Is there a difference in FDG PET findings of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast with and without coexisting DCIS?

Objectives: Studies have reported that invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) with coexisting ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) show lower metastatic potential and recurrence and better overall survival than pure IDC. In this study, we assessed F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images of patients with newly diagnosed IDC to determine if there is any difference in PET findings in IDC-DCIS and pure IDC cases.

Methods: FDG PET/CT images of patients with newly diagnosed IDC of the breast who subsequently underwent breast surgery and had histopathology result in our records were further evaluated.

(99m)Tc-MIBI Whole Body Scan: A Potentially Useful Technique for Evaluating Metabolic Bone Disease.

Metabolic bone disease due to hyperparathyroidism is characterized by increased bone resorption and new bone formation. (99m)Tc- hexakis-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile ((99m)Tc MIBI) accumulation is controlled by metabolic function and cell viability. To investigate, for the first time, the potential of whole body (99m)Tc MIBI scan for detecting, visually and with the aid of quantitative analysis, bony changes associated with hyperparathyroidism.

Exteriorized colon anastomosis for unprepared bowel: an alternative to routine colostomy.

Aim: To see the possibility of avoiding routine colostomy in patients presenting with unprepared bowel.

Methods: The cohort is composed of 103 patients, of these, 86 patients presented as emergencies (self-inflected and iatrogenic colon injuries, stab wounds and blast injury of the colon, volvulus sigmoid, obstructing left colon cancer, and strangulated ventral hernia). Another 17 patients were managed electively for other colon pathologies.

Safety and efficacy of infliximab in a patient with active WHO class IV lupus nephritis.

Because disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus correlates well with increased serum levels and activity of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), we report on the safety and efficacy of infliximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody directed against TNF-alpha, given to a patient with active lupus with diffuse proliferative nephritis (WHO Class IV). This patient who failed to remit with a combination of full-dose steroids, mycophenolate mofetil, and cyclosporine, went into sustained remission with the addition of infliximab infusions.

Relationship between serum prostate specific antigen and the pattern of inflammation in both benign and malignant prostatic disease in Middle Eastern men.

To determine the effect of prostatitis on serum prostate specific antigen in the diagnosis of prostate cancer in Middle Eastern men, H&E-stained sections of all consecutive prostate specimens were reviewed for diagnosis (malignant or benign) and pattern of inflammation. Inflammation was categorized into acute, active chronic and chronic inactive and graded semi-quantitatively according to previously published criteria. Results were correlated with serum PSA obtained from patients' records.

Nocardiosis in renal transplant recipients in Kuwait.

Background: Nocardiosis has emerged as an important bacterial disease among renal transplant recipients, leading to considerable morbidity and mortality. Apart from the increasing problem of resistance in pathogenic nocardiae, the spectrum of species causing disease has enlarged in recent years. There are no published reports on nocardiosis from Middle-East countries.