a 15-year-old boy presenting with a 3-year history of chronic progressive nasal obstruction, treated with endoscopic surgery with good post-operative outcome. Sphenochoanal polyp is extremely rare.

The use of multiparametric 18F-fluoro-L-3,4-dihydroxy-phenylalanine PET/MRI in post-therapy assessment of patients with gliomas.

Purpose: To determine the utility of F-fluoro-L-3,4-dihydroxy-phenylalanine (F-DOPA) PET/MRI versus cross-sectional MRI alone in glioma response assessment and identify whether the two techniques demonstrate different tumour features.

Methods: F-DOPA PET/MRI studies from 40 patients were analysed. Quantitative PET parameters and conventional MRI features were recorded.

Metastatic Insulinoma Controlled by Targeted Radionuclide Therapy With 177Lu-DOTATATE in a Patient With Solitary Kidney and MEN-1 Syndrome.

A 54-year-old man with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 had previous history of parathyroid surgery and left thyroid lobectomy 5 years earlier, and was referred for recurrent hypoglycemic episodes. Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT had showed multiple lesions in the right lung, liver, and pancreas. Biopsy from pancreas revealed low-grade neuroendocrine neoplasia.

Evaluation of CSF flow metrics in patients with communicating hydrocephalus and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Purpose: To search for CSF dynamics of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and communicating hydrocephalus and any correlation between MRI findings, CSF metrics and CSF opening pressure in IIH.

Materials And Methods: Healthy subjects (30) and subjects with IIH (29) and high-pressure communicating hydrocephalus (43) were enrolled. Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test (p = 0.

Craniocervical Dissections: Radiologic Findings, Pitfalls, Mimicking Diseases: A Pictorial Review.

Background: Craniocervical Dissections (CCD) are a crucial emergency state causing 20% of strokes in patients under the age of 45. Although DSA (digital substraction angiography) is regarded as the gold standard, noninvasive methods of CT, CTA and MRI, MRA are widely used for diagnosis.

Aim: Our aim is to illustrate noninvasive imaging findings in CCD.

Role of obesity and abdominal shape morphometric features to predict postoperative complications and quality of lymph node dissection of gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Obesity and abdominal shape morphometric features have been thought to be independent risk factors for surgical outcomes after gastrectomy.A total of 113 patients undergoing surgery for primary gastric adenocarcinoma from June 2011 to January 2015 were retrospectively included. Body mass index, visceral fatty area, anterior-posterior abdominal and transverse diameters and depth ratio at levels of the umbilicus, the gastroesophageal junction and the root of the celiac artery were measured or calculated.

Hyperperfusion in carotid stenting patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to define hyperperfusion in carotid stenting patients without excluding patients with stenosis on the contralateral side.

Materials And Methods: A total of 32 patients were enrolled. Prestent computed tomography perfusions were performed within 1 week before stenting, poststent perfusions 3 days after stenting.

Cavernous Sinus: A Comprehensive Review of its Anatomy, Pathologic Conditions, and Imaging Features.

The purpose of this article was to review the anatomy of the cavernous sinus (CS), illustrate numerous lesions that can affect the CS, and emphasize the imaging characteristics for each lesion to further refine the differential diagnoses. The CS, notwithstanding its small size, contains a complicated and crucial network that consists of the carotid artery, the venous plexus, and cranial nerves. The wide-ranging types of pathologies that can involve the CS can be roughly classified as tumoral, congenital, infectious/inflammatory/granulomatous, and vascular.

Bilateral jugular vein and sigmoid sinus thrombosis related to an inherited coagulopathy: an unusual presentation.

Internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) is a rare condition associated with malignancy, coagulopathy, and trauma. The optimal management of any IJVT must be individualized and depends on the condition of the patient. Case Presentation.