Hyponatremia Is a Specific Marker of Perforation in Sigmoid Diverticulitis or Appendicitis in Patients Older Than 50 Years by S. A. Käser, R. Furler, D. C. Evequoz, C. A. Maurer

“…The records of all patients older than fifty years (only these had routine ECG done) admitted to our emergency station between January 2008 and December 2010 with sigmoid diverticulitis (, diagnosed by computer tomography) or appendicitis (, diagnosed intraoperatively) were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Sarcoid-like reaction at the patient with chronic hepatitis C on a background of antiviral therapy by A. V. Lapshin, N. I. Kokina, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Sarcoid-like reaction has been diagnosed. At computer tomography of the chest organs bilateral miliary monomorphic dissimination on a background of interstitial changes was found, intrathoracic lymph nodes were increased in their number and size. …”
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Relapse of Psychosis Status Post Meningioma Resection by Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amber N. Edinoff, Haseeb A. Akuly, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Rita Horton, Anthony Sin, Donard Dwyer, City Mohammad Amin, Sana Shamim

“…Her MRI of the brain showed a well-circumscribed 3.5 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm mass in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa. Computer tomography of the brain showed a 4.5 cm mass near the anterior interhemispheric fissure and edema in the right frontal cortex. …”
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Traumatic Penetrating Neck Injury with Right Common Carotid Artery Dissection and Stenosis Effectively Managed with Stenting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Seidu A. Richard, Chang Wei Zhang, Cong Wu, Wang Ting, Xie Xiaodong

“…He pulled out the iron rod immediately. Computer tomography angiography (CTA) done revealed C2-C4 transverse process fractures on the right side and a fracture at the right lamina of C3 and right common carotid artery dissection with stenosis. …”
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Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis, Treatment and Specific Situations Management – Current Knowledge, Review of the Literature by Magdalena Balwierz, Agnieszka Kosińska, Wiktoria Belcarz

“…The diagnosis is made on the basis of the presence of bacteraemia and imaging findings confirming IE visualized in echocardiography, computer tomography and nuclear imaging. Anatomical changes or foci of altered metabolism can be located on the valves, in the perivalvular area or in the area of foreign material (e. g. valves prosthesis or implantable device). …”
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Prevalence of Occupational Asthma and Respiratory Symptoms in Foundry Workers by Servet Kayhan, Umit Tutar, Halit Cinarka, Aziz Gumus, Nurhan Koksal

“…Monitoring of peak expiratory flow rates, spirometric reversibility test, and high-resolution computed tomographies were performed for the participants having respiratory symptoms and/or impaired respiratory function test. …”
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Bilateral Piriform sinus fistulas: a case study and review of management options by Deanna Lammers, Ross Campbell, Jorge Davila, Johnna MacCormick

“…Case presentation Our patient was determined to have bilateral piriform sinus fistulas based on computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and microlaryngoscopy. …”
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Short-term results of treatment of non-epithelial gastro-intestinal tumors complicated by bleeding by S. G. Shapovalyants, A. I. Mikhalev, Ye. D. Fedorov, R. V. Plakhov, L. M. Mikhaleva, Z. V. Galkova, Ye. V. Ivanova, A. E. Sergeyenko

“…In 52 patients for assessment of localization, structure and character of proliferation of tumor modern radiological and endoscopic methods were applied: balloon and videocapsular endoscopy, selective angiography, computer tomography, endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle biopsy.Results. …”
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Permanent Sensorineural Deafness in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Secondary to Intracranial Hemorrhage by Sakshi Kapur, Michael Wax, Levin Miles, Adnan Hussain

“…Repeat magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple new hemorrhages throughout the brain. Computer tomography of the temporal bones showed inflammatory changes in right and left mastoid cells. …”
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Successful Management of Pheochromocytoma Detected in Pregnancy by Interval Adrenalectomy in a VHL Patient by V. T. S. Kaluarachchi, Uditha Bulugahapitiya, Maulee Arambewela, Sonali Gunathilake

“…Her management decisions were made by a multidisciplinary team which decided to deliver the baby by lower segment cesarean section (LSCS) as the pregnancy was advanced and to proceed with interval adrenalectomy after contrast enhanced computer tomography (CECT) of the abdomen with adrenal protocol. …”
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Резолюция Экспертного совета «Диагностика и лечение больных со сладжем в желчном пузыре» by V. T. Ivashkin, Alexey V. Okhlobystin, Dmitry S. Bordin, M. F. Osipenko, E. Ya. Seleznyova, Yu. O. Shulpekova, S. R. Abdulkhakov, O. P. Alexseyeva, I. G. Bakulin, L. G. Vologjhanina, V. B. Grinevich, N. V. Bakulina, T. A. Kolesova, N. V. Korochanskaya, I. V. Putintseva, A. S. Sarsenbayeva, N. S. Yazenok

“…At detection of the ultrasound signs, typical for chronic pancreatitis, according to the Cambridge diagnostic criteria, verification of the diagnosis by multidetector computer tomography according to the pancreatic protocol is mandatory. …”
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Finite Element Evaluation of the Effect of Adhesive Creams on the Stress State of Dentures and Oral Mucosa by Anantha Narayanan Ramakrishnan, Oliver Röhrle, Christopher Ludtka, Roshan Varghese, Josephine Koehler, Andreas Kiesow, Stefan Schwan

“…The RPD, mandible, oral mucosa, abutment teeth supporting the RPD, and the corresponding abutment periodontal ligaments (PDLs) were modelled as 3D volumes based on computer tomography (CT) datasets. A viscoelastic adhesive layer between the RPD and oral mucosa was incorporated into this base model using Prony series approximation. …”
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Successful Management of Thyrocervical Trunk Aneurysm Ruptured into the Thoracic Cavity After Cesarean Section in Nonstable Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type I by Nikola Mirković, Marko Prokić, Marija Novčić, Miloš Arsenijević, Snežana Sretenović, Dragan Knežević, Vojin Kovačević, Marija Šorak, Olivera Kostić

“…Emergency endotracheal intubation was performed for airway control. Urgent computer tomography angiography procedure showed extracranial artery, thyrocervical trunk aneurysm rupture, and vertebral aneurysm without rupture. …”
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Assessing SPECT/CT for the identification of cartilage lesions in the knee joint: A systematic review by Larissa Rix, Samuel Tushingham, Karina Wright, Martyn Snow

“…Background: Single-photon emission computerised tomography with conventional computer tomography (SPECT/CT) is an emerging technology which may hold clinical value for the identification of cartilage lesions in the knee joint. …”
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Induced pathomorphism and manifestations of residual focal lesions in parenchymatous organs of patients after noninvasive procedures by Z. A. Lemeshko, A. V. Borsukov, A. V. Mamoshin, T. G. Morozova

“…Ultrasound investigation was the basic diagnostic and control method; while helical x-ray computer tomography, X-ray fistulography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, scintigraphy, elastography, diagnostic punctures (aspiration biopsy, core needle biopsy, transcutaneous transhepatic cholangiography), laparoscopy, laparotomy, morphological investigation were used as methods of verification and control. …”
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Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication by Anna Hinterberger, Lukas Trupka, Sophia Kortbein, Ricarda Ebner, Nicola Fink, Matthias F. Froelich, Dominik Nörenberg, Carmen Wängler, Björn Wängler, Ralf Schirrmacher, Adrien Holzgreve, Matthias Brendel, Stefanie Corradini, Christoph Auernhammer, Johannes Rübenthaler, Freba Grawe

“…Abstract Our retrospective single-center study aims to evaluate the impact of structured reporting (SR) using a self-developed template on report quality compared to free-text reporting (FTR) in [18F]SiTATE Positron Emission Tomography/Computer Tomography (PET/CT) for the primary staging and therapy monitoring of patients diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors (NET). …”
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Radiological and Clinical Prognostic Factors of Recurrence of Subacute and Chronic Subdural Hematomas by Milda Paliulytė, Gytis Šustickas

“…Based on recurrence rate, patients were divided into different subtypes based on computer tomography (CT) imaging. Descriptive analysis, hypothesis testing and correlation matrix were performed using Excel spreadsheet and R programming language with the significance at p-value < 0.05. …”
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High-intensity focused ultrasonic ablation of breast cancer by L. I. Moskvicheva

“…Each technique has unique characteris cs of impact on the tumor and is performed under the control of ultrasound, computer tomography or magne c resonance imaging. The technical success of these abla on techniques is achieved in 93–98% of cases. …”
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Machine Learning in Acute Stroke Neuroimaging. A Systematic Literature Review by D. Matuliauskas, I. Stražnickaitė, A. Samuilis, D. Jatužis

“…Minimum unique computer tomography (CT) scans included for validation – 10, maximum – 21586, mean – 599, me- dian – 100, standard deviation – ±2801.1. …”
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Can Primary Cardiac Myxofibrosarcoma Grow Quickly from Zero to a Size Leading to Left-Sided Heart Failure within 9 Months? by Levan Karazanishvili, Eduard Limonjiani

“…We followed our patient, performing a computer tomography scan and echocardiography 1 month after surgery, and these did not show any signs of tumor growth.…”
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