GARLASCHI , Alessandro

Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema is a condition occurring mainly in male smokers, presenting different lung mechanics and gas exchange abnormalities than emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis alone. We report the case of an elderly man, former heavy smoker, who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea for 1 year. Lung function tests...

BackgroundInfluence of tumor subtype, radiological sign and prognostic factors on tumor size discrepancies between DBT and final histology has not been completely investigated so far.PurposeTo study the influence of tumor subtype, radiological sign and prognostic factors on tumor size discrepancies between digital breast tomosynthesis and final...

Background Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more accurate than ultrasound and mammography in estimating local extension of both invasive breast cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and it is part of a breast cancer patient's preoperative management. Purpose To verify if time interval between breast biopsy and preoperative MRI,...

Mastitis is a common disease in women with both infectious and noninfectious causes. Most cases occur during lactation and are caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species; parasites and Mycobacteria have rarely been reported to cause breast infections (Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases...

Inflammatory involvement of the spine and sacroiliac joints is the most peculiar feature of seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SpA), which include ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome), enteropathic spondylitis (related to inflammatory bowel diseases) and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathies....

Objective A prospective observational clinical study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of preoperative Axillary Ultrasound (AUS) plus Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) as well as and its clinical utility, that is the capacity of the information supplied by the test to guide the clinical decision-making. Materials and methods from...

Multiple myeloma is a hematological cancer characterized by relapse after treatment and poor prognosis. Ixazomib, a second-generation protease inhibitor, is one of the most recently available treatments for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, while it has also shown good potential as antitumoral agent in preclinical solid tumor models such...

Background/Aim: A retrospective study was performed in 246 breast cancer patients to define whether tumor-to-nipple distance (TND) assessment by breast MRI may select patients eligible to nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) as compared to permanent section assessment of retroareolar margin. Patients and Methods: Pre- and postoperative parameters...

Quantitative lung computed tomography (CT) provides fundamental information about lung aeration in critically ill patients. We tested a scanning protocol combining reduced number of CT slices and tube current, comparing quantitative analysis and radiation exposure to conventional CT.