A5102710551- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Hemophilia Treatment and Research
- Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital
2012-2023
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza
2023
Ospedaliera di Piacenza
2001-2022
University of Parma
2020
University Radiology
2014
Background CT of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 disease depicts the extent lung involvement in 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Purpose To determine value quantification well-aerated (WAL) obtained at admission chest to prognosis COVID-19 Materials and Methods Imaging admitted emergency department between February 17 March 10, 2020 who underwent were retrospectively analyzed. Patients negative results reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for...
Introduction For the management of patients referred to respiratory triage during early stages severe acute syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, either chest radiography or computed tomography (CT) were used as first-line diagnostic tools. The aim this study was compare impact on triage, diagnosis and prognosis with suspected COVID-19 when clinical decisions are derived from reconstructed CT. Methods We radiographs high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans. Five observers independently...
Luminal gastrointestinal (GI) metastases from breast cancer are rare, reports fragmentary and poor. The purposes of this study to assess the involvement in a retrospective at single institution reviewing related literature. Between January 2007 December 2011 total 980 patients with were treated our institution, patients’ records report database analysed. Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for study. A search literature using PubMed, CancerLit, Embase, performed. Selected...
PurposeChest computed tomography (CT) is considered a reliable imaging tool for COVID-19 pneumonia diagnosis, while lung ultrasound (LUS) has emerged as potential alternative to characterize involvement. The aim of the study was compare diagnostic performance admission chest CT and LUS diagnosis COVID-19.MethodsWe included patients admitted emergency department between February 21-March 6, 2020 (high prevalence group, HP) March 30-April 13, (moderate MP) undergoing within 12 h. Chest...
In this multicentre study, we aimed to evaluate the capacity of a computer-assisted automated QCT method identify patients with SSc-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) high mortality risk according validated composite clinical indexes (ILD-Gender, Age, Physiology index and du Bois index).Chest CT, anamnestic data pulmonary function tests 146 SSc were retrospectively collected, ILD-Gender, score DuBois calculated. Each chest CT underwent an operator-independent quantitative...
Chest Computed Tomography (CT) imaging has played a central role in the diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia patients affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and can be used to obtain extent lung involvement COVID-19 either qualitatively, via visual inspection, or quantitatively, AI-based software. This study aims compare qualitative/quantitative pathological extension data on patients. Secondly, quantitative obtained were compared verify their concordance...
This multicentre study aimed to investigate the overall mortality of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) compare CPFE-SSc characteristics with those other SSc subtypes (with interstitial lung disease-ILD, or neither).Chest CTs, anamnestic data, immunological profile function tests patients were retrospectively collected. Each chest CT underwent a semiquantitative assessment blindly performed by three radiologists. Patients clustered four groups:...
Central nervous system (CNS) metastases from cancers of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) are rare, and occur in 0.16-0.69% patients with gastric or gastro-esophageal (GE) junction cancer. Overexpression human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER-2) is associated poor prognosis absence HER-2-targeted therapy, an increased incidence CNS breast The role HER-2 overexpression not well known adenocarcinoma. purpose present retrospective study was to assess evaluate associations between status a series...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> At diagnosis, about 35% of patients with gastric cancer present distant metastases, and most liver metastases are excluded from curative surgery. <b><i>Case:</i></b> We report a case human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-negative to the perigastric lymph nodes. The patient (a 60-year-old man) was considered unresectable at diagnosis treated palliative chemotherapy (docetaxel plus cisplatin 5-fluorouracil by...
In patients with symptomatic intrahepatic biliary lithiasis, the treatment is usually discussed by a multidisciplinary team. Although hepatectomy considered as definitive treatment, when lobar atrophy absent, endoscopic procedures are frequently proposed first-line due low invasiveness and for sparing liver parenchyma. Percutaneous route used in case of peroral approach failure. We present recurrent lithiasis right posterior hepatic duct, sustained downstream stenosis. Peroral cholangioscopy...
Renal artery thrombosis is a severe and often misdiagnosed entity, that represents true medical emergency in which renal infarction can occur. The diagnosis challenge for the physicians since it mimic other more common diseases, including colic. We report case of an 82-year-old man who presented to our department abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting resulting from right caused by atrial fibrillation. Starting experience, we recommend always keep thromboembolism differential patient with sudden...
Background: The role of quantitative chest computed tomography (CT) is controversial in the follow-up patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. aim this study was to test during pneumonia association between pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and parameters extrapolated from (FU) CT scans performed at least 6 months after onset. Methods: included older than 18 years old, admitted emergency department our institution 29 February 2020 31 December 2020, a diagnosis pneumonia, who underwent admission FU...
Novel biomarkers are advocated to manage carotid plaques. Therefore, we aimed test the association between textural features of plaque at computed tomography angiography (CTA) and unfavorable outcome after artery stenting (CAS). Between January 2010 2021, were selected 172 patients (median age, 77 years; 112/172, 65% men) who underwent CAS with CTA supra-aortic vessels performed within prior 6 months. Standard descriptors density histogram derived by open-source software automated analysis...
Background: To test the agreement between postoperative pulmonary function tests 12 months after surgery (mpo-PFTs) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and predicted based on quantification of well-aerated (WAL) at staging CT (sCT). Methods: We included patients with NSCLC who underwent lobectomy or segmentectomy without a history thoracic radiotherapy chemotherapy treatment availability PFTs follow-up. Postoperative predictive (ppo) was calculated using resected lobe WAL (the volume −950...
Thoracic duct (TD) is the largest lymphatic vessel in body and drains lymph at junction between left subclavian jugular veins. Chylothorax (CTX) represents an accumulation of fluid pleural space. We present a case 65 years-old man with histologically diagnosed mediastinal type B non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, treated chemo-immunotherapy. CT scan during follow up showed significant side effusion, amounting to 2.8 litres after drainage. Conservative treatment low fat parenteral nutrition was started...
To assess the association between interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) and worse outcome in patients affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19)-related pneumonia.The study included older than 18 years, who were admitted at emergency department February 29 April 30, 2020 with findings of COVID-19 pneumonia chest computed tomography (CT), positive reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction nasal-pharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2,...
The formation of a pseudoaneurysm in revascularized free flap is an extremely rare complication microsurgery. most effective treatment modality still the subject debate. We present management case arterial pedicle radial used after hemiglossopelvectomy patient with squamous cell carcinoma tongue. In our case, 74-year-old man pseudoaneurism was successfully treated by endovascular stenting. Endovascular stenting can be considered and safe procedure relevant alternative to open neck surgical treatment.