B Coulier

..More rare or atypical presentations are also illustrated as well as subacute findings and sequels. All reported patients were collected in our department during a 7-year-period and most were successfully treated conservatively...

..Although being rare, these observations may represent a potential missing link in the imaging snapshots of the cyclic and dynamic vacuum phenomenon...

..In both cases, the full diagnosis was made with abdominal CT. The patients were threatened by a two-step surgical approach comprising a direct posterior percutaneous drainage of the abscess followed by classical laparotomy...

..A complete healing was progressively obtained in the 78-year old female after a six months period of sequential multidisciplinary therapeutic approach comprising combined medical and surgical intra-abdominal and external drainage...

..The cases presented in this extensive pictorial review were collected in our department during a 5-year-period...

..Among these cases transhepatic rupture is a very rare event. We report a case associated with secondary massive hemoperitoneum, free gallstone spillage, partial portal vein thrombosis and secondary pulmonary embolism...

..To our knowledge, our case represents the first report of sinonasal myospherulosis suggested by CT...

..The clinical applications of biphosphonates are briefly reminded and the physiopathology of the induced bone changes is explained...

..These signs must be known by the emergency radiologist because of the more and more use of CT as the first imaging modality in emergency departments particularly for patients with abdominal pain and presenting life-threatening symptoms...

..The paper refers to the basic anatomy, clinical symptoms, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations for HM and emphasizes the major advantages of MDCT in acute surgical conditions implicating the thoracic abdominal junction...

..We discuss and review the prevalence, physiopathology, symptoms, and complications of diverticula of the duodenum and jejuno-ileum and emphasis on the high performance of MDCT for the diagnosis of acute diverticular complications...

..In conclusion, 64-row mdCT can frequently delineate the linea arcuata (LA) and more rarely linea arcuata hernias (LAH), particularly in old men, but these abnormalities mostly represent fortuitous asymptomatic findings...

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..The case illustrates the new high quality performances of MDCT in the evaluation of complex vascular abdominal situations and is presented with a brief review of the relevant literature...

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..As a consequence, the MDCT features of intestinal carcinoid tumors and of their peculiar metastatic spread have to be known by abdominal radiologists...

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..The physiopathology and causes of HPG are briefly reviewed and its potential clinical significance is resituated...

..We illustrate the anomaly, discuss its controversial clinical significance and review the literature...

..A specific definite histologic diagnosis was made without laparotomy through a biopsy in the right axilla...

..The identification of the characteristic anatomic features and landmarks of the obliterated umbilical vein-ligamentum teres-was the diagnostic key...

..We discuss a possible physiopathologic mechanism for this effusion, describe the MDCT anatomy of the aMLF and review the literature about the anatomy and physiology of the MFLs...

..Diagnosis was made preoperatively with abdominal mdCT. The polyp itself does not have noteworthy radiological signs but must be included in the large essentially histological differential diagnosis of GI tumours...

..Whether extragonadal germ cell tumors develop primarily in the retroperitoneum or whether they are essentially metastases of a primary testicular tumor has long been debated and remains controversial...

..In the reported case coronal oblique MPR views and vascular volume rendering views (VR) were of particular interest for the preoperative diagnosis...

..Obstruction due to a phytobezoar as observed in the third case is a very rare presentation. This report clearly emphasizes and encourages the approach of this difficult diagnosis by combined CT and US imaging...

..Alternatively, efforts should be done to promote the development of similar 3D imaging of the knee menisci during MR studies that are considered by many authors as the gold standard non-invasive imaging method of the knee...

..Even though US may be efficient if performed by a well-trained echographist, CT appears to be the procedure of choice as it is operator independent and reliable for excluding mimicking surgical conditions or associated pathology...

..Despite the absence of definitive histologic proof, the diagnosis was possible through typical imaging findings extremely similar to those of more classic cases of IFFI but also through the spontaneous benign evolution...

..Contrast CT and multiplanar reconstructions allowed early diagnosis, and with antibiotic and anticoagulation therapy, no liver abscess developed...

..The literature concerning renal haemangioma is briefly reviewed and the role of compression assisted msCT urography as a possible method for the detection of small pyelocaliceal tumours is emphasized...

..To describe the CT features of an unusual type of lumbar Schmorl's node (SN) appearing as giant fatty lesion of the vertebral bodies...

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..In this article the author discusses and illustrates many aspects of VP and gas in the spine through selected examples collected over an 18-month period of time...

..This case illustrates the potential of msCT as an alternative to conventional arteriography...

..The diagnosis was made possible by the sharp enhancement of the tumor caused by the venous drainage of the contrast medium injected into the synovial cavity. The diagnosis was confirmed by msCT angiography and MRI...

..This may be the first reported case of seminal vesicle fistula directly related to colonic diverticulitis and causing emphysematous epididymitis...

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..This report emphasizes the use of CT in selected acute abdominal situations, peculiarly in obese children, to avoid unnecessary surgery...

..A brief review of the available literature on mucocele is given...

..Nevertheless, the careful dynamic compression of these veins during ultrasound scanning is necessary to distinguish this normal variant from deep venous thrombosis...

..This case emphasizes the relevance of a well-targeted high-definition ultrasound study in the following of the first imaging modality...

..The diagnosis of laryngopyocele was made. Treatment consisted of endoscopic laser surgery, confirming the diagnosis and resolving the symptomatology...

..This case highlights recent reports emphasizing the clinical pain syndromes possibly associated with Schmorl's nodes...

..Iliopsoas bursitis in these two patients, it is hypothesized, extended into the retroperitoneum, at least in part, by way of intraneural or perineural structures...

..Moreover, the high specificity of the CT diagnosis made it possible to avoid surgerical exploration in three patients...

..Our report emphasizes the crucial role played by multidetector row CT as the first procedure in thoracoabdominal vascular emergencies...

..The correct diagnosis was made via preoperative inguinal sonography and was confirmed via CT, allowing prompt appropriate surgical management...