Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer reported in women worldwide . In Iraq, it is ... more Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer reported in women worldwide . In Iraq, it is the most common registered malignancy. Mammography plays a major role in the early detection of breast cancers. Dense breast parenchyma has been reported to be the most important inherent factor that limits depiction of breast cancer on mammogram, and often needs supplementary breast ultrasound for complete assessment. Objectives: To evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance of mammography and ultrasound in the detection of breast cancer in dense breast tissue. Patients and methods: A record review study was performed in the Oncology Teaching Hospital/ Medical City from April 2018 to December 2018. The study included forty five females, who attended the Main Referral Center for Early Detection of Breast Tumors during 2017 and 2018 were diagnosed with breast cancer histopathologically . They had dense breast tissues on mammography (either heterogeneously dense breast tissue i.e...
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Early detection of many thyroid disorders is essential in the management. Ultrasound ... more Background: Early detection of many thyroid disorders is essential in the management. Ultrasound elastography is beneficial in the assessment of diffuse thyroid diseases. Aim of study: To assess the role of ultrasound strain elastography in the diagnosis of diffuse non nodular thyroid disease in comparison to healthy controls and in the characterization and differentiation of the types of diffuse thyroid diseases. Patients and methods: It is a prospective analytic study performed in the Radiology Department of Oncology Teaching Hospital/Medical city Complex in Baghdad during the period from 1st of December 2019 to 30th of June, 2020 on convenient sample of 25 patients with diffuse thyroid disease, in addition to a sample of 25 healthy control persons. The diagnosis of diffuse thyroid diseases was made by combination of clinical symptoms, laboratory investigations and thyroid ultrasound. Results: The mean elastography strain ratio (1.36) of patients with diffuse thyroid disease ...
Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Since June 2020, an explosion in number of new COVID-19 patients has been reported in ... more Background Since June 2020, an explosion in number of new COVID-19 patients has been reported in Iraq with a steady increment in new daily reported cases over the next 3 months. The limited number of PCR kits in the country and the increment in the number of new COVID-19 cases makes the role of CT scan examinations rising and becoming essential in aiding the health institutions in diagnosing and isolating infected patients and those in close contacts. This study will review the spectrum of CT pulmonary changes due to COVID-19 infection and estimate the CT severity score index and its relation to age, sex, and PCR test results. Results The ground glass opacities were the most common encountered pattern of pulmonary changes and were seen in (79%). There was strong positive correlation between higher CT severity score and male gender (p value = 0.0002, R2 = 0.9). Also, there was significant correlation of CT severity score and increasing age (p value less than 0.00018). Significant cor...
Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, 2021
Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in female and the most registered cause o... more Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in female and the most registered cause of women’s mortality worldwide. BI-RADS 4 breast lesions are associated with an exceptionally high rate of benign breast pathology and breast cancer, so BI-RADS 4 is subdivided into 4A, 4B and 4C to standardize the risk estimation of breast lesions. The aim of the study: to evaluate the correlation between BI-RADS 4 subdivisions 4A, 4B & 4C and the categories of reporting FNA cytology results. Patients and Methods: A case series study was conducted in the Oncology Teaching Hospital in Baghdad from September 2018 to September 2019. Included patients had suspicious breast findings and given BI-RADS 4 (4A, 4B, or 4C) in the radiological report accordingly. Fine needle aspiration was performed under the ultrasound guide and the results were classified into five categories. The biopsy was performed for suspicious, malignant or equivocal FNA findings. Results: This study included 158 women with...
Background: Thyroid nodule(s) is a common clinical problem, because of high risk of malignancy in... more Background: Thyroid nodule(s) is a common clinical problem, because of high risk of malignancy in some of these nodules it is mandatory to establish a thyroid scoring system for nodule characterization and subjecting the highly suspicious and sizable nodules to fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC).Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) and thyroid strain elastography in the assessment of thyroid nodules and correlating the results with FNAC.Methods: This is a prospective study that includes 30 patients referred to the ultrasound unit in oncology teaching hospital, medical city, Baghdad, having anterior neck mass in thyroid gland location, during the period from the beginning of September 2018 to October 2019.Results: The thirty patients in the study sample consists of 25 females and 5 males, most of them are in the fourth decade (43%), the majority of detected thyroid nodules are either solid, isoechoic or h...
Objectives: is to evaluate the mammographic focal asymmetric breast densities FABD in order to hi... more Objectives: is to evaluate the mammographic focal asymmetric breast densities FABD in order to highlight which FABD might need further workup through detailed ultrasonographic characterization and comparison with the pathological results in indicated cases. Methods: A cross sectional analytic study was performed in the Oncology Teaching Hospital/Medical City from March 2018 to November 2018. The study included 70 women who attended the Main Referral Center for Early Detection of Breast Tumors with focal asymmetric breast densities FABD were detected by mammography. The focal asymmetry was analyzed and the other associated findings were assessed and registered. While breast ultrasound was performed for all patients, fine needle aspiration (FNA) was carried out for cases with suspicious findings on ultrasound and any FNA suspicious or malignant lesion was subsequently biopsied and the results were recorded. Results: mammographic FABD was found in the right breast in 37 cases (52.9%) a...
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer reported in women worldwide . In Iraq, it is ... more Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer reported in women worldwide . In Iraq, it is the most common registered malignancy. Mammography plays a major role in the early detection of breast cancers. Dense breast parenchyma has been reported to be the most important inherent factor that limits depiction of breast cancer on mammogram, and often needs supplementary breast ultrasound for complete assessment. Objectives: To evaluate and compare the diagnostic performance of mammography and ultrasound in the detection of breast cancer in dense breast tissue. Patients and methods: A record review study was performed in the Oncology Teaching Hospital/ Medical City from April 2018 to December 2018. The study included forty five females, who attended the Main Referral Center for Early Detection of Breast Tumors during 2017 and 2018 were diagnosed with breast cancer histopathologically . They had dense breast tissues on mammography (either heterogeneously dense breast tissue i.e...
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Early detection of many thyroid disorders is essential in the management. Ultrasound ... more Background: Early detection of many thyroid disorders is essential in the management. Ultrasound elastography is beneficial in the assessment of diffuse thyroid diseases. Aim of study: To assess the role of ultrasound strain elastography in the diagnosis of diffuse non nodular thyroid disease in comparison to healthy controls and in the characterization and differentiation of the types of diffuse thyroid diseases. Patients and methods: It is a prospective analytic study performed in the Radiology Department of Oncology Teaching Hospital/Medical city Complex in Baghdad during the period from 1st of December 2019 to 30th of June, 2020 on convenient sample of 25 patients with diffuse thyroid disease, in addition to a sample of 25 healthy control persons. The diagnosis of diffuse thyroid diseases was made by combination of clinical symptoms, laboratory investigations and thyroid ultrasound. Results: The mean elastography strain ratio (1.36) of patients with diffuse thyroid disease ...
Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021
Background Since June 2020, an explosion in number of new COVID-19 patients has been reported in ... more Background Since June 2020, an explosion in number of new COVID-19 patients has been reported in Iraq with a steady increment in new daily reported cases over the next 3 months. The limited number of PCR kits in the country and the increment in the number of new COVID-19 cases makes the role of CT scan examinations rising and becoming essential in aiding the health institutions in diagnosing and isolating infected patients and those in close contacts. This study will review the spectrum of CT pulmonary changes due to COVID-19 infection and estimate the CT severity score index and its relation to age, sex, and PCR test results. Results The ground glass opacities were the most common encountered pattern of pulmonary changes and were seen in (79%). There was strong positive correlation between higher CT severity score and male gender (p value = 0.0002, R2 = 0.9). Also, there was significant correlation of CT severity score and increasing age (p value less than 0.00018). Significant cor...
Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, 2021
Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in female and the most registered cause o... more Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in female and the most registered cause of women’s mortality worldwide. BI-RADS 4 breast lesions are associated with an exceptionally high rate of benign breast pathology and breast cancer, so BI-RADS 4 is subdivided into 4A, 4B and 4C to standardize the risk estimation of breast lesions. The aim of the study: to evaluate the correlation between BI-RADS 4 subdivisions 4A, 4B & 4C and the categories of reporting FNA cytology results. Patients and Methods: A case series study was conducted in the Oncology Teaching Hospital in Baghdad from September 2018 to September 2019. Included patients had suspicious breast findings and given BI-RADS 4 (4A, 4B, or 4C) in the radiological report accordingly. Fine needle aspiration was performed under the ultrasound guide and the results were classified into five categories. The biopsy was performed for suspicious, malignant or equivocal FNA findings. Results: This study included 158 women with...
Background: Thyroid nodule(s) is a common clinical problem, because of high risk of malignancy in... more Background: Thyroid nodule(s) is a common clinical problem, because of high risk of malignancy in some of these nodules it is mandatory to establish a thyroid scoring system for nodule characterization and subjecting the highly suspicious and sizable nodules to fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC).Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) and thyroid strain elastography in the assessment of thyroid nodules and correlating the results with FNAC.Methods: This is a prospective study that includes 30 patients referred to the ultrasound unit in oncology teaching hospital, medical city, Baghdad, having anterior neck mass in thyroid gland location, during the period from the beginning of September 2018 to October 2019.Results: The thirty patients in the study sample consists of 25 females and 5 males, most of them are in the fourth decade (43%), the majority of detected thyroid nodules are either solid, isoechoic or h...
Objectives: is to evaluate the mammographic focal asymmetric breast densities FABD in order to hi... more Objectives: is to evaluate the mammographic focal asymmetric breast densities FABD in order to highlight which FABD might need further workup through detailed ultrasonographic characterization and comparison with the pathological results in indicated cases. Methods: A cross sectional analytic study was performed in the Oncology Teaching Hospital/Medical City from March 2018 to November 2018. The study included 70 women who attended the Main Referral Center for Early Detection of Breast Tumors with focal asymmetric breast densities FABD were detected by mammography. The focal asymmetry was analyzed and the other associated findings were assessed and registered. While breast ultrasound was performed for all patients, fine needle aspiration (FNA) was carried out for cases with suspicious findings on ultrasound and any FNA suspicious or malignant lesion was subsequently biopsied and the results were recorded. Results: mammographic FABD was found in the right breast in 37 cases (52.9%) a...
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