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The role of endosonography in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasisE Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Polichirurgico, Cantone del Cristo 40, 29100, Piacenza, Italy
Eur J Ultrasound 10:117-25. 1999..The role of EUS in the diagnosis of bile duct stones is therefore highlighted...
Endoscopic ultrasonography findings in autoimmune pancreatitisElisabetta Buscarini
Department of Gastroenterology, Maggiore Hospital, Crema 26013, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 17:2080-5. 2011..This paper reviews the current available literature about the endoscopic ultrasonographic findings of AIP and the role of this imaging technique in the management of this protean disease...- Natural history and outcome of hepatic vascular malformations in a large cohort of patients with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasiaElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, HHT Center, Maggiore Hospital, Largo Dossena 2, 26013, Crema, Italy
Dig Dis Sci 56:2166-78. 2011..There are limited data in the literature regarding the natural history of liver vascular malformations in hemorrhagic telangiectasia and their associated morbidity and mortality... 
Autoimmune pancreatitis: a challenging diagnostic puzzle for cliniciansE Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Largo Dossena 2, 26013 Crema, Italy
Dig Liver Dis 42:92-8. 2010..This article briefly reviews clinical aspects of autoimmune pancreatitis with a focus on its diagnostic imaging and management...- Interobserver agreement in diagnosing liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia by Doppler ultrasoundElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy
Ultrasound Med Biol 34:718-25. 2008..26). Study results indicate that Doppler US diagnosis of liver VMs in HHT has a high degree of agreement among ultrasonographers; a moderate agreement was found regarding severity staging... - Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: consensus recommendationsElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy
Liver Int 26:1040-6. 2006..Invasive therapies for liver involvement by HHT (namely liver transplantation) should be considered only in patients who have failed to respond to intensive medical therapy... - Multicentre retrospective study on endoscopic ultrasound complicationsE Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Ospedale Maggiore, Via Macallè 1, 26013 Crema, Italy
Dig Liver Dis 38:762-7. 2006..Its complication rate, however, has been studied to only a limited extent. This multicentre investigation sought to establish the complication rate for a large number of endoscopic ultrasonography procedures... - Liver involvement in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia or Rendu-Osler-Weber diseaseE Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Via Macallè 1, 26013 Crema, Italy
Dig Liver Dis 37:635-45. 2005..Doppler sonography can detect and stage hepatic vascular malformations in subjects with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; according to Doppler sonographic grading, appropriate advice for follow-up and/or therapy can be given... - Radiofrequency thermal ablation of liver tumorsElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy
Eur Radiol 15:884-94. 2005..The complication rate of RFA is low but not negligible; key elements in a strategy to minimize them are identified... - High prevalence of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia in subjects with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Italy
Ultrasound Med Biol 30:1089-97. 2004..Prevalence of FNH in patients with HHT is far greater than that reported in the general population; Doppler US role in its diagnosis and follow-up is highlighted... - Doppler ultrasonographic grading of hepatic vascular malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia -- results of extensive screeningE Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Italy
Ultraschall Med 25:348-55. 2004..Thereafter, Doppler US has been routinely used to screen HHT families for liver involvement. Hepatic VMs were evaluated and classified on the basis of Doppler US findings... - Radiofrequency thermal ablation with expandable needle of focal liver malignancies: complication reportElisabetta Buscarini
Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital, Via Macallè 1, 26013, Crema, Italy
Eur Radiol 14:31-7. 2004..The seeding rate after expandable system ablation is lower than after PEI. It is the same as or lower than that in other series of patients treated by the cooled system... - EUS for suspected choledocholithiasis: do benefits outweigh costs? A prospective, controlled studyElisabetta Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Ospedale Maggiore, Crema, Italy
Gastrointest Endosc 57:510-8. 2003.... - Sigmoid endometriosisMassimo Conio
Department of Gastroenterology, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy
Gastrointest Endosc 60:434-5. 2004 - Confocal endomicroscopic aspects in Whipple's diseaseAlessandro Zambelli
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy
Gastrointest Endosc 68:373-4; discussion 374. 2008 - Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of small hepatocellular carcinoma: long-term resultsL Buscarini
Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital, Via Taverna 49, 29100 Piacenza, Italy
Eur Radiol 11:914-21. 2001..The use of an expandable electrode substantially reduced the number of treatment sessions but did not modify the overall survival rate and the disease-free survival rate... - Contrast echocardiography for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations screening: does any bubble matter?P Gazzaniga
Cardiology Department, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy
Eur J Echocardiogr 10:513-8. 2009.... - Therapy of HCC-radiofrequency ablationL Buscarini
Gastroenterology Department, Hospital of Piacenza, Italy
Hepatogastroenterology 48:15-9. 2001.... - Interobserver agreement in staging gastric malt lymphoma by EUSPietro Fusaroli
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy
Gastrointest Endosc 55:662-8. 2002..Good interobserver agreement would permit better communication concerning the clinical status of patients, comparison of the results of different studies, and stratification of patients within clinical trials... - Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: data from the French-Italian HHT networkGaetan Lesca
Service de Génétique Moléculaire et Médicale, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, and Genetica Medica, Università di Pavia and IRCCS S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Genet Med 9:14-22. 2007..We studied the relationship between the phenotype and genotype in patients with a proven mutation in either ENG (HHT1) or ACVRL1 (HHT2)... - Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: evidence for regional founder effects of ACVRL1 mutations in French and Italian patientsGaetan Lesca
Service de Génétique Moléculaire et Clinique, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Universite de Lyon, Universite Lyon 1, 5 Place d Arsonval, Lyon, France
Eur J Hum Genet 16:742-9. 2008..Partially shared haplotypes between French and Italian patients were found for three mutations. This suggests a common origin and a possible diffusion of these mutations from Italy to France... - Treatment of epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients by argon plasma coagulation with local anesthesiaFabio Pagella
Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, , Italy
Am J Rhinol 20:421-5. 2006..This treatment modality can be performed with local anesthesia, is not invasive, is well tolerated, is inexpensive, and can be used as a first step even in patients who need to undergo several blood transfusions for their epistaxis... - Pancreatic involvement in von Hippel-Lindau disease: report of two cases and review of the literatureLuca Elli
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Am J Gastroenterol 101:2655-8. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Gastroenterologists should be aware of the frequent pancreatic involvement in VHL disease and EUS can be useful in this setting... - Echocardiographic screening discloses increased values of pulmonary artery systolic pressure in 9 of 68 unselected patients affected with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaCarla Olivieri
Biologia Generale e Genetica Medica, Universita di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Genet Med 8:183-90. 2006..In some families in whom a form of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension cosegregated with HHT, mutations in the ACVRL1 gene were present... - Analysis of ENG and ACVRL1 genes in 137 HHT Italian families identifies 76 different mutations (24 novel). Comparison with other European studiesCarla Olivieri
Biologia Generale e Genetica Medica, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini, 14, 27100 Pavia, Italy
J Hum Genet 52:820-9. 2007..These results were compared to other European national studies and data from Italy, France and Spain were consistent for an higher incidence of ACVRL1 mutations...