Sonoelastography of the distal third of the Achilles tendon in asymptomatic volunteers: correlation with anthropometric data, ultrasound findings and reproducibility of the method.

Objective: Evaluating prospectively elastosonographyc (EUS) findings of distal third of Achilles tendon in asymptomatic volunteers and correlating with subject characteristics and ultrasound (US) findings and, subsequently, calculating reproducibility of method.

Materials And Methods: 70 consecutives Achilles tendons were examined with US and EUS in 35 asymptomatic volunteers. Mean age 42.

Bladder cancer diagnosis: the role of CT urography.

Aims And Background: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of computed tomography urography (CTU), we first compared it with cystoscopy and subsequently analyzed which CTU phase of acquisition has the highest diagnostic accuracy in identifying bladder cancer.

Methods: In 2013, 177 patients underwent both cystoscopy and CTU. For all acquisition phases, we calculated sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, and positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV, respectively).

Defaecography and colonic transit time for the evaluation of female patients with obstructed defaecation.

Purpose: Colonic transit time and defaecography are well known, commonly used studies for evaluating patients with chronic constipation. The aim of this study was to compare colonic transit time with radiopaque markers and defaecography in female patients with obstructed defaecation.

Materials And Methods: In a prospective observational study, between January 2010 and December 2012, a total of 30 female patients, mean age 60 years, with symptoms of obstructed defaecation were subjected to colonic transit time and defaecography, and divided into two groups: normal or abnormal colon transit time.

Trans-thoracic biopsy of lung lesions: FNAB or CNB? Our experience and review of the literature.

Purpose: This study was performed to determine the type and incidence of complications of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and core biopsy (CNB) performed under computed tomography (CT) guidance to characterise lung lesions, and assess the diagnostic accuracy of the two techniques.

Materials And Methods: In 2009-2011, we performed 124 lung biopsies (66 CNB and 56 FNAB) on 121 patients with a mean age of 72.4 years.

Revaluation of breast cytology with pathologist on-site of lesions with suspicious sonographic features.

Objective: Evaluating correlation estimation between diagnostic ultrasound (U.S.) of breast lesions and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), and the correlation between cytology and histology (I) of these lesions undergo surgery.