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Introduction: DISH is an ankylosing disease, when fractured can be challenging to manage. A retrospective radiological study was conducted to evaluate the natural history and radiological characteristics of DISH on Computed tomography (CT). Methods: Paired CT scans with DISH that are separated at least two years apart were used to perform the following radiological measurements: Degree of disc space fusion, Osteophyte and vertebral body linear attenuation coefficients (LAC), and Osteophyte axial area size and location. Results: 164 patients were analysed with a mean duration of 4.49 years between scans. 38.14% (442/1159) of disc spaces had at least partial calcification. Most osteophytes were right sided before becoming more circumferential over time. The average fusion score was 54.17. Most of the changes in fusion occurred in the upper and lower thoracic regions. The thoracic region when compared to the lumbar region had a greater proportion of its disc spaced being fully fused. Disc level osteophyte areas were larger than Body level osteophytes. Disc osteophytes size growth rate drops over time from 10.89mm2/year in Stage 1 to 3.56mm2/year in Stage 3. Stage 3 disc spaces (−11.01HU/year) was also found to have had a reduction in their LAC over time when compared to Stage 1 disc spaces (17.04HU/year). This change in osteophyte LAC was not mirrored in the change in vertebral body LAC. We predict that the age of onset and complete thoracolumbar ankylosis of DISH to be 17.96 years and 100.59 years, respectively. Conclusion: DISH ankylosis of the spine a slow process that starts in the mid to lower thoracic region before extending cranially and caudally. After the bridging osteophyte has fully formed, remodelling of the osteophyte occurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular disorder characterized by the progressive stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid artery and the development of a collateral network in the brain. As medical imaging technology and artificial intelligence have advanced, various imaging methods have been widely used in the clinical diagnosis of MMD. In this study, we conducted bibliometric visualization of research papers about MMD and radiological features between 2000 and 2024, intending to explore the development status quo, hotspots, and future developments and contributing to studies on imaging in diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases., Methods: The Web of Science Core Collection was chosen as the source of publications for this study. By using VOSviewer and CiteSpace, articles were analyzed in terms of authors, countries, institutions, references, keywords, cited literatures, and so on., Results: We retrieved a collection of 1003 articles that substantiate a progressively ascendant trend in articles over the past 24 years. Japan, South Korea, and China were three major countries in this field. China's Capital Medical University was the leader in publication output, followed by Hokkaido University from Japan and Seoul National University from South Korea. The three authors with the most publications were Miki Fujimura, Teiji Tominaga, and Dong Zhang. World Neurosurgery was the journal with the most publications (85), while Stroke was the journal with the most co-citations (3305) in this field. Excluding MMD, the top three most frequently occurring keywords were "revascularization", "stroke", and "magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)". "High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HRMRI)", "digital subtraction angiography (DSA)", and "vessel wall imaging" were the top three keywords of recent interest in the field of radiological features., Conclusion: This article provides a scientific perspective from which researchers, especially doctors in neurosurgery and radiodiagnosis departments can visually find out about important trends and new areas of research directions in the field of MMD and radiological features., (Copyright © 2025. Published by Elsevier Inc.)

Cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis (CNGM) is a rare inflammatory breast disease, with a distinct histological pattern characterized. Although it shares clinical and radiological features with other types of granulomatous mastitis, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from breast cancer. We report a case of CNGM misdiagnosed as malignant., (© 2024 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)