Abstract Background Primary breast edema can cause marked increase in skin thickness, density and echogenicity due to dense tissue filled with fluid so causes subsequent significant attenuation of both the x-ray ultrasound beams. The study aim is assess value contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) assessment characterization obscured underlying lesions cases primary edema. Results Fifty f...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic significance of sonographic signs indicating parotid glands’ condition in children with juvenile recurrent parotitis (JRP). Materials and methods: We examined 42 patients JRP 30 aged 3-17 years from control group. Both groups underwent B-mode color Doppler ultrasonography glands to assess linear dimensions, contours, structures, echogenicity, pronouncement...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in increasing the frequency and severity of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and renal parenchymal damage among patients with acute pyelonephritis and to determine whether urinary antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the frequency and/or severity of UTIs and/or prevents renal parenchymal damage among patients with mild/moderate VUR...

Ultrasonography is the main imaging method for the workup of thyroid nodules. However, interobserver agreement reported for echogenicity and echotexture is quite low. The aim of this study was to perform quantitative measurements of the degree of echogenicity and heterogeneity of thyroid nodules, to develop an objective and reproducible method to stratify these features to predict malignancy.A ...

Inflammatory cytokines are evoked by acute kidney injury (AKI) and may contribute to evolving renal disease. However, the impact of AKI-induced uremia on proinflammatory (e.g., TNF-alpha, MCP-1, TGF-beta1) and anti-inflammatory (e.g., IL-10) cytokine gene expression remains unknown. This study was undertaken to gain some initial insights into this issue. CD-1 mice were subjected to left renal i...

PURPOSE We investigate the use of non-contrast helical computerized tomography (NCHCT) in the measurement of differential renal parenchymal volume as a surrogate for differential creatinine clearance (CrCl) for unilateral chronically obstructed kidney. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with unilateral chronically obstructed kidneys with normal contralateral kidneys were enrolled. Ultrasonography...

The extent of renal scarring in chronic kidney disease (CKD) can only be ascertained by highly invasive, painful and sometimes risky tissue biopsy. Interestingly, CKD-related abnormalities in kidney size can often be visualized using ultrasound. Nevertheless, not only does the ellipsoid formula used today underestimate true renal size but also the relation governing renal size and collagen cont...

a 14 years old girl, with documented ewing's sarcoma, was treated by both chemotherapy and surgery. an initial bone scan (tc-99m-mi)i*) did not reveal a renal lesion. however, following therapeutic irradiation, there was retention of the bone imaging agent in a portion of the kidney that had been included in the radiation field. this reflected the effects of radiation related parenchymal altera...

BACKGROUND Domestic dogs and cats are very well known to develop chronic hepatic diseases, including hepatic lipidosis and cirrhosis. Ultrasonographic examination is extensively used to detect them. However, there are still few reports on the use of the ultrasound B-mode scan in correlation with histological findings to evaluate diffuse hepatic changes in rodents, which represent the most impor...