Wei-Ting Wu, Ke-Vin Chang, Kamal Mezian, Vincenzo Ricci, Levent Özçakar
{"title":"\"Sono-vision\" of muscle contractions during peripheral magnetic stimulation.","authors":"Wei-Ting Wu, Ke-Vin Chang, Kamal Mezian, Vincenzo Ricci, Levent Özçakar","doi":"10.11152/mu-4474","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"106-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of solitary fibrous tumor of the breast.","authors":"Fangtong Teng, Yue You, Hongyan Cui","doi":"10.11152/mu-4482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4482","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"107-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Umbilical artery thrombosis at 38 weeks of gestation.","authors":"Ziwei Wang, Hong Luo","doi":"10.11152/mu-4488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"114-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas Pfeifer, Moritz Klueppel, Werner Adler, Barbara Schellhaas, Markus Neurath, Deike Strobel
{"title":"A longitudinal 5-year study for the prediction of HCC, death and liver decompensation by ARFI elastography.","authors":"Lukas Pfeifer, Moritz Klueppel, Werner Adler, Barbara Schellhaas, Markus Neurath, Deike Strobel","doi":"10.11152/mu-4438","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Numerous studies have evaluated elastography for the staging of liver fibrosis. Fewer studies were performed investigating the prognostic relevance using transient elastography (TE), although with promising results. This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic relevance of ARFI elastography.</p><p><strong>Material and method: </strong>Patients receiving ARFI elastography in our ultrasound department between 2010 and 2012 were initially screened for an ARFI examination with a clinical follow-up of at least 5 years. The following events were recorded: liver related death, liver unrelated death, HCC, liver decompensation/ variceal bleeding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 335 patients were included in the final analysis with an ARFI examination of the liver and a follow-up of 60 months. Within the observation interval the number of events with corresponding AUROCs (shown with 95% confidence interval) were: overall death (n=49, 0.76 [0.69 - 0.83]), liver related death (n=25, 0.85 [0.77 - 0.93]), liver unrelated death (n=24, 0.66 [0.55 - 0.77]), HCC (n=15, 0.80 [0.72 - 0.87]), liver related complications/variceal bleeding (n=34, 0.87 [0.82 - 0.93]). In the group of patients with ARFI values suggestive of cirrhosis (equal to or above 1.80 m/s; n=110) higher values (<2.5 m/s vs. >= 2.5 m/s) where associated with a significant decline in liver related survival (p=0.007).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>ARFI elastography seems to have a good diagnostic accuracy for the prediction of liver related death and decompensation. Further it seems to allow a risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis suspicious elastography values.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The interesting and deceptive intrauterine vesicular lesions: a case of multiple chorionic cysts and its pregnancy outcome.","authors":"Guilin Ye, Houqing Pang","doi":"10.11152/mu-4481","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"115-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Torsion with necrosis of a wandering spleen in a child.","authors":"Xia Li, Wenqin Liu, Yuting Li, Xiaomin Liao, Shaozhen Liang","doi":"10.11152/mu-4484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4484","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"110-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bülent Alyanak, Mazlum Serdar Akaltun, Fatih Bağcıer, Burak Tayyip Dede
{"title":"Five-step dynamic ultrasonographic assessment of swallowing for dysphagia.","authors":"Bülent Alyanak, Mazlum Serdar Akaltun, Fatih Bağcıer, Burak Tayyip Dede","doi":"10.11152/mu-4469","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents a five-step dynamic ultrasonography (US) technique aimed at diagnosing oropharyngeal dysphagia, which encompasses the analysis of tongue-palate contact, hyoid movement, upper esophageal sphincter opening, vocal fold closure and post-swallow residue. This protocol is implemented in a sequential manner, intending to methodically evaluate the essential phases of swallowing function. By mirroring the natural process of swallowing, this sequential method may provide a full understanding of possible dysfunctions at each stage. Considering the advantages of US in dysphagia diagnosis, we believe that this method will provide clinicians with a perspective for bedside dysphagia evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"27 1","pages":"93-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143545452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amjad Alhyari, Ehsan Safai Zadeh, Ana Martín Algíbez, Annalisa Berzigotti, Christian Görg, Corinna Trenker, Christian Jenssen, Adrian Lim, Kathleen Möller, Yi Dong, Xin Wu Cui, Wen-Ping Wang, Christoph Frank Dietrich
{"title":"Comments and illustrations of the WFUMB CEUS liver guidelines: rare benign hematological focal liver lesions (hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, reactive lymphoid hyperplasia).","authors":"Amjad Alhyari, Ehsan Safai Zadeh, Ana Martín Algíbez, Annalisa Berzigotti, Christian Görg, Corinna Trenker, Christian Jenssen, Adrian Lim, Kathleen Möller, Yi Dong, Xin Wu Cui, Wen-Ping Wang, Christoph Frank Dietrich","doi":"10.11152/mu-4419","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The manifestation of benign hematological infiltration in the liver is a challenge due to their rare occurrence and therefore, limited awareness and the general need for biopsy and histological confirmation. Owing to the rarity of these lesions, there are limited data concerning their appearance on ultrasound and, specifically, contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In a series of papers, we have compiled the US and CEUS characteristics of rare FLL, where there are few reports and images available, in order to build up a library of these cases. This paper describes the US and CEUS features of benign hematological FLL which include hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH), hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH). Although these lesions occur rarely in the liver, their correct identification is imperative for appropriate patient`s management.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":" ","pages":"73-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}