The relationship between diffusion tensor imaging and the clinical classification of cubital tunnel syndrome.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and the clinical classification of cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS). Ten patients with CuTS (7 men and 3 women; mean age: 52.7 years) and 5 patients without ulnar neuropathy (2 men and 3 women; mean age: 38.

Effectiveness of F-FDG PET/CT in finding lung metastasis from a retroperitoneal paraganglioma.

A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia on general medical examination. Further, contrast-enhanced abdominal CT and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large hypervascular mass with internal degeneration and necrosis in the retroperitoneal space. She was referred to our hospital for further evaluation and treatment.

Corrigendum to "Characteristic findings of primary perirenal angiosarcoma on chemical shift subtraction magnetic resonance imaging (CSS-MRI): A case report" [Radiology Case Reports 19 (2023) 285-289].

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Characteristic findings of primary perirenal angiosarcoma on chemical shift subtraction magnetic resonance imaging (CSS-MRI): A case report.

A 70-year-old man with supraglottic carcinoma underwent computed tomography (CT) for staging purposes. A tumor measuring approximately 7 × 10 cm was found incidentally in the left perirenal space. The tumor showed homogeneous high signal intensity on chemical shift subtraction magnetic resonance imaging (CSS-MRI) suggesting the presence of minimal amounts of fat.

Combination of Prednisolone and Calcineurin Inhibitors Prevents Lung Function Decline in Patients with Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Antibody-Positive Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis.

Objective: Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibody-positive polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associ ated interstitial lung disease (ARS-ILD) has a good prognosis, with few cases progressing to respiratory failure. This study aimed to determine factors predictive of lung function changes in patients with ARS-ILD.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 49 patients with ARS-ILD treated at Kurume University Hospital Hospital between 2000 and 2018.

Value of fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging for predicting short-term pain relief after sclerotherapy for venous malformations in the extremities.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the value of fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging (FS-T2WI) for predicting short-term pain relief after polidocanol sclerotherapy for painful venous malformations (VMs) in the extremities.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included patients with painful VMs in the extremities between October 2014 and September 2021, had their first sclerotherapy without history of surgical therapy, and underwent magnetic resonance imaging before sclerotherapy. Pain relief was assessed 2 months after 3% polidocanol sclerotherapy and was categorized as follows: progression, no change, partial relief, or free of pain.

Utility of non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in predicting preoperative clinical stage and prognosis in patients with thymic epithelial tumor.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find useful imaging features on non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can divide patients with thymic epithelial tumor (TET) into clinical stage I-II and III-IV groups under assumption that contrast media are contraindicated.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 106 patients (median age, 60 years; range, 27-82 years; 62 women) with surgically resected TET who underwent MRI between August 1986 and July 2015. All cases were classified according to the 2015 WHO classification and staged using the eighth edition of the TNM system.

T1 invasive lung adenocarcinoma: Thin-section CT solid score and histological periostin expression predict tumor recurrence.

Adenocarcinoma is the most common histological type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and various biomarkers for predicting its prognosis after surgical resection have been suggested, particularly in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Periostin (also referred to as POSTN, PN or osteoblast-specific factor) is an extracellular matrix protein, the expression of which is associated with tumor invasiveness in patients with NSCLC. In the present study, the novel approach, in which the thin-section CT findings prior to surgical resection and periostin expression of resected specimens were analyzed in combination, was undertaken to assess whether the findings could be a biomarker for predicting the outcomes following resection of T1 invasive lung adenocarcinoma.

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis with radiological abnormalities of the chest.

A 55-year-old man with mental retardation and calcaneal tendon thickening was referred for a suspected genetic disease. His serum cholestanol was elevated and genetic analysis of his blood cells for revealed a homozygous missense mutation. We diagnosed him with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX).

l-carnitine supplementation vs cycle ergometer exercise for physical activity and muscle status in hemodialysis patients: A randomized clinical trial.

Serum carnitine is decreased in hemodialysis patients, which induces muscle atrophy. Thus, we examined the different effects of l-carnitine and exercise on exercise activity and muscle status in hemodialysis patients. Twenty patients were divided into l-carnitine and cycle ergometer groups and were followed for 3 months.

Follow-up non-contrast MRA after treatment of intracranial aneurysms using microcoils with prominent metallic artifact: a comparative study of TOF-MRA and Silent MRA.

Purpose: Some of the detachable microcoils are associated with the prominent metallic artifact. We have applied Silent MRA to reduce the artifact. In this study, we present a retrospective study in which Silent MRA is used for cases showing prominent metallic artifact on conventional TOF-MRA due to a detachable bare platinum microcoil (Barricade coil).

Imaging features in patients with SAPHO/CRMO: a pictorial review.

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome and chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) have been described as disorders of chronic osteoarthritic inflammation frequently associated with skin manifestations, and SAPHO and CRMO (SAPHO/CRMO) are rare autoinflammatory disorders of unknown etiology. SAPHO tends to occur in adults and CRMO predominantly occurs in children and adolescents. SAPHO/CRMO can affect any skeletal region (e.

Japanese clinical practice guidelines for vascular anomalies 2017.

The objective was to prepare guidelines to perform the current optimum treatment by organizing effective and efficient treatments of hemangiomas and vascular malformations, confirming the safety, and systematizing treatment, employing evidence-based medicine (EBM) techniques and aimed at improvement of the outcomes. Clinical questions (CQs) were decided based on the important clinical issues. For document retrieval, key words for literature searches were set for each CQ and literature published from 1980 to the end of September 2014 was searched in Pubmed, Cochrane Library, and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina (JCRM).

Japanese clinical practice guidelines for vascular anomalies 2017.

The objective was to prepare guidelines to perform the current optimum treatment by organizing effective and efficient treatments of hemangiomas and vascular malformations, confirming the safety, and systematizing treatment, employing evidence-based medicine (EBM) techniques and aimed at improvement of the outcomes. Clinical questions (CQs) were decided based on the important clinical issues. For document retrieval, key words for literature searches were set for each CQ and literature published from 1980 to the end of September 2014 was searched in Pubmed, Cochrane Library, and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina (JCRM).

Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Anomalies 2017.

The objective was to prepare guidelines to perform the current optimum treatment by organizing effective and efficient treatments of hemangiomas and vascular malformations, confirming the safety and systematizing treatment, employing evidence-based medicine techniques and aimed at improvement of the outcomes. Clinical questions (CQ) were decided based on the important clinical issues. For document retrieval, key words for published work searches were set for each CQ, and work published from 1980 to the end of September 2014 was searched in PubMed, Cochrane Library and Japana Centra Revuo Medicina databases.

TDRKH is a candidate gene for an autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathy.

Distal hereditary motor neuropathies (dHMNs) comprise a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited lower motor neuron syndromes mainly characterized by a distal-predominant pattern of progressive muscle atrophy, weakness and hyporeflexia, without sensory dysfunction. Although at least 21 causative genes for dHMN have been reported, mutational scanning of these genes often fails to identify the causative variants in dHMN cohorts, suggesting that additional causative genes remain to be identified. We studied a four-generation pedigree of a Japanese family with autosomal dominant dHMN to provide insight into the pathogenetic basis of the disease.

Low positive titer of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody is not associated with a poor long-term outcome of interstitial lung disease in patients with dermatomyositis.

Background: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (anti-MDA5-Ab) is associated with fatal rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM). We attempted to clarify whether anti-MDA5-Ab is associated with long-term outcomes in patients with DM-ILD.

Methods: Thirty-six patients with DM-ILD were retrospectively analyzed for their serum anti-MDA5-Ab by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

The Value of MRI and Clinical Features in Differentiating Between Cellular and Fibrous Solitary Fibrous Tumors.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of MRI in differentiating between fibrous and cellular solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 17 patients with histopathologically confirmed SFTs, including 10 patients with fibrous SFTs and seven patients with cellular SFTs. We evaluated the differences between fibrous and cellular SFTs with regard to clinical data and MRI findings, such as tumor margin definition, signal intensity, heterogeneity on T1- and T2-weighted images, presence of capsules, intratumoral cystic changes, flow signal void, perilesional edema, enhancement pattern on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), and mean apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values.

Clinical spectrum and diagnostic pitfalls of multiple abnormal uptakes on bone scintigraphy.

Bone scintigraphy with technetium-99m (Tc)-labeled diphosphonates is one of the most frequently performed radionuclide procedures. Accumulation of Tc-labeled diphosphonate is well recognized to reflect conditions of accelerated bone turnover and metabolism. Therefore, it is a functional imaging modality for detecting metastatic bone tumors, metabolic bone disease, traumatic injury, and inflammation.

Ultraselective embolization using a 1.7-Fr catheter and soft bare coil for small intestinal bleeding.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of embolization using a 1.7-Fr catheter and soft bare coil to treat acute small intestinal bleeding.

Material And Methods: Subjects were five consecutive patients who experienced onset of melena with small intestinal bleeding and underwent transcatheter arterial embolization with 1.