Angiographic findings of pulmonary arterial involvement in Behcet's Disease: Do they correlate with symptoms and acute phase response?

Introduction: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with arterial vasculitis. Although, pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is accepted as the prototypic arterial disorder, an increasing presence of pulmonary artery thrombosis (PAT) with or without aneurysms was also reported in recent studies. In this study, we aimed to describe computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) findings of pulmonary involvement and its correlation with symptoms and acute phase response in BD.

New grading system for post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis based on computed tomography findings.

Background: There is currently no objective computed tomography (CT)-defined grading system for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related pulmonary fibrosis. We propose a CT-based radiological scale that adapts the histological fibrosis scale to pulmonary fibrosis CT findings, to evaluate possible predictive factors for the degree of fibrosis in these patients.

Methods: A new radiological fibrosis grading system was created based on existing histological fibrosis scales.

Accuracy and reliability of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Purpose: To determine the diagnostic utility of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and to investigate the significance of evaluating radiological findings together with neurological and ophthalmological data in the diagnosis of IIH.

Materials And Methods: All consecutive patients diagnosed with IIH in our tertiary neuro-ophthalmology center between January 1, 2018 and March 15, 2020, were included in the study. The clinical, radiological, and ophthalmological findings of IIH patients were compared with the control group with similar demographic characteristics.

Comparison of SARS-COV-2 antibody assays in PCR negative and PCR positive Turkish patients.

Background: To the Editor, Serology may offer valuable information during COVID-19 pandemic; however, published papers mainly reported the results of symptomatic patients having positive RT-PCR on upper respiratory tract specimens [1]. More studies are needed to address whether asymptomatic patients, or patients with chest imaging compatible with COVID-19 but negative RT-PCR, have different antibody response that could influence assays performances. We wanted to share our data from Turkey where 4,323,596 COVID-19 cases were detected out of 44,087,628 PCR tests by April 20, 2021 but there are only a couple of published studies about serodiagnosis of the infection.

Clinical and radiologic characteristics of symptomatic pregnant women with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Objective: To describe the radiological features, diagnostic accuracy and features of imaging studies and their relation with clinical course of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in pregnant women.

Material And Methods: The clinical, laboratory and radiological features of symptomatic pregnant women suspected of COVID-19 were retrospectively reviewed. Chest radiography (CXR) and chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 in pregnant women were identified.