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Efficacy and Safety of Edoxaban in Anticoagulant Therapy Early After Surgical Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement: Rationale and Design of the ENBALV Trial
Anticoagulant therapy with vitamin K antagonists is recommended within 3 to 6 months after bioprosthetic valve replacement to prevent thromboembolic events. However, data regarding whether direct oral anticoag...
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Schwannoma in and around the porta hepatis: radiological features in eight cases and literature review
Schwannomas in and around the porta hepatis (porta hepatic schwannomas) are rare benign tumors easily misdiagnosed as other pathologies, including malignancies. We aimed to evaluate their imaging features on u...
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Niclosamide downregulates LOX-1 expression in mouse vascular smooth muscle cells and changes the composition of atherosclerotic plaques in ApoE−/− mice
Genetic lineage tracing studies have shown that phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) results in less-differentiated cells, including macrophage-like cells that lack traditional VSMC mar...
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Open AccessPredisposing conditions for bacterial meningitis in children: what radiologists need to know
A variety of underlying diseases can predispose infants and children to bacterial meningitis (BM). For the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of its recurrence, radiologists should be familiar with its predi...
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Carcinosarcoma of the ovary: MR and clinical findings compared with high-grade serous carcinoma
To clarify imaging and clinical characteristics of ovarian carcinosarcoma (CS) compared with high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC).
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Ovarian and non-ovarian teratomas: a wide spectrum of features
Teratoma is a germ cell tumor (GCT) derived from stem cells of the early embryo and the germ line. Teratoma is the most common neoplasm of the ovaries and is usually diagnosed easily using imagings by detectin...
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Impaired lesion detectability on gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR imaging in indocyanine green excretory defect: case series of three patients
Indocyanine green (ICG) excretory defect is characterized by an ICG retention rate of more than 50% at 15 min without any other abnormal liver functions. The incidence of ICG excretory defect is 0.007% in the ...
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Treatment margins in radiotherapy for liver tumors visualized as T2*-hypointense areas on SPIO-enhanced MRI at 9.4 T
To investigate whether a SPIO-labeling technique could enable MR visualization of the treatment margin after X-irradiation at a single dose of 30 Gy.
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Extraforaminal entrapment of the fifth lumbar spinal nerve by nearthrosis in patients with lumbosacral transitional vertebrae
Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) often have nearthrosis between the L5 transverse processes and the sacral ala; this causes the formation of new bone and synovial-like tissue, which can entrap L5 nerv...
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Mass-forming hepatic cryptococcosis: a mimicker of metastatic tumors
This report provides the first imaging report of isolated intrahepatic cryptococcosis. An 83-year-old man was incidentally pointed out of hepatic nodules. CT revealed four well-defined nodules of 21 mm, 15 mm,...
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Open AccessAdministration of mulberry leaves maintains pancreatic β-cell mass in obese/type 2 diabetes mellitus mouse model
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cell dysfunction. A decrease in β-cell mass, which occurs during the progression of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, contributes to imp...
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Open AccessThoracic abnormal air collections in patients in the intensive care unit: radiograph findings correlated with CT
An abnormal collection of air in the thorax is one of the most common life-threatening events that occurs in the intensive care unit. Patient management differs depending on the location of the air collection;...
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Desmoplastic ameloblastoma of the jaw: CT and MR imaging findings
Desmoplastic ameloblastoma (DA) is one of the rare pathological variants of ameloblastoma. The purpose of this study is to investigate CT and MR imaging findings of DA.
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Change in MRI findings of medial collateral ligament injury in adolescent baseball players with no clinical symptoms over time
Elbow screening of adolescent baseball players began in 2014 using ultrasound, palpation, and dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We frequently encountered subjects showing MCL injury on MRI but no cli...
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Safety margin of radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective study using magnetic resonance imaging with superparamagnetic iron oxide
In radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it is difficult to assess the ablative margin (AM) precisely by comparing pre- and post-RFA CT images. We prospectively studied the AMs usin...
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Imaging of extracranial head and neck lesions in cancer patients: a symptom-based approach
Besides intracranial lesions, neurological symptoms are also caused in cancer patients by extracranial lesions in the head and neck. Common symptoms caused by such lesions include visual loss, visual field def...
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MR findings of uterine PEComa in patients with tuberous sclerosis: report of two cases
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare autosomal dominant neurocutaneous disorder, is characterized by the presence of benign congenital tumors in multiple organs. Neoplasms with perivascular epithelioid cel...
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Phase I/IIa PET imaging study with 89zirconium labeled anti-PSMA minibody for urological malignancies
We conducted the present phase I/IIa positron emission tomography (PET) imaging study with 89Zr conjugated with desferroxamine-IAB2M (89Zr-Df-IAB2M), an anti-prostate-specific membrane-antigen minibody, to assess...
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Normal imaging laterality on magnetic resonance imaging of the medial epicondyle of the elbow on the dominant side of adolescent male baseball players
Multimodality elbow screening of adolescent baseball players shows apparent laterality in morphology and signal intensity of the medial epicondyle on dedicated magnetic resonance imaging. We aimed to elucidate...
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Organo-axial volvulus of the small intestine: radiological case report and consideration for its mechanism
Gastrointestinal volvulus is mainly classified into two subtypes, mesentero-axial volvulus and organo-axial volvulus. The detailed imaging findings of organo-axial volvulus of the small intestine have never be...
