Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography in Evaluation of Supraspinatus Tendinopathy.

Background: The most common etiology of shoulder pain in adults is rotator cuff tear. Elastography is an imaging method that can report the strain and elastic modulus of the biological tissue. We think acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography can effectively assess rotator cuff tendinopathy.

Idiopathic bilateral massive perirenal subcapsular effusion: The first case in the literature.

Introduction: Bilateral perirenal subcapsular effusion is a rare clinical condition and is associated with several underlying etiologies. We present a 33 years old male patient with idiopathic bilateral massive subcapsular effusion.

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male patient presented to our outpatient clinic with bilateral flank pain and fever for 2 weeks.

Relationship between the degree and direction of nasal septum deviation and nasal bone morphology.

Background: Nasal septal deviation may affect nasal bone growth and facial morphology. Knowledge of nasal morphologic parameters may plays an important role in planning successful rhinoplasty and septoplasty operation. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between the direction and degree of nasal septal deviation with nasal bone morphology, along with factors such as age and gender.

Comparison of Drug-Eluting Balloon and Standard Balloon Angioplasty for Infrapopliteal Arterial Diseases in Diabetic Patients.

Objective: To consider the clinical outcomes and restenosis rates of drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in diabetic patients with infrapopliteal (IP) arterial disease.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective, single-center study included 51 patients (37 males; mean age: 63.43 ± 9.

Evaluation of Eyeball and Orbit in Relation to Gender and Age.

The orbital aperture is the entrance to the orbit in which most important visual structures such as the eyeball and the optic nerve are found. It is vital not only for the visual system but also for the evaluation and recognition of the face. Eyeball volume is essential for diagnosing microphthalmos or buphthalmos in several eye disorders.

Sequential Evaluation of Pancreato-Biliary Findings in a Case with IgG4-Associated Cholangiopathy and Autoimmune Pancreatitis during Corticosteroid Treatment.

Background: Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-associated diseases mostly involve the pancreaticobiliary tree and pancreatic parenchyma. This disease complex is characterized by marked response to corticosteroid therapy and response to steroids is incorporated in the diagnostic algorithm of IgG4 associated diseases. However, there is much unknown about the sequences and duration of healing during the corticosteroid therapy in the literature.

The Adrenal Gland Volume Measurements in Manifestation of the Metabolic Status in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients.

Objectives. The aim of our study was to investigate the differences in adrenal gland volume between nondiabetic controls and Type-2 diabetic patients and to examine the influence of glycemic control in diabetes mellitus on adrenal gland volume. Methods.

Bilateral generalised synovial chondromatosis of the knee: Bone scintigraphic demonstration with radiologic correlation.

A 67-year-old woman with a history of bilateral progressive knee pain and swelling was referred for (99m)Tc-methyl diphosphonate bone scintigraphy. Flow and blood pool images showed bilateral heterogeneous increased uptake and delayed phase revealed mass-looking lobulated heterogeneous increased activity in both of knees extending distal part of the femoral shaft, but no other pathologic uptake was found in rest of the body. A diagnosis of synovial chondromatosis was made when correlated with X-ray and computed tomography.

Cerebellar Infarction in Childhood: Delayed-Onset Complication of Mild Head Trauma.

Objective Cerebellar ischemic infarction is a rare complication of minor head trauma. Vertebral artery dissection, vasospasm or systemic hypo perfusion can cause infarct. However, underlying causes of the ischemic infarct cannot be explained in nearly half of cases.

Diagnostic value of diffusion weighted MRI and ADC in differential diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma of the liver.

Aims: To investigate the use of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in the diagnosis of hemangioma.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of 72 patients with liver masses larger than 1 cm (72 focal lesions). DWI examination with a b value of 600 s/mm2 was carried out for all patients.

The Role of Computerized Tomography in the Assessment of Perivesical Invasion in Bladder Cancer.

Background: The aim of the present study was to identify the contrast patterns of a tumor, and to evaluate the possibility of assessing the invasion of the perivesical fatty tissue in bladder cancer.

Material/methods: In this study, 26 patients with bladder cancer were included. Multiphasic CT examination was performed to determine the stage of the disease before radical cystectomy.

Congenital absence of internal carotid artery with intercavernous anastomosis: Case report and systematic review of the literature.

The absence of an internal carotid artery is a rare congenital anomaly. In the absence of the internal carotid artery, collateral circulations develop through the circle of Willis, persistent embryonic arteries or transcranial collaterals of the external carotid artery. Six pathways of collateral circulation have been described.

Does the Degree of Septal Deviation Affect Cribriform Plate Dimensions and Middle Turbinate Length?

Objective: To investigate the effect of septal deviation severity on the dimensions of the lateral lamina of the cribriform plate (LLCP), middle turbinate length (MTL), and the angle of the lateral lamella of the cribriform plate (ALLCP).

Methods: Paranasal computed tomography (CT) scans of 148 patients with septum deviation (102 males, 46 females; age range 18-63 years) were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the measured angle of nasal septal deviation as mild (<9°), moderate (9-15°), or severe (>15°).

Is Mean Platelet Volume a Reliable Marker to Predict Ischemic Stroke in the Follow-Up of Patients with Carotid Stenosis?

Background: The objective of the study is to evaluate the reliability of mean platelet volume (MPV) for predicting ischemic stroke (cerebrovascular event [CVE]) among patients with different degrees of carotid stenosis.

Methods: Fifty-two patients with CVEs, 136 patients with carotid artery disease (CAD), and 40 healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. All participants were divided into the following groups according to CAD: absence of stenosis, less than 50% stenosis, 50%-69% stenosis, and 70% or more to total occlusion of the internal carotid artery.

Evaluation of right atrium-to-right ventricle diameter ratio on computed tomography pulmonary angiography: Prediction of adverse outcome and 30-day mortality.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between right atrium (RA) and right ventricle (RV) diameters on computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography in response to acute pulmonary embolism (APE), in addition to 30-day mortality and adverse outcomes in patients with APE.

Methods: This retrospective study was accepted by the institutional ethics committee. From January 2013 to March 2014, 79 hospitalized adult patients with symptomatic APE were included.

Diffusion-weighted imaging in the head and neck region: usefulness of apparent diffusion coefficient values for characterization of lesions.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the role of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values calculated from diffusion-weighted imaging for head and neck lesion characterization in daily routine, in comparison with histopathological results.

Methods: Ninety consecutive patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a university hospital for diagnosis of neck lesions were included in this prospective study. Diffusion-weighted echo-planar MRI was performed on a 1.

Ewing's sarcoma: dural metastases after intracranial hemorrhage.

Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is a primary malignant tumor of the mesenchymal tissue of bone in children and young adults. Central nervous system metastases of ES are rarely seen. In this paper, we report a case of ES that progressed with dural metastases after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.

Role of preoperative sonography in predicting conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery.

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the first step treatment in cholelithiasis. The purpose of this study was to establish a radiologic view on prediction of conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery.

Methods: This study included 176 patients who had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

The Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of hemodynamic changes in hepatic vascular structures in patients with hepatosteatosis.

Background: The hemodynamic changes in hepatic vascular structures of hepatosteatosis patients were examined using Doppler ultrasonography.

Material/methods: Ninety hepatosteatosis patients, classified as mild, moderate or severe, and 30 healthy volunteers were included in this 120-person study. The height, weight, liver size, blood lipids and blood liver function tests of the subjects were measured.

The investigation of correlation between semen analysis parameters and intraparenchymal testicular spectral Doppler indices in patients with clinical varicocele.

Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate the effect of clinical varicocele on testicular microcirculation measured by spectral Doppler analysis and investigate the correlation between Doppler ultrasonographic findings and semen parameters.

Methods: Fifty patients who received a diagnosis of clinical varicocele in the Urology Department of our university hospital were enrolled in this prospective study. Varicocele grades were determined according to sonographic parameters, and a scrotal vein with a diameter of 2.

Changes in renal Doppler ultrasonographic parameters in patients managed with rigid ureteroscopy.

Background: There has been no study evaluating the intrarenal hemodynamic changes after ureteroscopy in the published literature.

Purpose: To determine preoperative and postoperative intrarenal vascular parameters such as resistive index (RI), pulsatility index (PI), peak systolic velocity (PSV), end-diastolic velocity (EDV), measure changes on these values (ΔRI, ΔPI, ΔPSV, ΔEDV) after ureteroscopy (URS) and compare the outcomes with the results of normal contralateral kidneys, and finally investigate possible parameters that would affect renal vascular resistance changes.

Material And Methods: We prospectively studied 47 patients who underwent rigid URS.