Rotator cuff tears noncontrast MRI compared to MR arthrography.

Objectives: To compare the accuracy of indirect magnetic resonance arthrography and noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing rotator cuff tears.

Materials And Methods: In total, 333 patients who underwent noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging or indirect magnetic resonance arthrography were included retrospectively. Two musculoskeletal radiologists evaluated the images for the presence of supraspinatus-infraspinatus and subscapularis tendon tears.

MRI findings with arthroscopic correlation for tear of discoid lateral meniscus: comparison between children and adults.

Background: Discoid lateral meniscus is more susceptible to tear than normal meniscus. A comparison study for tear types of discoid lateral meniscus between children and adults has not been reported.

Purpose: To compare tear type of surgically proven discoid lateral meniscus between adults and children, and to analyze diagnostic performance for tear type of discoid lateral meniscus using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Protective efficacy and immunogenicity of an inactivated avian-origin H3N2 canine influenza vaccine in dogs challenged with the virulent virus.

Transmission of avian-origin influenza A virus (H3N2) to dogs had been reported and since then the H3N2 virus infection across South Korea has been occurred repeatedly in the country's animal clinics and kennels. Dog-to-dog transmission of the virus had also been experimentally demonstrated by direct contact. In this study, immunogenicity and protective efficacy against challenge exposure of the formalin-inactivated H3N2 influenza virus vaccine with a synthetic polymer adjuvant was investigated in dogs.

[Is immunohistochemistry for MLH1 and MSH2 proteins a useful method for detection of microsatellite instability in sporadic colorectal cancer?].

Background/aims: In order to identify microsatellite instability (MSI), the test based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be used. However, PCR is not routinely performed in all hospital laboratories. Recently, immunohistochemistry (IHC) for MLH1 and MSH2 proteins has been reported as a rapid and useful method for MSI.