Evaluation of iron overload in visceral organs in thalassemia patients by point shear-wave elastography.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of point shear-wave elastography (pSWE) in the measurement of iron overload in the liver and other visceral organs in patients with beta thalassemia major (BTM).

Materials And Methods: The study included 103 patients diagnosed with BTM who were referred to our clinic for cardiac and liver T2* measurement and a control group of 120 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers. Cardiac and hepatic T2* measurements were performed in the patient group.

The relationship between oxidative stress markers and 1H-Magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings in obsessive compulsive disorder.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine N-acetyl aspartate (NAA)/creatine (Cr) and glutamate, glutamine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid complex (Glx)/Cr levels in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy controls' orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and caudate nucleus (CN) by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) method and to investigate their relationship with oxidative stress markers glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD).

Methods: This study included patients with OCD (n = 25) and healthy controls (n = 25) ranging in age from 18 to 65. We used the ELISA method to evaluate serum SOD and GPx levels.

Relation between anterior ethmoidal artery course on computed tomography and supraorbital ethmoid cell and Keros classification.

Purpose: The anterior ethmoidal artery (AEA) is an important risk area in endoscopic sinus surgery. This study aimed to evaluate the course of AEA according to the Keros classification and the presence of supraorbital ethmoid cell (SOEC) and to prevent possible complications by emphasizing the importance of preoperative paranasal computed tomography (CT) imaging. This approach will increase the effectiveness of endoscopic sinus surgery and improve patient safety.

Predictors of successful treatment after transforaminal epidural steroid injections in patients with lumbar disc herniation.

Background: Epidural steroid injections are common procedures used to treat lumbosacral radicular pain due to lumbar disc herniation (LDH). It is crucial for the clinician to anticipate which patients can benefit from interventional treatment options.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of radiological and clinical parameters on lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESI)/local anesthetic injection outcomes in patients with LDH.

Evaluation of thyroid Zuckerkandl tubercle by computed tomography.

Purpose: This study investigated the incidence of thyroid Zuckerkandl Tubercle (ZT) using a computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck with contrast to identify the typologies in ZT-positive CT scans, investigate the presence of nodules located in that area, and compare the results with the relevant literature.

Methods: We selected and retrospectively examined the CT scan images of patients who presented to our clinic with CT scans of the neck with contrast that clearly showed thyroid tissue and boundaries. Patients were evaluated based on age, gender, and presence of thyroid ZT.

Persistent trigeminal artery detected on computed tomography angiography.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of persistent trigeminal arteries (PTAs) using computed tomography (CT) angiography, emphasize its major characteristics, and compare the findings with those reported in the relevant literature.

Methods: Patients who underwent cerebral CT angiography in our radiology clinic for any preliminary diagnosis between December 2013 and December 2020 were included in this retrospective study. The patients were reviewed in terms of their age, sex, and the presence of PTAs.

Does contrast-enhanced computed tomography raise awareness in the diagnosis of the invisible side of celiac disease in adults?

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnosis and determine major and minor criteria of celiac disease (CD) with the malabsorption patterns (MABP) in the small intestine and colon on computed tomography (CT) and additional CT findings.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted with 116 patients diagnosed with CD, 14 CD patients recovering with treatment, and 35 control patients with non-CD. All patients had CT examinations and histopathological diagnoses.

Clinical Impacts of Juxtapapillary Duodenal Diverticulum Detected on Computed Tomography.

Background: Diverticula are commonly observed in the duodenum. Duodenal Diverticulum (DD) usually does not give symptoms throughout life and is diagnosed by coincidence. However, it may present with different symptoms in patients.

Intramuscular hydatid cyst in the lower extremity: report of three cases.

Hydatid cysts are rarely detected in the muscle tissue, even in endemic countries. Echinococcus granulosis is the most common causative agent, whereas Echinococcus alveolaris is rare. Three patients, two females and one male, with primary echinococcosis of the skeletal muscles are described in this report.

Evaluation of children and adolescent with cystic fibrosis by pancreatic elastography.

Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessively inherited disease. Clinical findings vary by age of the patient, the organ systems involved, and the severity of the CFTR gene mutation. Pancreatic and liver involvement is prominent and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is observed in the majority of patients.

Relationship Between Pituitary Siderosis and Endocrinological Disorders in Pediatric Patients with Beta-Thalassemia.

Introduction Excess iron accumulation occurs mainly in organs such as reticuloendothelial cells, the pituitary gland, and the pancreas in beta-thalassemia because of blood transfusions. In the present study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between T2* values on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinically diagnosed pituitary endocrinological disorders in children with thalassemia major. Methods This study enrolled patients diagnosed with beta-thalassemia at pediatric hematology outpatient clinics.

Evaluation of the relationship between splenic iron overload and liver, heart and muscle features evident on T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: Splenic iron overload is the most common clinical condition in patients with thalassemia. However, few studies of the effects of splenectomy have been published.

Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between splenic iron overload and liver, heart and muscle features visible in T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, and to investigate the effects of splenectomy on these tissues in patients with beta-thalassemia major (TM).

Differential diagnosis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and breast cancer using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging.

Purpose: Differentiation of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) from carcinoma with routine imaging methods, such as ultrasonography (US) and mammography, is difficult. Therefore, we evaluated the value of a newly developed noninvasive technique called acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in differentiating IGM versus malignant lesions in the breast.

Methods: Four hundred and eighty-six patients, who were referred to us with a presumptive diagnosis of a mass, underwent Virtual Touch tissue imaging (VTI; Siemens) and Virtual Touch tissue quantification (VTQ; Siemens) after conventional gray-scale US.

Evaluation of Parathyroid Lesions With Point Shear Wave Elastography.

Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the shear wave velocity (SWV) of parathyroid lesions by point shear wave elastography (SWE) and to compare their stiffness with that of thyroid nodules and normal thyroid parenchyma quantitatively.

Methods: Thirty-six patients considered to have parathyroid disorders by clinical and laboratory tests and scintigraphy were enrolled in the study between January 2012 and February 2015. Conventional sonography, Doppler sonography, and the Virtual Touch tissue quantification (VTQ) method of point SWE (Siemens Medical Solutions, Mountain View, CA) were conducted with a linear transducer (4-9 MHz) while the patients were in the supine position.

Evaluation of postoperative undescended testicles using point shear wave elastography in children.

Purpose: To demonstrate the difference in tissue stiffness by comparing the value of the shear wave velocity (SWV) of postoperative undescended testicles with that of normal testes.

Methods: This study included 39 patients and 30 healthy controls. US and p-SWE (VTQ) were performed using with a linear probe (4-9MHz).

Bilateral cleft foot: Radiographic and prenatal ultrasound features of two siblings with a review of literature.

Cleft foot deformity, also known as ectrodactyly, is a rare congenital developmental defect of extremities caused by malformation in continuity of apical ectoderm. The syndrome typically involves malformation or absence of the central rays of the feet and is characterized by deformities like median deep clefts of distal extremities. Routine examination of feet during second-trimester ultrasound (US) may increase the detection rates of foot malformations.

Value of cyst localization to predict cystobiliary communication in patients undergoing conservative surgery with hydatid cyst.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between the segmental localization of liver hydatid cyst by computed tomography (CT) and the presence of cystobiliary communication (CBC) and to identify the risk factors for CBC.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and eleven of 163 patients who underwent liver hydatid surgery between January 2011 and September 2014 were included in this study and analyzed retrospectively. The size, number, stage, and segmental and lobar localization of the cysts were investigated by CT.

MRI-based evaluation of the factors leading to pituitary iron overload in patients with thalassemia major.

Aim: Given the lack of studies evaluating pituitary iron overload in patients with thalassemia major, we used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate these patients and the factors affecting the disease process.

Materials And Methods: The 84 patients with β-thalassemia major who were included in this study were referred to our clinic for cardiac and hepatic T2(*) MRI. T2(*)-weighted images of the pituitary gland, heart, and liver were obtained using a 1.

Quantitative volumetric assessment of pulmonary involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for assessing interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). In this study, we performed a quantitative calculation of ILD severity by examining the lung volume of SSc patients.

Methods: The present study was performed retrospectively on 38 patients with SSc who were referred to our clinic.

Assessment of Placental Stiffness Using Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography in Pregnant Women with Fetal Anomalies.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate placental stiffness measured by acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in pregnant women in the second trimester with a normal fetus versus those with structural anomalies and non-structural findings.

Materials And Methods: Forty pregnant women carrying a fetus with structural anomalies diagnosed sonographically at 18-28 weeks of gestation comprised the study group. The control group consisted of 34 healthy pregnant women with a sonographically normal fetus at a similar gestational age.

A comparison of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging and scintigraphy in the functional evaluation of the major salivary glands.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging for the functional assessment of salivary glands by comparing ARFI with salivary gland scintigraphy.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 60 parotid (P) glands and 60 submandibular (SM) glands of 30 patients using salivary gland scintigraphy and ARFI elastography. The average pixel uptake and the excretion fraction (EF) in the P and SM glands were determined scintigraphically.

The Role of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Quantification in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Renal Masses by 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Background: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) is a widely-accepted diagnostic modality whose efficacy has been investigated by numerous past studies in the differentiation of malignant lesions from benign entities.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the characterization of renal lesions.

Study Design: Diagnostic accuracy study.

Combination of Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging and Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification for Differential Diagnosis of Breast Lesions.

Objectives: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women, and early detection is the key to successful treatment. Unfortunately, even with technological advances, the specificity of imaging modalities is still low. Therefore, we evaluated the value of a newly developed noninvasive technique, acoustic radiation force impulse imaging, for differentiating benign versus malignant breast lesions.

Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging for evaluation of renal parenchyma elasticity in diabetic nephropathy.

OBJECTIVE. The goal of this study is to evaluate the changes in the elasticity of the renal parenchyma in diabetic nephropathy using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging. SUBJECTS AND METHODS.