{"title":"An atypical case of pediatric anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma limited to the skin on chest wall detected by ultrasound.","authors":"Yixuan Li, Yifei Tan, Hong Luo","doi":"10.11152/mu-4402","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 2","pages":"218-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444050","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}
Ahmad J Abdulsalam, Mahmud Fazıl Aksakal, Murat Kara, Bayram Kaymak, Levent Özçakar
{"title":"Parsonage Turner syndrome after needle electromyography: a needle in a haystack.","authors":"Ahmad J Abdulsalam, Mahmud Fazıl Aksakal, Murat Kara, Bayram Kaymak, Levent Özçakar","doi":"10.11152/mu-4396","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 2","pages":"211-212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444054","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":"What to screen and how to screen MASLD patients?","authors":"Ioan Sporea, Alina Popescu","doi":"10.11152/mu-4395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4395","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 2","pages":"115-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444060","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":"Lung ultrasound manifestations of right lung squamous cell carcinoma with iodine-125 seeds implantation.","authors":"Haotian Zhao, Xiaona Wang, Yaru Yan Yan, Li Li","doi":"10.11152/mu-4406","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 2","pages":"223-224"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444052","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":"Recurrence of cardiac myxoma three decades after first extraction - never say never.","authors":"Mijo Meter, Zrinka Jurišić, Damir Fabijanić","doi":"10.11152/mu-4401","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 2","pages":"217-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444056","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}
Shitao Su, Jianyuan Huang, Xuanzhang Huang, Xigui Li, Yaoli Liu, Jun Meng, Yu Fan, Xiaoyan He, Shangyong Zhu
{"title":"The correlation between time-intensity curve parameters of transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound and pathological prognostic factors in rectal adenocarcinoma","authors":"Shitao Su, Jianyuan Huang, Xuanzhang Huang, Xigui Li, Yaoli Liu, Jun Meng, Yu Fan, Xiaoyan He, Shangyong Zhu","doi":"10.11152/mu-4375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4375","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: To investigate the correlation between time-intensity curve (TIC) parameters obtained from transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (TR-CEUS) and important pathological prognostic factors in rectal adenocarcinoma.Material and methods: We retrospectively included 477 patients with pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma. TIC parameters were derived from preoperative dynamic TR-CEUS images. These parameters included peak intensity (PI), time to peak (TTP),mean transit time (MTT), slope (S), and area under the curve (AREA). Pathological prognostic factors included TN stage, tumor diameter, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), perineural invasion, and tumor differentiation. Spearman’s correlation analysis and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the association between TIC parameters and pathological prognostic factors.Results: pT1-2 stages rectal carcinomas exhibited higher PI-max, PI-min, S-max, S-min, AREA-max, and AREA-min than pT3-4 stages (all p<0.05). pN0 stage rectal adenocarcinomas displayed higher PI-max, S-max, AREA-max, PI-ratio, Sratio, and AREA-ratio than pN1-2 stage (all p<0.05). PI-ratio and S-ratio were higher in the LVI-negative and tumor diameter ≥4cm group compared to the LVI-positive and tumor diameter <4cm group, respectively (p<0.05). Well-differentiated rectal adenocarcinomas displayed higher PI-max, AREA-max, PI-ratio, S-ratio, and AREA-ratio than the moderate-poor differentiated group (all p<0.05). PI-max, S-max, AREA-max, PI-ratio, S-ratio, and AREA-ratio were negatively correlated with pN stage (all p<0.05). PI-ratio and S-ratio were independent predictive factors for the pN stage (OR=0.774, OR=1.048). S-ratio and AREA-ratio were independent predictive factors for tumor differentiation (OR=1.071, OR=0.911).Conclusions: TIC parameters derived from TR-CEUS exhibit correlations with specific pathological prognostic factors in rectal adenocarcinomas. This non-invasive method may hold promise for preoperatively assessing the prognosis of rectal adenocarcinoma patients.","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"44 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140975745","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}
Meixia Du, Yanmi Zhong, Mengmeng Yan, Lishan Xiao, Caiyun Jiang, Fangfang Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Chunping Ning
{"title":"The usefulness of ultrasound in identifying the underlying findings linked to pain in podagra patients","authors":"Meixia Du, Yanmi Zhong, Mengmeng Yan, Lishan Xiao, Caiyun Jiang, Fangfang Zhang, Cheng Zhao, Chunping Ning","doi":"10.11152/mu-4373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-4373","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To explore whether ultrasound (US) can be employed to identify the underlying characteristics associated with pain in patients with podagra by evaluating the relationship between ultrasound findings and clinical pain.Material and methods: Patients with podagra were recruited and grouped into a pain group (G1, 82 patients) and a non pain group (G2, 123 patients). US features were collected and compared. US data were analyzed by binary logistic regression analysis and ROC analysis. Interobserver reliability was assessed, too.Results: A total of 205 patients (196 male and 9 female) were enrolled in this study. In multivariate analysis, the thickness of the synovium (OR=1.928, CI=1.074-3.463), CD (color Doppler) signal of the synovium (OR=1.458, CI=1.011-2.103), and CD signal of the tophi (OR=1.576, CI=1.142-2.177) were identified as risk factors for clinical pain. Areas under the ROC curves (AUC) were 0.713, 0.686 and 0.641 for the three indicators, respectively. The best cutoff points were 1 mm for the thickness of the synovium, grade 1 for the CD signal of the synovium and grade 2 for the CD signal of the tophi.Conclusions: Ultrasound can provide valuable information for determining underlying features associated with pain in patients with podagra.","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"17 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140976052","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 utility of ultrasound for the diagnosis and treatment of primary and metastatic melanoma - a remaining oncological challenge.","authors":"Radu Badea, Maria Crisan","doi":"10.11152/mu-4337","DOIUrl":"10.11152/mu-4337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>.</p>","PeriodicalId":94138,"journal":{"name":"Medical ultrasonography","volume":"26 1","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308431","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}