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113 cases of pancreatic and renal disease studied by both ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) were analyzed retrospectively. CT provided a diagnosis when pancreatic ultrasound was unsuccessful due to overlying bowel gas or obesity and when renal ultrasound was unsuccessful due to obesity, reverberations from ribs, small lesions, or multiple lesions. Conversely, ultrasound provided a diagnosis when CT was unsuccessful due to lack of fat planes or respiratory motion. CT usualy distinguished carcinoma from pancreatitis when ultrasound showed a focal echogenic mass. CT resolved renal cyst from neoplasm when ultrasound showed a mixed echo pattern mass.
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PMID:Complementary use of ultrasound and computed tomography in studies of the pancreas and kidney. 61 98

After a short description of the physical principles of ultrasound, the indications and usefulness of the real time B-scan technique in the non-invasive diagnosis of cardiac and abdominal diseases are discussed. A correct diagnosis was made in 90% of the cardiac cases (valve abnormalities, pericardial effusion, cardiac aneurysm, cardiomyopathy), whereas the diagnosis by ultrasound was correct in only 81.1% of the abdominal cases (diffuse and localized liver diseases, pancreatitis, pancreatic cyst, carcinoma of the pancreas, cholelithiasis, renal cyst, renal tumours, aortic aneurysm). The advantages of the real time B-scan technique lie in the two-dimenstional clear representation of intracardiac and intraabdominal structures with the possibility of undertaking quantitative measurements. Furthermore, it is a non-invasive and safe method, which can be repeated as often as necessary and can complete the diagnositic spectrum of radiology, endoscopy and nuclear medicine.
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PMID:[Ultrasonic diagnosis of cardiac and abdominal diseases using real time b-scan technique (author's transl)]. 65 98

In this paper the authors describes a rare case of renal hydatidosis complicated by post acute pancreatitic cyst. There have been no reports up till now either of any physiopathological between the development of hydatid cysts in the vicinity of the pancreas and subsequent pancreatitis, or of any correlation between long-term albendazole therapy and acute pancreatitis. In our particular case, however, the volumetric increase of the renal cyst caused external compression of the pancreas and the consequent slowing-down of bilio-pancreatic flow, which probably led to the development of acute pancreatitis. Since, in our opinion, the pancreatic pseudocyst required surgical removal, we decided to perform the operation there and then; intraoperative examination of the cystic fluid and the presence of daughter cysts confirmed the suspected diagnosis of hydatidosis, of clear renal origin since it was closely attached to the upper pole and continued along the upper calyces renales; the cyst was easily detached from the lower and posterior edge of the liver, and was completely removed, together with its pericystium, which was detached from the lower surface of the liver and from the inferior subhepatic vein; only a tiny disk of pericystium was left in communication with a calyx, sutured to the rest of the kidney. The pancreatic cyst was drained by means of a mesocolic Roux-loop cysto-jejunostomy.
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PMID:Renal hydatidosis. Discussion of a clinical case complicated by post acute pancreatitic cyst. 979 58

Pancreatic pseudocysts are common complications of pancreatitis. They may occur in unusual places as a result of spread along the path of least resistance. Penetration of Gerota's fascia and spread into the renal subcapsular space are uncommon. Their appearance on magnetic resonance imaging has not been previously documented. Given the increased use of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for the investigation of patients with pancreatitis, the recognition that a complicated renal cyst in this clinical context could represent a benign condition is important.
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PMID:Renal subcapsular pseudocyst: findings on MRI. 1754 Feb 87

Most of proteins in human blood circulation are glycoproteins with one or more covalently linked N- or O-linked glycans. Sialic acid (SA) generally occurs as the terminal monosaccharide on the glycans. SA in glycoproteins modulates a wide range of physiological and pathological processes and has been routinely measured in hospital since 1950s. Increased serum SA levels have been associated with different types of cancers. However, a systematic comparison of the serum SA levels in different types of human diseases has not been reported. In current study, 160,537 clinical lab test results of serum SA levels from healthy individuals and patients with 64 different types of diseases during the past 5 years in our hospital were retrieved and analyzed. Based on the mean (SD), median, and p (-Log10p) values, we found that patients suffering 55 different types of cancer and noncancer diseases such as sepsis, pancreatitis, bone cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, pancreatic cancer, and encephalitis had significantly (p<0.05, -Log10p>1.30) increased median serum SA levels whereas patients suffering hepatic encephalopathy, cirrhosis, renal cyst, and hepatitis had significantly decreased median serum SA levels compared to that of healthy controls. Moreover, the greatest increase in the mean (SD) and -Log10p values was observed in sepsis and pancreatitis, respectively, but not in cancers. Thus, the regulations of serum SA levels were much more complicated than previously assumed. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind these observations would make serum SA a useful biomarker to facilitate personalized diagnosis and treatment for patients with different diseases.
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PMID:The serum SA levels are significantly increased in sepsis but decreased in cirrhosis. 3090 61

Luschka ducts (LD) of the gallbladder (GB) are rare congenital lesions. They are defined as bile ducts that connect directly the hepatic bile duct system to the GB. We aimed to present the characteristics of 55 cases of GB LDs as diagnosed on cholecystectomy specimens. Surgically resected GBs (55) were analyzed for LD morphological features (length, morphological pattern, and epithelial lesions) as well as for immunohistochemical features. The age varied between 24 and 88 years. The gender ratio was 30:25 (female-male). The diagnosis was acute and subacute/chronic cholecystitis (21 and 34 cases, respectively). GB abnormalities of Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus, adenomyoma, septate, and subserosal-liver types were present in 36, 6, 22, and 12 GBs, respectively, while adenocarcinoma was present in 2 GBs. A history of renal cyst, pancreatitis, and colon diverticulosis was observed in 8, 11, and 4 cases, respectively. The LDs were detected at subserosal, resection, or both sites (25, 4, and 26 cases, respectively). The length varied between <1 and 36 mm. Duct-type LDs were observed in 17 cases, complex-type LDs in 5 cases, and mixed-type LDs in 33 cases. Mucosecretion was seen in 12 LDs and cystic dilatation in 8 cases. Epithelial atypia was observed in 2 cases and meganucleoli in 15 cases. Presence of LD-angulation correlated with chronic cholecystitis, while LD-nuclear atypia correlated with acute cholecystitis. In conclusion, LDs may harbor varied aspects, from duct-like or cystic, to nodular, biliary adenoma-like complexes. GB abnormalities of Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus, septa, or subserosal-liver types and extra-GB lesions such as renal cysts, pancreatitis, and colon diverticulosis were associated.
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PMID:Luschka Ducts of the Gallbladder in Adults: Case Series Report and Review of the Medical Literature. 3198 63