• More common diseases, such as benign asbestos-related pleural disease and metastatic adenocarcinoma, can look radiographically identical to mesothelioma. (medscape.com)
  • The most common mesothelioma finding on radiographs is unilateral, concentric, plaquelike, or nodular pleural thickening (as seen in the images below). (medscape.com)
  • Pleural effusions are common and may obscure the presence of the underlying pleural thickening. (medscape.com)
  • CT is the imaging modality of choice to assess pleural disease and has shown sensitivity and specificity for identifying malignancy. (medscape.com)
  • Diffuse pleural thickening or extensive lobular pleural-based masses are seen in about 50% of cases. (medscape.com)
  • A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and by tissue reaction to their presence. (lookformedical.com)
  • Generally (75% of cases) located in the mid-to-distal ileum, SBAC may be indistinguishable from acute inflammatory CD or benign fibrotic stricture. (eurorad.org)
  • The radiographic findings of mesothelioma are nonspecific and are observed in other diseases, including metastatic carcinoma, lymphoma, and benign asbestos disease. (medscape.com)
  • Endometriosis is a common benign and chronic inflammatory gynaecological disease due to functional endometrial glands and stroma in an ectopic location outside the uterine cavity [ 1 ]. (polradiol.com)
  • Volumetric computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol), dose-length product (DLP), patients' demographics, selected CIs like lithiasis, cancer, and other diseases, and protocols' parameters were retrospectively recorded for 198 CTUs conducted on a Toshiba Aquilion Prime 80 scanner. (bvsalud.org)
  • [ 5 ] Imaging is therefore being increasingly used for the diagnosis of PID, particularly in patients with an uncertain diagnosis, in patients with chronic or complex disease, or in patients who have developed complications. (medscape.com)
  • The type of pulmonary condition to be developed by AIDS patients will depend on the stage of disease, which is generally determined based on the CD4 lymphocyte count. (webcir.org)
  • Imaging, always based on clinical information, is an essential tool in the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases in patients with symptomatic AIDS. (webcir.org)
  • Patients with a long history of recurrent abdominal pain and who on imaging were found to have a diffusely thickened gall bladder wall, with cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis and submucosal hypoattenuated nodules were likely to have XGC while those with anorexia,weight loss,focal thickening of the gallbladder wall on imaging and dense local organ infiltration were more likely to have GBC. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) provide prolonged survival in selected patients with colorectal (CLR) peritoneal carcinomatosis. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • We performed a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of 34 patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC and 21 patients who underwent PC for CLR peritoneal carcinomatosis, at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), from Jan 2008 to Dec 2013. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • CRS and HIPEC confer prolonged survival compared to PC in patients with CLR peritoneal carcinomatosis. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • Patients treated with palliative chemotherapy suffer significant morbidity from disease progression that disrupts chemotherapy and results in significantly longer hospitalization. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Analysis of the perception of the disease in borderline stenosis of the orifice of the internal carotid artery (ICA) (up to 69% in diameter) in asymptomatic patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is necessary to perform the psychological work with patients with carotid stenosis in order to form in them more adaptive types of perception of the disease, understanding of the disease and a positive attitude towards treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Reported imaging patterns include ileal mass, long stenosis with heterogeneous submucosa, short severe stenosis with upstream bowel dilatation, irregular asymmetric circumferential thickening. (eurorad.org)
  • The tumor frequently extends into the fissures, which become thickened and irregular in contour. (medscape.com)
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a general term indicating infection of the female upper genital tract and the surrounding structures. (medscape.com)
  • Albeit difficult, preoperative diagnosis of malignant ECFs impacts treatment since it requires en-bloc resection plus chemotherapy. (eurorad.org)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent non-invasive modality that helps in non-invasive diagnosis, with excellent delineation of the disease extent, and thus provides a presurgical mapping of the disease, which is helpful for the operating surgeon [ 6 ]. (polradiol.com)
  • In order to make an accurate diagnosis of the type of disease it is important to consider the patient's risk factors and how the patient has acquired HIV infection. (webcir.org)
  • It makes it possible to recognize the radiographic pattern of the various OIs and neoplasms, to make a differential diagnosis of potential diseases and to monitor the response to treatment. (webcir.org)
  • CT plays an essential role in the diagnosis of mesenteric disease. (sajr.org.za)
  • Some mesenteric diseases present with distinctive imaging findings while others have similar findings, thereby complicating their differential diagnosis. (sajr.org.za)
  • OS was calculated from the date of diagnosis of peritoneal metastases till death. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • They demonstrate various contrast enhancement patterns including early peripheral enhancement because of vascular tissue ( Figure 1 ), delayed central enhancement of the fibrotic components, heterogenous, homogenous and absent enhancement. (sajr.org.za)
  • We hypothesize that PC is suboptimal due to complications arising from peritoneal disease that disrupts chemotherapy. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • Secondary outcomes of frequency of chemotherapy disruptions, need for invasive interventions, and duration of hospitalization for complications of peritoneal disease were evaluated. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • 60.0% due to complications of peritoneal disease, most commonly intestinal obstruction (I/O). 14.3% required emergency surgery for I/O and 23.8% required abdominal cope loop and ureteric stent insertion. (medicinelakex1.com)
  • neoplasms, and non-infectious and nonmalignant diseases. (webcir.org)
  • Although primary neoplasms arising in the mesentery are rare, the mesentery is a major avenue for the dissemination of tumours, which can spread through hematogenous, lymphatic, direct or peritoneal seeding. (sajr.org.za)
  • Secondary involvement of the mesentery from tumours elsewhere is much more common than primary mesenteric neoplasms such as desmoid tumour, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMFT), and others. (sajr.org.za)
  • The CT technologist must be aware of the critical dose dependence on the scan length and the applied exposure parameters for each phase, according to the patient's clinical background and the corresponding imaging anatomy, which must have been properly targeted by the competent radiologist. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mechanical distortion of the hemithorax, chest wall masses, periosteal rib reaction or rib destruction by the tumor are signs of advanced disease. (medscape.com)
  • Most ECFs develop either through an abdominal scar weeks or months after gastrointestinal surgery, or as a complication of fistulizing Crohn's disease (CD). (eurorad.org)
  • therefore, disease extent is frequently underestimated in radiographs. (medscape.com)
  • While a CT may be able to directly visualize breaks in the bladder wall, findings are usually more non-specific: free fluid, ascites, or bladder wall enhancement. (emdocs.net)
  • The afflicted women may be asymptomatic, may present with mild nonspecific symptoms, or may have fulminant disease. (medscape.com)
  • Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBAC) is a rare but dreaded occurrence in CD, which generally affects males with long-standing CD, 33 times more commonly than in the general population, but is disguised by nonspecific and varied manifestations mimicking active or obstructive disease. (eurorad.org)
  • [ 3 ] Laparoscopy has been considered the standard for the diagnoses of PID, but it is costly, is invasive, and has a reduced sensitivity in mild disease. (medscape.com)
  • Multiplanar CT-enterography (Fig. 1) with oral polyethylenglycole solution confirmed two ventral enterocutaneous fistulas with characteristic tram-track appearance, mixed fluid and air content, and showed a markedly thickened ileal segment with non-stratified enhancement which appeared to infiltrate the anterior abdominal wall. (eurorad.org)
  • Evaluation of the mesentery is often neglected during routine ultrasound (US) because of inadequate training and unfamiliarity with the common US features encountered with mesenteric disease. (sajr.org.za)
  • Tuberculous pericarditis is a common disease among the African and Asian populations because of the high prevalence of tuberculous infections. (sajr.org.za)
  • 3 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour appears as a hypo or iso-attenuating mass compared with skeletal muscle depending on the amount of myxoid or collagenous stroma, respectively. (sajr.org.za)
  • After a long period of disease quiescence, currently complained of weight loss and development of cutaneous fistulas. (eurorad.org)
  • Extravasation of urine into the peritoneal space can result in chemical peritonitis and sepsis . (emdocs.net)
  • Laparotomic en-bloc resection of ileal mass, anterior abdominal wall and subcutaneous tissue involved by enterocutaneous fistulas and a segment of transverse colon was performed (post-surgical status shown in Fig. 2a, b). (eurorad.org)
  • TLR4 and its correlated non-infectious inflammatory response may be an important molecular mechanism of biochemical injury in fat embolism syndrome. (shsmu.edu.cn)
  • The Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology has developed a set of guidelines for pancreaticobiliary cytology including indications for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy, techniques for EUS-FNA, terminology and nomenclature to be used for pancreaticobiliary disease, ancillary testing and postbiopsy management. (cytojournal.com)
  • She has been suffered by Parkinson's disease for more than 20 years. (journalmc.org)
  • Man with long-standing history (over 30 years) of Crohn's disease including previous ileocaecal resection and anal fistulectomy. (eurorad.org)