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2010 ASN AbstractsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: VBD can enlarge to significant dimensions, producing compressive symptoms in the brainstem, as well as thrombosis and ischemic strokes. SACE of the dolichoectasia can be effective for the vessel reconstruction, to prevent progression of the dilatation, and other potential clinical events. 3. Three Case Reports of Multiple Carotid and/or Vertebral Artery Dissections in Female Mei Lu, Heather Gornik, Esteban Cheng Ching, Vikram Kashyap, Rishi Gupta Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States Introduction: Multiple carotid and/or vertebral artery dissections are rare. However, patients with mul...
Source: Journal of Neuroimaging - November 11, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: journals

CT enteroclysis features of uncomplicated celiac disease: retrospective analysis of 44 patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: CT enteroclysis may help establish a diagnosis of uncomplicated CD and may clarify the cause of nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with unknown CD. However, future prospective trials are needed to determine the actual value of CT enteroclysis in patients with CD and validate the clinical usefulness of CT enteroclysis in the detection of unknown uncomplicated CD. PMID: 19864528 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Radiology)
Source: Radiology - November 1, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Soyer P, Boudiaf M, Dray X, Fargeaudou Y, Vahedi K, Aout M, Vicaut E, Hamzi L, Rymer R Tags: Radiology Source Type: journals

Magnetic resonance imaging of breast cancer and correlation with prognostic factors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The presence of a lesion with a spiculated margin may predict a relatively good prognosis, and the presence of a lesion with rim enhancement may predict a relatively poor prognosis. PMID: 19863408 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Radiologica)
Source: Acta Radiologica - November 1, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Chang YW, Kwon KH, Choi DL, Lee DW, Lee MH, Lee HK, Yang SB, Kim Y, Seo DY Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: journals

Advances in Radiotherapy Conference Head and Neck and Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
9–10 October 2009 Northern Centre for Cancer Care, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Source: Clinical Oncology)
Source: Clinical Oncology - November 9, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Abstracts Source Type: journals

American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria on Multiple Brain MetastasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As many as 170,000 cancer patients will develop brain metastases each year . Brain metastases represent the most common neurologic manifestation of cancer, occurring in 15% of cancer patients, particularly those with lung and breast cancer diagnoses . Clinical , imaging , and autopsy series have shown that approximately half of brain metastases will be solitary and half will be multiple. Among patients with multiple lesions, the majority of metastases (70%) are found supratentorially . The most common symptoms of brain metastases are headache, altered mental status, and focal weakness, occurring in up to half of patients. ...
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - October 26, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Gregory M.M. Videtic, Laurie E. Gaspar, Amr M. Aref, Isabelle M. Germano, Brian J. Goldsmith, Joseph P. Imperato, Karen J. Marcus, Michael W. McDermott, Mark W. McDonald, Roy A. Patchell, H. Ian Robins, C. Leland Rogers, John H. Suh, Aaron H. Wolfson, Fra Tags: ACR Report Source Type: journals

AJR: CT bests x-ray for detecting H1N1 abnormalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CT scans are better than standard radiography in showing the extent of disease in patients with the swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection, according to a study published online today in the American Journal of Roentgenology. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 21, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

CT reveals acute PE risk in patients with severe swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Minimizing the mortality associated with the H1N1 flu virus, also known as swine flu, will require creative use of various tools to assess the disease and its severity. For that task, chest CT is emerging as a useful modality, both to confirm H1N1 diagnosis (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 21, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info

Radiology: Whole-body MR useful in detecting rare bone diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Whole-body MRI, because it is more likely to show abnormalities, can help detect chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, according to a study in the September issue of Radiology. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - September 10, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Three Arkansas health workers plead guilty to HIPAA violationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jay Holland, MD, of Little Rock, Ark., Sarah Elizabeth Miller of England, Ark., and Candida Griffin of Little Rock, have pled guilty to HIPAA violation charges, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jane W. Duke. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - July 24, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Vertebroplasty: What Is Important and What Is Not [SPINE]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of an adjacent VCF 1 year or less after vertebroplasty was comparable with that expected for untreated osteoporotic VCFs. Neither the volume of cement injected nor extravasation of cement into the intravertebral disk affected the likelihood of subsequent adjacent VCFs. Cement volume did not correlate with pain relief. (Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology)
Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - November 13, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Al-Ali, F., Barrow, T., Luke, K. Tags: SPINE Source Type: journals

CT can aid early swine flu diagnosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the world awaits a vaccine to stave off H1N1 and hopes for the best, radiologists are finding that thoracic CT can aid early identification of the influenza commonly, if inaccurately, known as swine flu. A new paper in the American Journal of Roentgenology (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 14, 2009 Category: Radiology Source Type: info

EANM: FDG PET useful for pulmonary tuberculosis response monitoringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Research presented at the 2009 European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) conference in Barcelona, Spain, suggests that FDG PET is useful in monitoring response to antimycobacterial treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and can direct alternative therapy in case of resistant disease. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 15, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

EANM: FDG PET used to monitor pulmonary tuberculosis responseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Research presented at the 2009 European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) conference in Barcelona, Spain, suggests that FDG PET is useful in monitoring response to antimycobacterial treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and can direct alternative therapy in case of resistant disease. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 15, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Radiology: Only PA view needed for tuberculosis screeningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A single posteroanterior (PA) view is sufficient for tuberculosis screening of individuals with positive purified protein derivative skin test results, according to a study in the September issue of Radiology. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - September 25, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

CT May Be Superior to Radiography in Detecting Abnormalities in High-Risk Patients With H1N1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a small case series, the most common radiographic and CT findings were unilateral or bilateral ground-glass opacities with or without associated focal or multifocal areas of consolidation. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines - October 21, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info

SKyphoplastyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Experience with SKyphoplasty is relatively limited, and little information has appeared in the literature to support its theoretical benefits. After review of previously published material, an audit of our institutional experience, and discussion with other practioners who perform this procedure, it would appear that pain relief by using this device is at best similar to that of conventional vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. There was no evidence of height restoration in our patient population, an advantage that has been brought into question.Abrégé: Objectif: La skyphoplastie est une nouvelle méthode d'augmen...
Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal - November 19, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Raisal Rashid, Peter L. Munk, Manraj Heran, David Malfair, Owen Chiu Tags: Musculoskeletal Radiology Source Type: journals

Prostate Cancer Detection: The Value of Performing an MRI before a Biopsy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: MRI before a biopsy has a high detectability of prostate cancer, particularly with tumor size of more than 5 mm in short-axis diameter or 10 mm in long-axis diameter. PMID: 19863420 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Radiologica)
Source: Acta Radiologica - November 1, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Shimizu T, Nishie A, Ro T, Tajima T, Yamaguchi A, Kono S, Honda H Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: journals

Asystole and increased serum myoglobin levels associated with 'packing blackout' in a competitive breath-hold diverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We report a case with a breath-hold diver who inadvertently experienced a packing blackout. During the incident, an electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure were recorded, and blood samples for determinations of biomarkers of cardiac muscle perturbation (creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme (CK-MB), cardiac troponin-T (TnT), and myoglobin) were collected. The ECG revealed short periods of asystole during the period of 'packing blackout', simultaneous with pronounced reductions in systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressures. Serum myoglobin concentration was elevated 40 and 150 min after the incident, whereas there were no changes i...
Source: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging - August 25, 2009 Category: Radiology Authors: Johan P. A. Andersson, Mats H. Linér, Henrik Jönsson Source Type: journals

AJR: CT has role in early detection of swine fluEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CT may help clinicians recognize incipient cases of severe influenza and improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease, according to a study examining the role of imaging in a fatal case of the pandemic swine-origin influenza A (H1N1), which was published today by the American Journal of Roentgenology. (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news