Background: Reduction mammoplasty is a technique used for treating women with breast hypertrophy, in addition to improving the appearance of these breasts. Hence, corrections under this include functional and aesthetic outcomes, while preserving vascularity sensibility Aim : To evaluate superomedial septal-based reduction patients hypertrophy on Nipple Areola Complex (NAC) vascularity, overall ...

PURPOSE To: 1) assess the correlation between CT vascularity and a candidate molecular marker of RCC metastasis (insulin-like mRNA binding protein-3 (IMP3)); and 2) demonstrate the differential expression of IMP3 in high vs. low vascular tumors. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Retrospectively obtained contrast CT from 72 patients with primary RCC were used to establish threshold values for Low, Intermedi...

Background Ultrasonography is useful for distinguishing between benign and malignant soft-tissue tumors. However, no study has focused on its usefulness in the differential diagnosis between low-grade and high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas. We conducted a retrospective study to determine the usefulness of the parameters of ultrasonograph and to develop a practical scoring system for distinguishing...

OBJECTIVE To investigate dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography for monitoring the effects of regorafenib on experimental colon carcinomas in rats by quantitative assessments of tumor microcirculation parameters with immunohistochemical validation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Colon carcinoma xenografts (HT-29) implanted subcutaneously in female athymic rats (n = 15) were imaged at baseline a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association and correlation between morphologic features of breast cancer on gray scale ultrasound, and vascularity patterns and indices on color and spectral Doppler ultrasound. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Radiology, Dow University of Health Sciences and Civil Hospital, Karachi, from August 2006 to Jun...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES To prospectively examine the relation between tumor vascularity and glucose metabolism in adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) of the lung by using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-one consecutive patients with histologically confirmed ...

Abstract Objective To investigate the response of infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) to running at different intensities and further explore underlying mechanisms these responses under running-induced loadings. Methods Animals were randomly assigned into sedentary (SED), low-intensity (LIR), medium-intensity (MIR), high-intensity (HIR) groups. The rats in LIR, MIR, HIR groups subjected an 8-week tread...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to analyze the accuracy of quantitative analysis of tumor vascularity on power Doppler sonograms in differentiating malignant and benign solid thyroid nodules using tumor histologic evaluation as the reference standard. Methods. Eighty-six solid thyroid tumors (46 malignant and 40 benign) in 56 consecutive patients (mean age +/- SD, 53.1 +/- 11.6 years; 12...

Cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CR) is a degenerative condition in dogs that typically has a non-contact mechanism. Subsequent contralateral rupture often develops in dogs with unilateral CR. Synovitis severity is an important factor that promotes ligament degradation. Consequently, we wished to evaluate the utility of arthroscopy for assessment of stifle synovitis in dogs with CR. Herein, w...

Wild-type (WT) herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes some pathology, such as ocular keratitis, by increasing infected tissue vascularity, possibly reflecting altered angiogenic factor expression in infected cells. Oncolytic HSVs possess specific mutations enabling selective replication in tumor cells. We investigated whether this ability to enhance infected tissue vascularity is retained in oncolyt...