The effects of systemic inflammatory response on prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Backgrounds/aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of neutrophyil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), CRP and CA19-9 in patients were diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to better verify pre-operative risk stratification and management.

Methods: This retrospective study included data from 133 consecutive patients with PDAC, who were treated between 2013 and 2015. PDAC diagnosis was made by cytology or assumed by radiological assessment or surgical resection samples.

The efficacy of diffusion weighted imaging for detection of acute pancreatitis and comparison of subgroups according to Balthazar classification.

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values detected by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in acute pancreatitis and compare them with computerized tomography (CT) findings in acute pancreatitis subgrouped by the Balthazar classification.

Materials And Methods: The study population included 50 patients diagnosed with clinical pancreatitis who were evaluated with both multidetector CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 24 h of clinical presentation. We calculated pancreatic ADC values obtained from DWI (b=0 and b=1000 mm2/sn).

Diagnostic value of CTE in patients with Crohn's disease.

Objective: The goal of our study was to compare the accuracy of computed tomography enteroclysis (CTE) to that of biopsy in detecting bowel wall alterations of the terminal ileum in Crohn's disease (CD).

Subjects And Methods: A total of 43 patients with either diagnosed or suspected CD (16 females, 28 males) underwent CTE and ileoscopy. Ileoscopy diagnosed 35 patients with CD of the ileum, while 8 patients served as the control group.