A5084259837- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Hematological disorders and diagnostics
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
- Bone health and treatments
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
Federico II University Hospital
2012-2025
University of Naples Federico II
2014-2024
Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging
2006-2020
National Research Council
2020
Tecnologie Avanzate (Italy)
2015
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
2007
Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"
2001
The aim of this study was to differentiate benign from malignant adrenal tumors using positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in patients unilateral masses originally detected by CT or MR imaging.PET imaging FDG can metabolically characterize masses. Abnormally increased uptake malignancies allows one these abnormalities lesions. Whole-body PET also reveal extraadrenal tumor sites tumors, a single technique for accurate disease staging.
Abstract BACKGROUND The most debilitating skeletal complication of stem cell transplantation (SCT) is avascular necrosis (AVN). METHODS Two hundred seven consecutive patients were evaluated prospectively for AVN. They survived disease free more than 180 days after autologous or allogeneic SCT hematologic malignancies. diagnosis AVN in suspicious cases was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Possible correlations with treatments, bone mineral density (BMD), graft versus host (GVHD), and...
The aim of this study was to assess bone mineral density (BMD) in a large population children, adolescents, and young adults with epilepsy alone or association cerebral palsy and/or mental retardation.Ninety-six patients were enrolled the study. group comprised 50 males 46 females, aged between 3 25 years (mean age 11 years). control consisted 63 healthy children adolescents (23 males, 40 females), 12.1 Patients underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan lumbar spine (L1-L4) z...
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is the most frequent cause of secondary osteoporosis. Nevertheless, limited data are available on bone status in patients with endogenous cortisol excess. This study aimed at investigating role sex steroids and severity hypercortisolism mineral density (BMD) prevalence vertebral fractures female patients.Cross-sectional, case-control study.Seventy-one consecutive women were enrolled: 36 overt (26 ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma 10 cortisol-secreting...
Candida spp. spondylodiscitis is a rare condition for which treatment options are often limited. A further obstacle the duration of therapy, should be administered up to twelve months. In view long azoles are, so far, only oral strategy that can given as home therapy. case resistance or reduced susceptibility azoles, there not enough comfortable opportunities with adequate bone penetration and limited toxicity. We report first successful use rezafungin due parapsilosis azoles. 68-year-old...
To assess the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on FDG-PET/CT work volume and to evaluate occurrence abnormal imaging findings suspicious or potentially diagnostic for interstitial pneumonia by infection in south Italy.We retrospectively reviewed number studies acquired between February April 2020 during at University Napoli Federico II. The corresponding period 2019 were also assessed direct comparison.The performed (n = 299) 335) comparable. percentage findings, infection, was significantly...
We assessed the prognostic value of structural abnormalities and coronary vasodilator function in diabetic patients referred to a PET/CT for suspected artery disease (CAD). studied 451 diabetics nondiabetics without overt CAD normal myocardial perfusion. Myocardial blood flow (MBF) was computed from dynamic rest stress imaging. reserve (MFR) defined as ratio hyperemic baseline MBF considered reduced when < 2. During mean follow-up 44 months 33 events occurred. Annualized event rate (AER)...
The present study aimed to assess bone mineral density (BMD) in a population of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy mental retardation or without epilepsy.One hundred thirteen patients (63 male 50 female) were recruited for evaluation. Patients divided three groups: 40 (group 1) affected by retardation; 47 2) palsy, retardation, epilepsy; 26 3) epilepsy. control group consisted 63 healthy adolescents. underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan the lumbar spine (L1-L4),...
Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) is a relatively common condition characterized by mild persistent thyroid failure. The management of children with SH still controversial issue and the decision to treat L-thyroxine represents clinical dilemma. Thyroid hormone TSH play an important role in skeletal growth bone mineral homeostasis.To evaluate whether untreated idiopathic may affect health childhood compare two different diagnostic tools such as dual-energy X-ray densitometry (DXA) quantitative...
Primary Hepatic (PHL) and Splenic (PSL) non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma are rare entities. Small series of PHL PSL have been reported, suggesting a non-fortuitous association with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. The prognosis is believed to be dismal, early recurrence short survival.We retrospectively reviewed all patients diagnosed at our institution between 1990 2005.Twenty-five adult were identified, six 19 PSL. Twenty-four had B-cell lymphoma, defined as Diffuse Large lymphoma in 18....