Shear wave elastography in early diabetic kidney disease.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the kidneys among the subjects with early stages of type 2 diabetic kidney disease by shear wave elastography quantitatively.

Methods: A total of 108 patients with type 2 diabetic kidney disease and 17 control subjects were enrolled. According to the estimated glomerular filtration rate and urinary albumin-to-urinary creatinine ratio, patients were classified into stages 1 to 3 diabetic kidney disease.

Color Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of Clinical Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are two varieties of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Clinicians need a monitoring technique in the IBD. The disease activity can be assessed with endoscopy, activity indexes, and imaging techniques.

A Retrospective Comparison of ACL Tear and Mucoid Degeneration MRI Findings and an Emphasis on Evaluating of ACL, Blumensaat, and PCL Angles.

Objective: To determine MRI findings that can differentiate anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears from mucoid degeneration.

Material And Methods: Thirty-seven patients with complete ACL tears and 43 with ACL mucoid degeneration were included in this study. Discontinuity, the abnormal signal intensity of the ACL on fat-saturated-PD weighted images, contusions, a deep lateral femoral notch, anterior tibial translation, uncovered posterior horn of the lateral meniscus, a celery stalk appearance, thickening, ganglion cysts, intraosseous cysts, the ACL, Blumensaat, and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) angles were evaluated.

Quantitative Color Doppler Ultrasonography Measurement of Thyroid Blood Flow in Patients with Graves' Disease.

Background: Graves' Disease is an autoimmune disorder characterized by increased levels of thyroid hormones correlated with increased thyroid blood flow. Thyroid scintigraphy is an important and conventional method. However, it has limited accessibility, has ionizing radiation, and is expensive.

Metastatic Basal cell carcinoma accompanying gorlin syndrome.

Gorlin-Goltz syndrome or basal cell nevus syndrome is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by skeletal anomalies, numerous cysts observed in the jaw, and multiple basal cell carcinoma of the skin, which may be accompanied by falx cerebri calcification. Basal cell carcinoma is the most commonly skin tumor with slow clinical course and low metastatic potential. Its concomitance with Gorlin syndrome, resulting from a mutation in a tumor suppressor gene, may substantially change morbidity and mortality.

Locations of lesser tuberosity cysts and their association with subscapularis, supraspinatus, and long head of the biceps tendon disorders.

Background: Humeral head cysts are not uncommon in individuals with rotator cuff disorders. The cysts are usually considered an indicator of rotator cuff pathologies; however, they may have different meanings in different regions.

Purpose: To determine the frequency of cysts within and adjacent to the lesser tuberosity and the relationship between these cysts and subscapularis, supraspinatus, and long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) disorders.

Assessment of t2-weighted coronal magnetic resonance images in the investigation of pituitary lesions.

Magnetic resonance imaging is the most important diagnostic method in the investigation of the pituitary lesions. Our aim is to determine whether T2-weighted coronal images may be helpful in the evaluation of the pituitary gland with suspected pituitary adenomas. One hundred and sixty-seven patients were examined prospectively with T2-weighted coronal and T1-weighted coronal images enhanced with intravenous contrast material.

Pulmonary involvement in ankylosing spondylitis assessed by multidetector computed tomography.

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may present with extra-articular involvement in the lungs. We aimed to evaluate the abnormal pulmonary multidetector computed tomography findings of patients with AS and compare them with the clinical symptoms, duration of illness, laboratory results and pulmonary function tests (PFT).

Material/methods: We evaluated the chest multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings of 41 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and compared them with pulmonary function test (PFT) results, demographic characteristics, duration of illness and laboratory findings that we were able to obtain.

Tenosynovitis of the peroneal tendons associated with a hypertrophic peroneal tubercle: radiography and MRI findings.

An enlarged peroneal tubercle can cause a peroneal tendon tear and/or tenosynovitis due to chronic friction. We present the case of a 45-year-old man with tenosynovitis in the peroneus longus and brevis tendons associated with a hypertrophic peroneal tubercle. On admission to our facility, the patient presented with pain while walking and had a fixed mass on the lateral aspect of his right foot.

Assessment of color Doppler ultrasonography findings in gynecomastia.

Aim: To evaluate the color Doppler ultrasound (US) findings of gynecomastia and compare them with sonographic Tanner staging to determine an additional diagnostic tool.

Patients And Methods: Eighteen male (mean age 13.87 ± 1.

Multidetector computed tomography findings of the sternoclavicular joint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

We evaluated the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings of the sternoclavicular joint in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compare them with general population. Chest MDCT scans of RA patients were reviewed. The control group was formed from age and sex-matched individuals.

Pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: multidetector computed tomography findings.

Background: Pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is common and encompasses a large spectrum of disease with different treatment options and prognoses. Therefore, assessment of these patients with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is vital.

Purpose: To evaluate the MDCT pulmonary findings of patients with RA and to compare these findings with the clinical status.

Multidetector computed tomography angiography findings of chronic-contained thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm rupture with severe thoracal vertebral body erosion.

Chronic-contained aortic aneurysm rupture with vertebral erosion is a rare entity with fatal complications. Multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography is an important diagnostic method for the evaluation of the aortic aneurysms, their complications, and also the relationship between aneurysm and branching vessels and adjacent structures. We present the multidetector CT angiography findings of a 62-year-old patient with chronic-contained thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm rupture causing severe vertebral body erosion.

Multidetector computed tomography findings of central bronchopleural fistulas as sequelae of tuberculosis, chemo radiation and trauma: A report of three cases.

A bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is defined as a direct pathway between the bronchial tree or lung parenchyma and the pleural space. Herein, we describe the clinical findings and imaging results of BPFs in three cases. The patients' medical histories revealed that the first had recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis, the second had small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and had previously undergone chemoradiotherapy, and the third had trauma.

[Unenhanced spiral CT in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis].

Purpose: To evaluate the role of unenhanced spiral computed tomography (CT) in the work-up of patients with suspicious symptoms of acute appendicitis.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-five patients with suspected acute appendicitis (34 (52%) women and 31 (48%) men), were studied with spiral CT without administration of IV or oral contrast. From the upper L1 vertebral plate to the superior border of the iliac wings, slices of 10 mm collimation with 8 mm/sec table speed were taken, and from that level to the acetabular roof level, 5 mm thick slices were obtained with a table speed of 5 mm/sec and tube rotation time of 1.