Role of diffusion tensor imaging in the evaluation of white matter integrity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Objectives: To determine whether idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) may affect white matter integrity and optic pathways by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and to correlate the DTI metrics with intracranial pressure (ICP).

Methods: This study is a retrospective case-control study. A total of 42 patients who underwent lumbar puncture and those with elevated ICP, meeting the diagnostic criteria for IIH, were included in the study.

Assessment of cyclin D1 activity in tumors and tumor budding and its prognostic significance in tumor budding in colorectal carcinomas.

Background: The most important prognostic parameter is staging in colorectal cancers, and tumor budding (TB) is among the independent prognostic parameters that are increasing in significance. Cyclin D1 expression has been associated with poor prognosis as a marker of various tumors.

Aims And Objectives: In this study, the aim was to determine the activity of cyclin D1 in colon adenocarcinomas, tumors, and tumor buds and to compare the results with prognostic parameters.

Updated endometrial cancer FIGO staging: the role of MRI in determining newly included histopathological criteria.

Purpose: Endometrial cancer (EC) is among the prevalent malignancies in gynecology, showing an increasing occurrence and mortality rate. The updated 2023 FIGO staging integrates both histopathological and molecular analyses, which significantly impact the prognosis and treatment approaches. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of MRI in identifying essential histopathological tumor features, including histological subtype, grade, and lymphovascular space invasion.

Predictive significance of intraprostatic volumetric parameters derived from early and standard time 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT images in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between intraprostatic 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) uptake values and volumetric parameters derived from early pelvic and standard-time whole-body 68Ga-PSMA PET/computed tomography (CT) images in untreated prostate cancer (PCa) patients, and to assess the predictive significance of these data in relation to disease prognosis, comparing them with the Gleason score, clinical risk classification and the presence of metastatic disease detected in 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging.

Methods: Eighty-one newly diagnosed PCa patients underwent early phase pelvic imaging at the 5th minute and standard time whole-body imaging at the 60th minute. Various threshold values were used in intraprostatic delineations to compute maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), mean standardized uptake value (SUVmean), intraprostatic PSMA tumor volume and intraprostatic total lesion PSMA uptake.

The relationship between nutritional status and white matter integrity in older adults: A diffusion tensor imaging study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study to determinate whether there is a relationship between the nutritional status and white matter integrity in older patients by using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI).

Methods: The patients were evaluated by Mini-Nutritional Assessment Scale. The patients are categorized in the groups of well-nourished, risk of malnutrition, or malnourished, depending on the overall score> 23.

Diagnostic role of gray-scale and shear-wave elastography in pediatric patients with undescended testes: a prospective controlled study.

Aim: Ultrasound elastography is a simple non-invasive method for measuring tissue elasticity in relation to tissue fibrosis. The aim of this study was to compare echogenicity, volume and shear wave velocities of undescended vs normally descended testes.

Material And Methods: Sixty-six boys with undescended testes were included in this study.

CT-based, robotic-arm assisted total hip arthroplasty (Mako) through anterior approach provides improved cup placement accuracy but no difference in clinical outcomes when compared to conventional technique.

Background: With the restoration of the natural hip biomechanics, a successful total hip arthroplasty (THA) and long-term survival is pursued. Although robotic THA (rTHA) has been developed to increase accuracy of implant positioning, leg lengths and offsets, discussions about its radiological and clinical advantages over conventional THA (cTHA) continues.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare clinical and radiological outcomes of robotic and conventional THA.

Role of magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate between borderline and malignant serous epithelial ovarian tumors.

Purpose: We aimed to differentiate serous borderline ovarian tumors (SBOT) from serous epithelial ovarian carcinomas (SEOC) using morphological and functional MRI findings, to improve the patient management.

Method: We retrospectively investigated 24 ovarian lesions diagnosed with SBOT and 64 ovarian lesions diagnosed with SEOC. Additional to the demographic and morphological findings T2W signal intensity ratio, mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and total apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were analyzed and compared between two groups.

Evaluation of the white matter integrity in morbidly obese patients before and after bariatric surgery; a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Purpose: To investigate the difference in FA (Fractional anisotropy), ADC (Apparent diffusion coefficient), RD (Radial diffusivity) and AD (axial diffusivity) values of white matter (WM) tracts in morbidly obese subjects before and after bariatric surgery (BS).

Materials And Methods: A group of thirty-nine morbidly obese subjects are evaluated before and 4-6 months after BS. ADC, FA, RD and AD values of 17 distinct neuroanatomic localizations are measured and DTI parameters are analyzed.

Evaluation of sex dimorphism of the mandible with geometric morphometric analysis: conventional and reconstructed panoramic radiography study.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate the mandible shape dimorphism between males and females both on conventional panoramic radiographs (cPR) and reconstructed panoramic radiographs obtained from cone beam computed tomography (rPR) with geometric morphometric method.

Methods: Panoramic radiographs and cone beam computed tomography scans were performed on 33 males and 35 females with median age 23.0 (13.

The correlation between skeletal muscle index and anxiety in patients with lung cancer on the first day of chemotherapy.

To evaluate the relationship between anxiety and skeletal muscle index (SMI) levels in lung cancer patients on the first day of chemotherapy. This cross-sectional study included 108 patients. We analyzed patient characteristics, SMI levels, pain status and predicted anxiety factors.

Evaluation of white matter integrity by diffusion tensor imaging in the deficiencies of vitamin B12 and folate in older patients.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate whether white matter (WM) integrity is impaired in vitamin B12 and folate deficiency with Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) in older patients.

Methods: All the patients aged ≥65 years admitted to the geriatric clinic and performed DTI-MRI were included in the study. DTI parameters (fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, radial diffusivity) were calculated by ROI-based method in white matter tracts.

Microstructural alterations in hypoxia-related BRAIN centers after COVID-19 by using DTI: A preliminary study.

Purpose: To investigate whether the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters alterations in the in hypoxia-related neuroanatomical localizations in patients after COVID-19. Additionally, the relationship between DTI findings and the clinical severity of the disease is evaluated.

Methods: The patients with COVID-19 were classified into group 1 (total patients, n = 74), group 2 (outpatient, n = 46), and group 3 (inpatient, n = 28) and control (n = 52).

Diffusion tensor imaging findings in the hunger and satiety centers of the brain after bariatric surgery: a preliminary study.

Purpose: To investigate the alterations in the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters measured in the hunger and satiety centers of the brain before and after bariatric surgery (BS) in morbidly obese patients.

Methods: Fourty morbidly obese patients were evaluated before and after BS. Mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values were calculated from 14 related brain locations, and the DTI parameters were analyzed.

Thorax computed tomography findings and anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G levels in polymerase chain reaction-negative probable COVID-19 cases.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels after 6 months of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) negative but assumed to be COVID-19 positive cases to investigate the relationship between IgG levels and thoracic computed tomography (CT) findings.

Methods: This was a single-center study that included patients whose PCR test results were negative at least three times using nasopharyngeal swabs but had clinical findings of COVID-19 and thoracic CT findings compatible with viral pneumonia. Six months after discharge, the IgG antibodies were analyzed.

Significance of CD47 expression in endometrial carcinoma.

Objectives: CD47 is a membrane protein that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily and regulates macrophage phagocytosis negatively. As CD47 expression at the cancer cell membrane would inhibit the phagocytic activity of immune cells, it is connected to an unfavorable prognosis in leukemia and malignancies of various solid organs. Materials and.

Comparison of clinical findings and electromyography results in patients with preliminary diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the link between EMG findings and clinical status, the Boston questionnaire and the severity of pain in patients with pre-diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Methods: A total of 85 patients (133 hands) who presented to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic consecutively with complaints of numbness, tingling, pain and weakness in their hands were evaluated for their demographic and clinical features. After the initial evaluation, the diagnosis of CTS was confirmed by EMG.

Prognostic evidence of LEF1 isoforms in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Introduction: The lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (LEF1) is a DNA-binding transcription factor that functions in the Wnt signaling pathway. Increased LEF1 activity is associated with progression of several types of cancer including leukemia. Here, we investigated LEF1 isoform expression and genomic variations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).