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Unveiling Hidden Abscesses: The Clinical Utility of Diffusion-Weighted Whole-Body Imaging with Background Suppression (DWIBS) in Metastatic Abscess Screening [PDF]

Diagnostics
A 74-year-old man with type 2 diabetes presented with fever, urinary retention, and urinary difficulties. Initial abdominal Computed Tomography (CT) suggested acute pyelonephritis, but a low-density area in the prostate was overlooked.
Koji Hayashi, Maho Hayashi, Rina Izumi, Mamiko Sato, Seigaku Hayashi, Toshiko Iwasaki, Ippei Sakamaki, Yasutaka Kobayashi   +7 more
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Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Rare Pathological Entity Independent of Interstitial Lung Disease [PDF]

Diagnostics
We present the case of an 83-year-old woman with a long-standing history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who was found collapsed at home. The patient presented with cardiopulmonary arrest and could not be resuscitated. A postmortem examination was performed
Rina Izumi, Koji Hayashi, Ei Kawahara, Yuka Nakaya, Asuka Suzuki, Mamiko Sato, Naoko Takaku, Toyoaki Miura, Hiromi Hayashi, Kouji Hayashi, Yasutaka Kobayashi   +10 more
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Emphysema detection by qualitative and quantitative analysis and relationship to spirometric obstruction in an urban comprehensive lung cancer screening programme: the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative (THCI) – a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objective Patients eligible for lung cancer screening are at risk for structural lung abnormalities, especially emphysema. Our aim was to assess the association between emphysema as determined by radiologist and quantitative CT (QCT) analysis, and the ...
Huaqing Zhao, Gerard J Criner, Stephen Dachert, Michaela Seigo, Olivia Ahearn   +4 more
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Hyperperfusion Improvement: A Potential Therapeutic Marker in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) [PDF]

Diagnostics
A 70-year-old Japanese woman with longstanding hearing loss and asthma developed floating sensations, left finger numbness, and postural instability one day after influenza vaccination, leading to hospital admission.
Koichi Kimura, Koji Hayashi, Mamiko Sato, Yuka Nakaya, Asuka Suzuki, Naoko Takaku, Hiromi Hayashi, Kouji Hayashi, Toyoaki Miura, Yasutaka Kobayashi   +9 more
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Treatment of the Hoffa fracture of the lateral femoral condyle with cannulated screws in combination with an anti-gliding steel plate, a retrospective observational study

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background The stability of the Hoffa fracture fixed with a cannulated screw is limited. In the present work, we adopted two cannulated screws from anterior to posterior and posteriorly anti-gliding plate to treat 12 cases with Hoffa fracture of the ...
Chunfu Huang, Zuchang Fu, Qingkeng Wang, Ruijin You, Feng Zhao   +4 more
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Cerebral Oxidative Stress in Early Alzheimer’s Disease Evaluated by ⁶⁴Cu-ATSM PET/MRI: A Preliminary Study

Antioxidants, 2022
Oxidative stress imaging using diacetyl-bis (N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (Cu-ATSM) was applied to the evaluation of patients with early Alzheimer’s disease (eAD).
Hidehiko Okazawa, Masamichi Ikawa, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Tetsuya Mori, Akira Makino, Yasushi Kiyono, Yasunari Nakamoto, Hirotaka Kosaka, Makoto Yoneda   +8 more
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Use of 910 Polyglactin 910 Meshes in Breast Reconstruction [PDF]

Journal of Surgery: Open Access, 2020
Objective: To assess the outcomes in patients undergoing implant-based immediate breast reconstruction assisted with polyglactin 910 mesh.
Mc Lean IL, Barber J, Varela EB, Montoya D, Morris B, Costantino F, Poussif CC   +6 more
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Feasibility of Renal Blood Flow Measurement Using ⁶⁴Cu-ATSM PET/MRI: A Quantitative PET and MRI Study

Diagnostics, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the renal blood flow (RBF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) using 64Cu(II)-diacetyl-bis(4-methylthiosemicarbazonate) (64Cu-ATSM) for positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Yudai Nishikawa, Naoki Takahashi, Sho Nishikawa, Yuki Shimamoto, Kazuhisa Nishimori, Mamiko Kobayashi, Hideki Kimura, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Kenji Kasuno, Tetsuya Mori, Yasushi Kiyono, Hidehiko Okazawa, Masayuki Iwano   +12 more
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Diagnostic Value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/MRI for Revised 2018 FIGO Staging in Patients with Cervical Cancer

Diagnostics, 2021
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic potential of PET/MRI with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) in cervical cancer based on the revised 2018 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system.
Hideaki Tsuyoshi, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Shizuka Yamada, Hidehiko Okazawa, Yoshio Yoshida   +4 more
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[¹⁸F]FES PET Resolves the Diagnostic Dilemma of COVID-19-Vaccine-Associated Hypermetabolic Lymphadenopathy in ER-Positive Breast Cancer

Diagnostics, 2023
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination is known to cause a diagnostic dilemma due to false-positive findings on [18F]FDG PET in vaccine-associated hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy.
Munenobu Nogami, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Hiroyuki Maeda, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Mizuho Takahashi, Naoki Kinoshita, Tetsuya Mori, Akira Makino, Yasushi Kiyono, Takamichi Murakami, Takanori Goi, Hidehiko Okazawa   +11 more
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