Search

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Aim: To present a rare case report of a 77-yearold woman presenting with a cardiac failure and fever of unknown origin after micro-invasive mitral valve surgery. Subsequent 18F-FDG PET/CT revealed increased pericardial tracer uptake corresponding to Dressler syndrome. Method: 77-year-old woman suffering from mitral regurgitation underwent microinvasive mitral valve surgery. Two weeks later, she was admitted to the hospital due to cardiac failure. During hospitalization, a fever of unknown origin developed and did not respond to antibiotics. However, no diagnosis was made after an intensive workup. Due to recurrent fevers and an antibiotic treatment failure the whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT scan was performed. Results: The PET/CT examination revealed increased 18F-FDG uptake in the pericardial effusion (thickness: 14 mm) and in mediastinal lymph nodes. Considering the previous micro-invasive mitral valve surgery, the PET/CT findings were concluded as a Dressler syndrome with the reactive inflammatory changes in mediastinal lymph nodes. Inflammatory markers normalized after anti-inflammatory treatment (NSAID, corticosteroid and colchicine). Conclusion: The 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging correctly detected Dressler syndrome following micro-invasive mitral valve surgery in a patient with fever of unknown origin. The examination improved a patient management and allowed a subsequent successful treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Aim: The aim of this study is to asses the suitability of three different ways how to quantify systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Methods: In a group of 23 patients who met classification criteria for systemic sclerosis (SSc) the extent of pulmonary interstitial involvement in HRCT of the chest was evaluated by three different approaches. The essential method is a modified methodology according to Gay-Dutka/Vašáková, further we worked with its two simplifications. The first is the quantification of SSc-ILD in percent in a few cross-sectional levels the second is the determination of the percentage of changes in the most affected level. The results were compared with the development of selected indicators of pulmonary functional tests over the time. Results: There was not found statistically significant relationship between SSc-ILD quantification procedures and pulmonary function development over the time (p = 0.07), Nevertheless in subanalysis was found a trend towards relationship between lung function evolvement and percentage of changes in more levels or eventually Gay-Dutka/Vašáková method. Both methods have relatively high sensitivity towards the prediction of lung tets worsening. 85.7% is senzitivity of change percetage in more levels. Conclusion: Even though the results are not statistically significant, as the most suitable approach for quantification of SSc-ILD seems to be the percentual expression in more levels that is because of the trend that was found. Gathering of data continues and in a larger group of subjects the relationship can be statistically significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Aim: The aim of our study was to asses agreement of amount of emphysema measurement done by two different software programs and to compare aquiered data with lung functional tests. Methods: We assesed 25 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 8 women and 17 men. The extent of lung emphysema was measured by automatic assesment system Pulmo 3D and COPD. There was also done comparison of calculated amount of emphysema and lung functional tests. Results: According to the Bland Altmans Metod there was the average diference between calculated volume of emphysema 692 ml if B50f kernel was used and 55 ml if F31f kernel was used Nevertheless the corelation was found between both automatically counted volume of emphysematic tissue and functional lung tests in KCO (transfercoeficient) values. Conclusion: We have not found statisticaly significant diference between different types of automatical assesment programs if kernel F31f was used. Significant defference was found when reconstruction algorythm B50f was used. Counted volume of lung emphysema correlates well with decrease of CO diffusion in lung parenchyma. This prooves the accuracy of used method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Czech Radiology / Ceska Radiologie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)