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Endocrine 2022 Aug 13. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.

Background: Most pituitary adenomas (PAs) are considered to have a soft tumor consistency. However, there is a non-negligible percentage (5-13%) of tumors presenting or exhibiting a fibrous consistency that would entail a more difficult and complicated surgical excision with higher surgical morbidity and mortality rates.

Purpose: To analyze the clinical consequences of PA tumor consistency on the surgical outcomes in patients undergoing endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal (EET) pituitary surgery. Read More

Abdom Radiol (NY) 2022 Aug 13. Epub 2022 Aug 13.

Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan Second Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.

Purpose: To explore the pathologic basis, the influencing factors and potential prognostic value of the stiff rim sign in two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: HCC patients who underwent tumor 2D-SWE examination before resection were prospectively enrolled. The stiff rim sign was defined as increased stiffness in the peritumoral region. Read More

J Indian Soc Periodontol 2022 Jul-Aug;26(4):401-403. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

S.V. Dental Care Centre, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.

Periodontal diseases are unique as a small number lesions appearing as inflammatory in reality are neoplastic in nature, and it is imperative that an accurate diagnosis be rendered to provide the appropriate treatment and management. One of the most common clinical presentations of gingival lesions is pedunculated soft-tissue swellings. We report the case of a 63-year-old female who presented with a painless swelling on the interdental papilla of 23 and 24 with a history of recurrences. Read More

Front Surg 2022 26;9:922626. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Purpose: Tumor consistency is important for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) resection to improve surgical outcomes. In this study, we evaluated the T2-WI of PitNETs and defined a specific T2-WI signaling manifestation, the "Mosaic sign," to predict tumor consistency and resection of PitNETs.

Design: A retrospective review of MRI and tumor histology of 137 consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal resection for PitNETs was performed. Read More

Am J Otolaryngol 2022 Aug 6:103588. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Ospedale Sant'Anna, Como, Italy; Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Insubria, Italy; Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research Center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

Background: Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare spindle-cell neoplasm [1]. Although typically originating from pleura, head and neck presentation accounts for about 6-18 % and very few cases have been described in paravertebral and posterior neck spaces [2]. Both computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) help in differential diagnosis of such lesion [3]. Read More