DETECTION OF PRIMARY MALIGNANCY AND METASTASES WITH FDG PET/CT IN PATIENTS WITH CHOLANGIOCARCINOMAS: LESION-BASED COMPARISON WITH CONTRAST ENHANCED CT

The current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines consider the role of 2-deoxy-2- 18 F-fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computer tomography (FDG PET/CT) in the evaluation of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) as "uncertain," and have recommended contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) but not FDG PET/CT as a routine imagin

The article is devoted to traditional animal husbandry in the economic complexes of the Old Believers (Semeiskie), who live in Transbaikalia, in valleys of the rivers Selenga, Khilok and Chikoy since the mid-18th century.It is noted that Semeiskiye animal husbandry was always of subsidiary nature and included the breeding of large and small cattle.

Abstract Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is mostly caused by homozygous deletions in the Shirt survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene.SMN2, its paralogous gene, is a genetic modifier of the disease phenotype, and its copy number is correlated with SMA severity.The purpose of the study was to investigate the number of copies of the SMN1 and SM

Abstract Background Seroma has been associated with some energy devices used in raising flaps during modified radical mastectomy.Perhaps, its occurrence might be reduced by determining the most effective technique for raising the flap.Hence, the wide array of energy devices available for mastectomy warrants a network meta-analysis for comparison to

Abstract Background Primary adenocarcinomas of the appendix are uncommon.Mucoceles that result chainsaw file from mucinous adenocarcinomas of the appendix may be incidentally detected on imaging.Case presentation A case of a mucocele of the appendix, due to cystadenocarcinoma, is presented as an incidental imaging finding in a female, 86-year-old p