Relationship between DXA measured systemic bone mineral density and subchondral bone cysts in postmenopausal female patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study : Osteoarthritis cysts and bone mineral density.

Background: Individuals with high systemic bone mineral density (BMD) may have an increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis (OA). Besides that, radiographic osteophytes are strongly associated with BMD. Because of these reasons, the aim of the study was to investigate the possible association between radiological subchondral bone cyst (SBC) grade and systemic BMD and vitamin D status in the postmenopausal female patients with knee OA in a crosss-sectional study.

Relationship between Abdominal Aortic Calcification, Abdominal Adiposity, and Liver Density.

Objective: To identify any relationship among visceral adipose tissue area (visceral FA), liver density (liver HU), psoas muscle area (psoas MA), waist circumference (WC) and the presence and severity of abdominal aortic calcific atherosclerosis (AAC).

Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Ankara Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, from January to February 2019.

An assessment of the relationship between thyroid nodule characteristics, insulin resistance and arterial stiffness in euthyroid nodular goiter.

Objectives: Publications suggesting that thyroid nodule might be associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are quite interesting. There is a need for studies assessing the relationship between nodule presence and cardiovascular risk in individuals with non-functioning nodular goiter. The purpose of the present study is to reveal whether or not insulin resistance, nodule presence, and nodule stiffness affect arterial stiffness, which is a reliable and valid cardiovascular risk indicator, in individuals with euthyroid nodular goiter using the pulse wave analysis (PWA).

Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is not an independent risk factor for hepatosteatosis in obese children.

Background: Obesity is an important risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Few studies have evaluated the association between vitamin D and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children. Therefore, we conducted a study to examine the relationship of vitamin D levels and hepatosteatosis in obese children.

Evaluation of the mastoid triangle for determining sexual dimorphism: A Saudi population based study.

Demographic assessment of skeletal remains in forensic investigations includes identification of sex. The present study aimed to develop population-specific, sex-discriminating anthropometric standards for the mastoid triangle of a documented Saudi population using computed tomographic (CT) images of the lateral aspect of the skull. The present study was performed on 206 CT images of a documented Saudi population of known sex and age.

Comparison of autogenous cartilage, acellular dermis, and solvent-dehydrated pericardium for the prevention and correction of dorsal nasal irregularities: an experimental study.

Background: Numerous materials have been used for the correction and prevention of dorsal nasal irregularities. Experimental and clinical studies have been useful but have provided insufficient results for several reasons, including the impossibility of obtaining pathologic specimens from aesthetic patients and imprecise experimental models. In this study, an experimental model for rhinoplasty is used for the comparative evaluation of solvent-dehydrated pericardium, acellular dermal matrix, and autogenous ear cartilage as onlay grafts for the prevention and correction of nasal dorsal irregularities.

Clinic and ultrasound findings related to pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

The aim of this study was to determine clinical and US factors associated with pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The study included 143 patients. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 consisted of 94 patients with unilateral or bilateral knee pain ≥3 cm during physical activity for at least 48 h prior to inclusion, measured by the visual analog scale from 0 to 10 cm.

Diagnosis and follow-up in constipated children: should we use ultrasound?

Purpose: We investigated the efficacy of ultrasound in determining megarectum and fecal load and the response to treatment in constipation and tried to specify objective criteria in this study.

Methods: A total of 66 cases were queried and divided into 2 groups as constipated (n = 35; mean age, 6.8 ± 2.

Can renal dimensions and the main renal artery diameter indicate the presence of an accessory renal artery? A 64-slice CT study.

Purpose: To evaluate whether renal dimensions and the main renal artery (mRA) diameter can provide indirect evidence of the presence or absence of accessory renal arteries (aRA).

Materials And Methods: The study group consisted of 167 patients (83 women, 84 men; mean age, 52.4±13.

The stylohyoid chain: CT imaging.

We aimed in this report to discuss the embryology, anatomy, theories of ossification and symptoms, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of the stylohyoid chain (SHC) variations, together with the role of radiographs, computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional (3D)-CT in showing these variations. Because CT/3D-CT additionally facilitates visualization of the entire SHC with different axes, it is the most valuable method for establishing the relationship between the SHC and the surrounding tissue. SHC variation can be discovered during CT performed for indications other than ossified SHC.

Optimisation of contrast medium volume and injection-related factors in CT pulmonary angiography: 64-slice CT study.

Objective: To compare the image quality of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) obtained with the injection of various low doses of contrast medium (CM) with different injection-related factors.

Methods: A total of 90 patients (42 females, 48 males; 54.3 +/- 18.

Assessment of vascularity with color Doppler ultrasound in gynecomastia.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the presence and type of vascularity with color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) in gynecomastia, to describe gray-scale ultrasound (US) and CDUS features in different stages of gynecomastia, and to compare these findings with the characteristic US appearances of Tanner stages.

Materials And Methods: A total of 108 breasts of 54 males aged 11-27 years with complaint of gynecomastia and US verification of gynecomastia were evaluated. Each breast was then classified according to Tanner stages.

Sex determination from measurements of the sternum and fourth rib using multislice computed tomography of the chest.

Introduction: One of the most important data that can be obtained from bones is sex determination for which the recommended method is taking metric measurements. Metric measurements can be performed directly on dried bones obtained from the cadaver or indirectly from their radiographs.

Aim: We assessed the accuracy of sex determination and the applicability of previously defined rules using the sternum and 4th rib measurement data from chest multislice computed tomography (MSCT) imaging of 340 patients and developed a model/formula that would provide the best way to determine sex.

Ultrasonographic evaluation of hand and foot tendons in Behçet's disease.

Background: There have been few studies in the literature evaluating the effect of Behçet's disease (BD) on tendons. Thus, we planned to search for the involvement of hand and foot tendons in BD by using ultrasonography and to determine the relation of tendon involvement with clinical measurements.

Methods: The study consisted of 33 randomly selected BD patients and 36 voluntary healthy controls matched by age and body mass index.

Does the presence of a mesh have an effect on the testicular blood flow after surgical repair of indirect inguinal hernia?

Purpose: Modern treatment of inguinal hernias includes prosthetic mesh repairs. However, direct contact of the mesh to the vessels in the inguinal canal and perimesh fibrosis may have a negative impact on testicular flow. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the effect of mesh implantation/perimesh fibrosis on testicular flow after repair of indirect inguinal hernias (IIHs).

Diffuse stylohyoid chain ossification.

Clinical symptoms of stylohyoid chain ossification vary from ear pain to dysphagia. It is usually diagnosed coincidentally. Localized ossification of the chain is common, whereas diffuse ossification is rare.

Assessment of the stylohoid chain by 3D-CT.

Background: To assess the variations of stylohyoid chain (SHC) using 3D-CT.

Methods: We evaluated a total of 200 SHC on the head/neck CT scans of 100 patients (44 females, 56 males, age range 18-73 years). All of the patients had been scanned for neck lesions other than those concerning the region of the SHC.