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Faqin Lv Yanting Ning Xuan Zhou Yukun Luo Tong Liang Yongkang Nie Tanshi Li Jie Tang 《European radiology》2014,24(10):2640-2648
Objective
To analyse the correlation between contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)-based classification of the severity of abdominal parenchymal organ trauma and clinical outcomes, and to explore CEUS in classifying patients with such trauma, expecting that the use of CEUS will potentially enhance the quality and speed of the emergency management of abdominal trauma.Methods
Three hundred six consecutive patients with blunt abdominal parenchymal organ trauma who received CEUS examination were retrospectively analysed. Two CEUS radiologists (identified as Reader A and Reader B in this study) who were not involved in the CEUS examinations of the patients were then asked to classify the patients independently according to their CEUS results. The classification results were later compared with patients’ clinical outcomes using Spearman’s rank correlation.Results
The final clinical outcomes showed that 25.5 % (78/306) of patients received conservative treatment, 52.0 % (159/306) received minimally invasive treatment, and 22.5 % (69/306) received surgery. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between the CEUS-based classification and clinical outcome were 0.952 from Reader A and 0.960 from Reader B.Conclusions
CEUS can play an important role in the emergency management of abdominal trauma through the classification of patients for different treatment methods.Key points
? The severity of abdominal trauma was classified by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) ? There was a high correlation between CEUS-based classification and clinical outcomes ? CEUS-based classification is helpful for surgeons in the emergency management of abdominal trauma 相似文献2.
Lars Schimmöller Michael Quentin Christian Arsov Andreas Hiester Christian Buchbender Robert Rabenalt Peter Albers Gerald Antoch Dirk Blondin 《European radiology》2014,24(10):2582-2589
Purpose
This study evaluated the accuracy of MR sequences [T2-, diffusion-weighted, and dynamic contrast-enhanced (T2WI, DWI, and DCE) imaging] at 3T, based on the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) scoring system [Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS)] using MR-guided in-bore prostate biopsies as reference standard.Methods
In 235 consecutive patients [aged 65.7?±?7.9 years; median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) 8 ng/ml] with multiparametric prostate MRI (mp-MRI), 566 lesions were scored according to PI-RADS. Histology of all lesions was obtained by targeted MR-guided in-bore biopsy.Results
In 200 lesions, biopsy revealed prostate cancer (PCa). The area under the curve (AUC) for cancer detection was 0.70 (T2WI), 0.80 (DWI), and 0.74 (DCE). A combination of T2WI + DWI, T2WI + DCE, and DWI + DCE achieved an AUC of 0.81, 0.78, and 0.79. A summed PI-RADS score of T2WI + DWI + DCE achieved an AUC of 0.81. For higher grade PCa (primary Gleason pattern?≥?4), the AUC was 0.85 for T2WI + DWI, 0.84 for T2WI + DCE, 0.86 for DWI + DCE, and 0.87 for T2WI + DWI + DCE. The AUC for T2WI + DWI + DCE for transitional-zone PCa was 0.73, and for the peripheral zone 0.88. Regarding higher-grade PCa, AUC for transitional-zone PCa was 0.88, and for peripheral zone 0.96.Conclusion
The combination of T2WI + DWI + DCE achieved the highest test accuracy, especially in patients with higher-grade PCa. The use of ≤2 MR sequences led to lower AUC in higher-grade and peripheral-zone cancers.Key Points
? T2WI + DWI + DCE achieved the highest accuracy in patients with higher grade PCa ? T2WI + DWI + DCE was more accurate for peripheral- than for transitional-zone PCa ? DCE increased PCa detection accuracy in the peripheral zone ? DWI was the leading sequence in the transitional zone 相似文献3.
Jihyun Kim Junshik Hong Seog Gyun Kim Kyung Hoon Hwang Minsu Kim Hee Kyung Ahn Sun Jin Sym Jinny Park Eun Kyung Cho Dong Bok Shin Jae Hoon Lee 《Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging》2014,48(3):187-195
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treated with rituximab-containing immunochemotherapy.Methods
Patients with newly diagnosed DLBCL who underwent pre-treatment torso FDG-PET/CT scan taken within 10 days before treatment were included. MTV was defined as the volume of hypermetabolic tissue with a standardized uptake value (SUV) greater than a threshold value of 2.5 and calculated using volume viewer software. Association of MTV with patient characteristics and survival were compared.Results
A total of 96 patients were evaluated. During a median follow-up period of 27.8 months, 3-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival was 69.5 % and 72.9 %, respectively. The Ann Arbor staging showed a limitation of prognosis because there was no difference of EFS between patients with Ann Arbor stage II and those with stage III. On the contrary, among patients with Ann Arbor stage II or III disease (n?=?53), the higher MTV group showed significantly inferior EFS compared with the lower MTV group.Conclusions
In the current study, we identified the pre-treatment MTV measured by FDG-PET/CT as a potential predictor of survival in patients with DLBCL treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone (R-CHOP), at least in Ann Arbor stage II and III disease. 相似文献4.
Damien Mandry Alexis Tatopoulos Elodie Chevalier-Mathias Jérémie Lemarié Pierre-Edouard Bollaert Véronique Roch Pierre Olivier Pierre-Yves Marie Sébastien Gibot 《European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging》2014,41(10):1924-1930
Purpose
Timely identification of septic foci is critical in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock of unknown origin. This prospective pilot study aimed to assess 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), combined with whole-body computed tomographic angiography (CTA), in patients with suspected severe sepsis and for whom the prior diagnostic workup had been inconclusive.Methods
Patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit with a suspected severe sepsis but no definite diagnosis after 48 h of extensive investigations were prospectively included and referred for a whole body FDG-PET/CTA. Results from FDG-PET/CTA were assessed according to the final diagnosis obtained after follow-up and additional diagnostic workup.Results
Seventeen patients were prospectively included, all on mechanical ventilation and 14 under vasopressor drugs. The FDG-PET/CTA exam 1) was responsible for only one desaturation and one hypotension, both quickly reversible under treatment; 2) led to suspect 16 infectious sites among which 13 (81 %) could be confirmed by further diagnostic procedures; and 3) triggered beneficial changes in the medical management of 12 of the 17 study patients (71 %). The FDG-PET/CTA images showed a single or predominant infectious focus in two cases where CTA was negative and in three cases where CTA exhibited multiple possible foci.Conclusion
Whole-body FDG-PET/CTA appears to be feasible, relatively safe, and provides reliable and useful information, when prospectively planned in patients with suspected severe sepsis and for whom prior diagnostic workup had been inconclusive. The FDG-PET images are particularly helpful when CTA exhibits no or multiple possible sites. 相似文献5.
Gijsbert J. Blokhuis Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers Marije G. Diender Wim J. G. Oyen Jos M. Th. Draaisma Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei 《European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging》2014,41(10):1916-1923
Purpose
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) and unexplained fever during immune suppression in children are challenging medical problems. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and FDG-PET combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in children with FUO and in children with unexplained fever during immune suppression.Methods
All FDG-PET/(CT) scans performed in the Radboud university medical center for the evaluation of FUO or unexplained fever during immune suppression in the last 10 years were reviewed. Results were compared with the final clinical diagnosis.Results
FDG-PET/(CT) scans were performed in 31 children with FUO. A final diagnosis was established in 16 cases (52 %). Of the total number of scans, 32 % were clinically helpful. The sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET/CT in these patients was 80 % and 78 %, respectively. FDG-PET/(CT) scans were performed in 12 children with unexplained fever during immune suppression. A final diagnosis was established in nine patients (75 %). Of the total number of these scans, 58 % were clinically helpful. The sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET/CT in children with unexplained fever during immune suppression was 78 % and 67 %, respectively.Conclusions
FDG-PET/CT appears a valuable imaging technique in the evaluation of children with FUO and in the diagnostic process of children with unexplained fever during immune suppression. Prospective studies of FDG-PET/CT as part of a structured diagnostic protocol are warranted to assess the additional diagnostic value. 相似文献6.
Yanjun Zhang Wei Huang Jiahuang Jiang Jing Xie Chunmin Xu Chunli Wang Lin Yin Li Yang Kevin Zhou Peter Chen KL Paul Sung 《Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy》2014,22(9):1997-2006
Purpose
It was reported that not only ACL but also the synovium may be the major regulator of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in synovial fluids after ACL injury. In order to further confirm whether synovium is capable of regulating the microenvironment in the process of ACL injury, the complicated microenvironment of joint cavity after ACL injury was mimicked and the combined effects of mechanical injury and inflammatory factor [tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)] on expressions of lysyl oxidases (LOXs) and MMPs in synovial fibroblasts derived from normal human synovium were studied.Methods
Human normal knee joint synovial fibroblasts were stimulated for 1–6 h with mechanical stretch and inflammatory factor (TNF-α). Total RNA was harvested, reverse transcribed and assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction for the expression of LOXs and MMP-1, 2, 3 messenger RNAs. MMP-2 activity was assayed from the collected culture media samples using zymography.Results
Compared to control group, our results showed that 6 % physiological stretch increased MMP-2 and LOXs (except LOXL-3), decreased MMP-1 and MMP-3; injurious stretch (12 %) decreased LOXs (except LOXL-2)and increased MMP-1, 2 and 3; the combination of injurious stretch and TNF-α decreased LOXs and increased MMP-1, 2 and 3 in synovial fibroblasts in a synergistical manner.Conclusion
This study demonstrated that combination of mechanical injury and inflammatory factors up-regulated the expressions of MMPs and down-regulated the expressions of LOXs in synovial fibroblasts, eventually alter the balance of tissue healing. Thus, synovium may be involved in regulating the microenvironment of joint cavity. Based on the mechanism, early interventions to inhibit the production of MMPs or promote the production of LOXs in the synovial fibroblasts should be performed to facilitate the healing of tissue. 相似文献7.
Dapeng Xiang Yurong Hong Bo Zhang Pintong Huang Guogang Li Ping Wang Zhiyu Li 《European radiology》2014,24(10):2513-2519
Objectives
To examine the value of CEUS as a non-invasive tool in detecting lateral neck metastasis (LNM) and the enhancement patterns of malignant lymph nodes (LN) for thyroid cancer patients.Methods
Eighty-two consecutive patients, who underwent both preoperative non-enhanced US and CEUS examinations, were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent lateral neck dissection (LND). Enhancement patterns of 102 collected LNs matching to CEUS findings were analyzed.Results
CEUS detected LNM in 53 of 65 patients, showing a higher sensitivity and accuracy than that of conventional US (p?=?0.109 and p?=?0.154, respectively). Thirteen patients’ surgical procedures were altered by CEUS findings, including nine true positive and four false positive cases. Five patients’ surgical procedures were altered by conventional US findings, including two true positive and three false positive cases. Heterogeneous enhancement, perfusion defects, microcalcification, and centripetal/hybrid enhancement were all specific criteria for malignant LNs in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, only heterogeneous enhancement and centripetal/hybrid enhancement were significantly related to LN metastasis (p?=?0.000 and p?=?0.037, respectively).Conclusions
CEUS may be a potential tool to facilitate conventional US in detecting LNM. Heterogeneous enhancement and centripetal/hybrid enhancement are useful criteria to distinguish between malignant and benign LNs.Key Points
? CEUS findings facilitated conventional US in detecting LNM. ? Heterogeneous, centripetal/hybrid enhancement, microcalcification and perfusion defects were specific criteria of malignant LNs. ? Heterogeneous and centripetal/hybrid enhancement were significantly related to LN metastasis in multivariate analysis. 相似文献8.
Masakazu Hirakawa Akihiro Nishie Yoshiki Asayama Nobuhiro Fujita Kousei Ishigami Tatsurou Tajiri Tomoaki Taguchi Hiroshi Honda 《Japanese journal of radiology》2014,32(9):529-536
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to evaluate, retrospectively, the clinical efficacy of preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with systemic chemotherapy for unresectable hepatoblastoma.Materials and methods
Five boys and three girls (mean age 15.2 months) were treated with preoperative TACE combined with systemic chemotherapy for unresectable hepatoblastomas. Mean tumor diameter and mean alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) level were 11.8 cm and 549,386 ng/mL, respectively. Pretreatment, the extent of disease (PRETEXT) was: II, 1; III, 6; IV, 1. For all patients, preoperative systemic chemotherapy was administered before TACE. At each TACE, carboplatin and adriamycin mixed with iodized oil were infused into the feeding arteries. Tumor response and prognosis after treatment were evaluated.Results
TACE resulted in few Grade 1 adverse effects (AEs), without G3 or more AEs, according to CTACAE 3.0. Mean tumor shrinkage was 60.9 %, and the mean AFP decrease from initial levels was 94.8 %. In all cases TACE combined with systemic chemotherapy enabled subsequent safe and complete surgical resection. After a mean follow-up of 59 months, tumor-free survival was 75 %.Conclusion
Preoperative TACE combined with systemic chemotherapy was effective in inducing surgical resectability of unresectable hepatoblastoma. 相似文献9.
Kai-Hsiung Ko Hsian-He Hsu Tsai-Wang Huang Hong-Wei Gao Daniel H. Y. Shen Wei-Chou Chang Yi-Chih Hsu Tsun-Hou Chang Chi-Ming Chu Ching-Liang Ho Hung Chang 《European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging》2014,41(10):1889-1897
Purpose
The identification of the mutation status of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is important for the optimization of treatment in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The acquisition of adequate tissues for EGFR mutational analysis is sometimes not feasible, especially in advanced-stage patients. The aim of this study was to predict EGFR mutation status in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and imaging features in positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), as well as on the serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level.Methods
We retrospectively reviewed 132 pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients who underwent EGFR mutation testing, pretreatment FDG PET/CT and serum CEA analysis. The associations between EGFR mutations and patient characteristics, maximal standard uptake value (SUVmax) of primary tumors, serum CEA level and CT imaging features were analyzed. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to quantify the predictive value of these factors.Results
EGFR mutations were identified in 69 patients (52.2 %). Patients with SUVmax ≥6 (p?=?0.002) and CEA level ≥5 (p?=?0.013) were more likely to have EGFR mutations. The CT characteristics of larger tumors (≥3 cm) (p?=?0.023) and tumors with a nonspiculated margin (p?=?0.026) were also associated with EGFR mutations. Multivariate analysis showed that higher SUVmax and CEA level, never smoking and a nonspiculated tumor margin were the most significant predictors of EGFR mutation. The combined use of these four criteria yielded a higher area under the ROC curve (0.82), suggesting a good discrimination.Conclusion
The combined evaluation of FDG uptake, CEA level, smoking status and tumor margins may be helpful in predicting EGFR mutation status in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma, especially when the tumor sample is inadequate for genetic analysis or genetic testing is not available. Further large-scale prospective studies are needed to validate these results. 相似文献10.
Takeshi Shinozaki Kenichi Utano Hiroyuki Fujii Yuka Utano Takahiro Sasaki Shigeyoshi Kijima Hidenori Kanazawa Yukio Kimura Akifumi Fujita Hideharu Sugimoto 《Japanese journal of radiology》2014,32(8):476-481
Objective
The objective of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of dual-time-point 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to single-time-point 18F-FDG PET for staging of preoperative lung cancer.Methods
Between November 2008 and December 2009, 107 patients who were diagnosed as having lung cancer or strongly suspected of having lung cancer were enrolled. They underwent dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET following conventional imaging. Dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET imaging (whole body) was performed at 1-h (early) post-FDG injection and repeated (2 h delayed) after injection. The diagnostic accuracy of pre-PET staging and post-PET staging was retrospectively evaluated, and the diagnostic accuracy of dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET was compared to that of single-time-point 18F-FDG PET.Results
In 100 patients, the early 18F-FDG PET scan resulted in upstaging of the tumor in ten (10 %) and down-staging of the tumor in five (5 %) compared to the conventional scan. The delayed phase of 18F-FDG PET provided no additional information on staging for lung cancer patients. The remaining seven patients were diagnosed as not having lung cancer.Conclusion
This study confirmed that dual-time-point 18F-FDG PET is useful for differential diagnosis between benign and malignant lesions, but has no major impact on staging and therapeutic management of patients with pathologically proven lung cancer. 相似文献11.
Jim O’Doherty CSci PhD Bruno Rojas Fisher CSci MSc Jonathan Mark Price MSc Kshama Wechalekar MBBS DRM DNB 《Journal of nuclear cardiology》2014,21(5):944-953
Background
The technique of SPECT-RNV (radionuclide ventriculography) offers a greater amount of clinically usable data than its planar counterpart (P-RNV). In transitioning from planar to SPECT-only acquisition methodologies, reprojection of the SPECT data can provide a planar dataset which can be used as an interim technique. The aim of this study was to test if reprojected planar images could be used as a surrogate for true planar images in SPECT-only setting.Methods
We performed SPECT-RNV and P-RNV on 47 patients on traditional sodium iodide (NaI) cameras, determining left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEF) for planar (EFP) and SPECT (EFS) techniques. We reprojected the SPECT-RNV data along the best septal separation angle determined from planar scanning. This creates a further planar dataset denoted ‘reprojected P-RNV’ (rP-RNV) giving a reprojected ejection fraction (EFR) which can be used as a validation variable in transitioning to SPECT-only acquisition.Results
Performing t tests showed no statistical difference between EFP and EFR (P > .017) but bias was observed in EFS results compared to EFP and EFS compared to EFR results. An unblinded, comparison of parametric data between the three datasets for a subset of ten patients showed good clinical concordance. False negative and false positive rates were low for rP-RNV compared to P-RNV.Conclusions
The reprojected planar LVEF correlates well to P-RNV EF values. The rP-RNV dataset can aid clinicians in transitioning from planar RNV to SPECT-only acquisition. 相似文献12.
Reinhard Meier Tobias M. Kraus Christoph Schaeffeler Sebastian Torka Anna Melissa Schlitter Katja Specht Bernhard Haller Simone Waldt Hans Rechl Ernst J. Rummeny Klaus Woertler 《European radiology》2014,24(9):2271-2278
Objectives
To test the hypothesis that bone marrow oedema (BME) observed on MRI in patients with avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head represents an indicator of subchondral fracture.Methods
Thirty-seven symptomatic hips of 27 consecutive patients (53 % women, mean age 49.2) with AVN of the femoral head and associated BME on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging were included. MR findings were correlated with computed tomography (CT) of the hip and confirmed by histopathological examination of the resected femoral head. Imaging studies were analysed by two radiologists with use of the ARCO classification.Results
On MR imaging a fracture line could be identified in 19/37 (51 %) cases, which were classified as ARCO stage 3 (n?=?15) and stage 4 (n?=?4). The remaining 18/37 (49 %) cases were classified as ARCO stage 2. However, in all 37/37 (100 %) cases a subchondral fracture was identified on CT, indicating ARCO stage 3/4 disease. The extent of subchondral fractures and the femoral head collapse was graded higher on CT as compared to MRI (P?0.05). Histopathological analysis confirmed bone necrosis and subchondral fractures.Conclusions
In patients with AVN, BME of the femoral head represents a secondary sign of subchondral fracture and thus indicates ARCO stage 3 disease.Key Points
? BME on MRI in AVN of femoral head indicates a subchondral fracture. ? BME in AVN of the femoral head represents ARCO stage 3/4 disease. ? CT identifies subchondral fractures and femoral head collapse better than MR imaging. ? This knowledge helps to avoid understaging and to trigger adequate treatment. 相似文献13.
Jun-Jun Yeh Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen Cheng-Ren Chen Ting-Chun Yeh Hsin-Kai Lin Jia-Bin Hong Bing-Tsang Wu Ming-Ting Wu 《European radiology》2014,24(10):2372-2384
Objective
The objective of this study was to use high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) imaging to predict the presence of smear-positive active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in elderly (at least 65 years of age) and non-elderly patients (18–65 years of age).Methods
Patients with active pulmonary infections seen from November 2010 through December 2011 received HRCT chest imaging, sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli and sputum cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Smear-positive PTB was defined as at least one positive sputum smear and a positive culture for M. tuberculosis. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the HRCT predictors of smear-positive active PTB, and a prediction score was developed on the basis of receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.Results
Of 1,255 patients included, 139 were diagnosed with smear-positive active PTB. According to ROC curve analysis, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, false positive rates and false negative rates were 98.6 %, 95.8 %, 78.5 %, 99.8 %, 4.2 % and 1.4 %, respectively, for diagnosing smear-positive active PTB in elderly patients, and 100.0 %, 96.9 %, 76.5 %, 100.0 %, 3.1 % and 0.0 %, respectively, for non-elderly patients.Conclusions
HRCT can assist in the early diagnosis of the most infectious active PTB, thereby preventing transmission and minimizing unnecessary immediate respiratory isolation.Key Points
? HRCT can assist in the early diagnosis of the infectious active PTB ? HRCT imaging is useful to predict the presence of smear-positive active PTB ? Predictions from the HRCT imaging are valid even before sputum smear or culture results 相似文献14.
Tone Gifstad Jon Olav Drogset Torbjørn Grøntvedt Grete Sofie Hortemo 《Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy》2014,22(9):2153-2162
Purpose
Hamstring tendon grafts are commonly used in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions. A number of fixation devices are available; however, several have limited clinical support. To our knowledge, no randomized controlled study comparing the EZLoc and the Bone Mulch Screw for femoral fixation in ACL reconstruction exists. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the results following the use of these two femoral fixation devices. Time in surgery for the two methods was also to be compared.Methods
A total of 110 patients between 18 and 45 years old at two orthopaedic departments, A (n = 55) and B (n = 55), were randomized to ACL reconstruction with femoral fixation of the hamstring graft with either the EZLoc or the Bone Mulch Screw. Surgical time was measured for each group. The patients were evaluated after 6 weeks and 3, 6, 12 and 24 months. The clinical examination included range of motion, evaluation of intraarticular swelling, tenderness at the lateral femoral condyle, the Lachman test, the Pivot shift test and the KT-1000 arthrometer. In addition, the visual analogue scale score for pain, the Tegner activity score, the Lysholm functional score and the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score were recorded. Knee extension and flexion muscle strength were also measured with a Biodex.Results
There were no significant differences in any of the parameters mentioned above at the 2-year follow-up evaluation. Three patients in each group underwent revision ACL reconstruction during the study. More than 95 % of the knees in both groups were found to be stable. Good to excellent results were found for all selected knee scores in both groups. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in any of the muscle strength parameters. Time in surgery was statistically significantly shorter in the EZLoc group compared with the Bone Mulch group.Conclusion
There were no statistically significant differences in clinical findings, knee scores or in muscle strength between the EZLoc group and the Bone Mulch group at the 2-year follow-up evaluation. Time in surgery was statistically significantly shorter for patients undergoing ACL reconstruction with hamstring grafts when the EZLoc femoral fixation device was used.Level of evidence
II. 相似文献15.
Yanli Zhou MD PhD Weihua Zhou PhD Russell D. Folks CNMT Daya N. Manatunga MS Arnold F. Jacobson MD PhD Jeroen J. Bax MD PhD Ernest V. Garcia PhD Ji Chen PhD FACC FASNC 《Journal of nuclear cardiology》2014,21(5):913-920
Objectives
The purpose of this study is to assess mIBG uptake in scar border zone and its relation with ventricular arrhythmia (VA) inducibility on electrophysiology (EP) testing using I-123 mIBG SPECT and resting Tc-99m SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).Methods
Forty-seven patients from a previous clinical trial were retrospectively analyzed. These patients underwent I-123 mIBG and resting Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT, and EP testing. Twenty-eight patients were positive (EP+) and 19 patients were negative (EP?) for inducibility of sustained (>30 seconds) VA on EP testing. MPI scar extent, border zone extent, and mIBG uptake in border zone were used to predict VA inducibility on EP testing, respectively.Results
There was no significant difference in scar extent between the EP+ and EP? groups. The EP+ group had significantly larger border zone and lower mIBG uptake ratio in the border zone than the EP? group. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the prediction accuracy for border zone extent (area under ROC = 0.75) was better than scar extent (area under ROC = 0.66). The prediction accuracy was further improved (area under ROC = 0.78), when assessing mIBG uptake in the border zone.Conclusion
A new tool has been developed to measure scar and border zone and to assess mIBG uptake in scar and border zone from combined I-123 MIBG SPECT and resting Tc-99m SPECT MPI. The mIBG uptake in the border zone predicted VA inducibility on EP testing with a promising accuracy. 相似文献16.
Giangaspare Mineo Domenico Attinà Martina Mughetti Caterina Balacchi Fiorella De Luca Fabio Niro Federica Ciccarese Luigi Lovato Vincenzo Russo Francesco Buia Cecilia Modolon Alessandra Manes Massimiliano Palazzini Nazareno Galiè Maurizio Zompatori 《La Radiologia medica》2014,119(9):667-673
Objective
The authors sought to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in the detection of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) in patients with pre-capillary pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) of unknown aetiology, and to identify the role of CT in diagnosis and therapy.Materials and methods
The CT scans of 96 patients were retrospectively reviewed and assessed for specific HRCT findings: ground-glass opacities, septal lines and mediastinal lymph nodal enlargement (short diameter ≥1 cm). According to the HRCT findings, patients were divided into PVOD-suspicious and not PVOD-suspicious. Subsequently, a clinical-instrumental evaluation was performed, and the response to therapy and histopathological reports were evaluated.Results
Radiological evaluation based on HRCT findings revealed 29 patients as PVOD-suspicious and 67 as not PVOD-suspicious. The final diagnosis was PVOD in 22 patients and idiopathic PAH in 74 patients. The CT scan showed 95.5 % sensitivity, 89 % specificity, 72.5 % positive predictive value, and 98.5 % negative predictive value, with a diagnostic accuracy of 90.5 % in identifying patients with PVOD.Conclusions
Chest CT can be considered a screening test in the assessment of patients with PAH of unknown aetiology, and the radiologist can help the clinician to identify patients with CT findings that make PVOD highly probable. 相似文献17.
Giulio Zuccoli Ashok Panigrahy Gayathri Sreedher Ariel Bailey Ernest John Laney IV Luca La Colla Gulay Alper 《Neuroradiology》2014,56(8):679-684
Introduction
MR imaging criteria for diagnosing acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) have not been clearly established. Due to the wide spectrum of differential considerations, new imaging features allowing early and accurate diagnosis for ADEM are needed. We hypothesized that ADEM lesions would be characterized by vasogenic edema due to the potential reversibility of the disease.Methods
Sixteen patients who met the diagnostic criteria for ADEM proposed by the International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group (IPMSSG) and had complete MR imaging studies performed at our institution during the acute phase of the disease were identified retrospectively and evaluated by experienced pediatric neuroradiologists.Results
Vasogenic edema was demonstrated on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and corresponding apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps in 12 out of 16 patients; cytotoxic edema was identified in two patients while the other two patients displayed no changes on DWI/ADC. ADC values for lesions and normal-appearing brain tissue were 1.39?±?0.45?×?10?3 and 0.81?±?0.09?×?10?3 mm/s2, respectively (p?=?0.002). When considering a cutoff of 5 days between acute and subacute disease, no difference between ADC values in acute vs. subacute phase was depicted. However, we found a significant correlation and an inverse and significant relationship between time and ADC value.Conclusion
We propose that vasogenic edema is a reliable diagnostic sign of acute neuroinflammation in ADEM. 相似文献18.
Pierre-Yves Le Roux Xavier Palard Philippe Robin Aurélien Delluc Ronan Abgral Solène Querellou Francis Couturaud Grégoire Le Gal Pierre-Yves Salaun 《European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging》2014,41(10):1957-1964
Purpose
The aim of this management outcome study was to assess the safety of ventilation/perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (V/Q SPECT) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) using for interpretation the criteria proposed in the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) guidelines for V/Q scintigraphy.Methods
A total of 393 patients with clinically suspected PE referred to the Nuclear Medicine Department of Brest University Hospital from April 2011 to March 2013, with either a high clinical probability or a low or intermediate clinical probability but positive D-dimer, were retrospectively analysed. V/Q SPECT were interpreted by the attending nuclear medicine physician using a diagnostic cut-off of one segmental or two subsegmental mismatches. The final diagnostic conclusion was established by the physician responsible for patient care, based on clinical symptoms, laboratory test, V/Q SPECT and other imaging procedures performed. Patients in whom PE was deemed absent were not treated with anticoagulants and were followed up for 3 months.Results
Of the 393 patients, the prevalence of PE was 28 %. V/Q SPECT was positive for PE in 110 patients (28 %) and negative in 283 patients (72 %). Of the 110 patients with a positive V/Q SPECT, 78 (71 %) had at least one additional imaging test (computed tomography pulmonary angiography or ultrasound) and the diagnosis of PE was eventually excluded in one patient. Of the 283 patients with a negative V/Q SPECT, 74 (26 %) patients had another test. The diagnosis of PE was finally retained in one patient and excluded in 282 patients. The 3-month thromboembolic risk in the patients not treated with anticoagulants was 1/262: 0.38 % (95 % confidence interval 0.07–2.13).Conclusion
A diagnostic management including V/Q SPECT interpreted with a diagnostic cut-off of “one segmental or two subsegmental mismatches” appears safe to exclude PE. 相似文献19.
Nobuyuki Kawai Wei Lin Wei-Dong Cao Daisuke Ogawa Keisuke Miyake Reiji Haba Yukito Maeda Yuka Yamamoto Yoshihiro Nishiyama Takashi Tamiya 《European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging》2014,41(10):1870-1878
Purpose
Hypoxia and its consequences at the molecular level promote tumour progression and affect patient prognosis. One of the main early cellular events evoked by hypoxia is induction of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and subsequent upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In this study we sought to determine whether hypoxia detected by 18F-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) PET accurately reflects the expression of HIF-1α and VEGF in the tumour and can be used as a biomarker of antiangiogenic treatment and as a prognostic factor in newly diagnosed and recurrent malignant gliomas.Methods
Enrolled in this study were 32 patients with newly diagnosed glioma and 16 with recurrent glioma of grade III or grade IV. All the patients had undergone FMISO PET preoperatively. The maximum tumour-to-blood FMISO activity ratio (T/Bmax) was used to evaluate the degree of tumour hypoxia and the hypoxic volume (HV) was calculated using a tumour-to-blood FMISO uptake ratio of ≥1.2. Immunohistochemical expressions of HIF-1α and VEGF were evaluated semiquantitatively using the immunoreactivity score (IRS, scores 0 to 12) and the correlation was examined between IRS of HIF-1α or VEGF and FMISO uptake of the tumour (SUVtumour) using navigation-based sampling. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method in relation to the T/Bmax and the HV.Results
The T/Bmax and the HV in grade IV gliomas were significantly higher than in grade III gliomas (P?0.01 and P?0.01, respectively). Moderate to strong HIF-1α and VEGF expression was observed in the majority of malignant gliomas. The IRS of HIF-1α and VEGF in the tumour were not significantly different between grade III and grade IV gliomas. The IRS of HIF-1α in the tumour did not correlate with the SUVtumour of FMISO in either newly diagnosed or recurrent glioma. There was a significant but weak correlation between the IRS of VEGF and the SUVtumour of FMISO in newly diagnosed glioma, but not in recurrent glioma. The overall survival time in patients with a small HV and a low FMISO T/Bmax was significantly longer than in those with a large HV and a high FMISO T/Bmax (P?0.01 and P?0.05, respectively).Conclusion
Preoperative FMISO uptake is significantly correlated with the expression of VEGF in the tumour and might be used as a biomarker of antiangiogenic treatment in newly diagnosed malignant gliomas. However, caution is required because the correlation was weak and there was a large overlap of FMISO uptake between glioma with high and low VEGF expression. In addition, hypoxia determined by FMISO PET appears to be a suitable biomarker for predicting a highly malignant tumour and a poor prognosis in patients with malignant glioma. 相似文献20.
Yoshimitsu Fukushima Shin-ichiro Kumita Tsuneaki Kawaguchi Takatoshi Maruyama Yoshiyuki Kawasaki Yasuhiro Shinkai 《Annals of nuclear medicine》2014,28(7):646-655