abdominal neoplasms

..Technical problems temporarily prevented the transfer of image cases twice during the study period. Overall, the project results demonstrated the feasibility and reliability of an international teleradiology staffing model...

..Tumour markers and CT should be used in combination in the follow-up of patients with resected colorectal liver metatases, including patients whose markers are normal at the time of initial liver resection...

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..Familiarity with the patterns and spectrum of imaging findings of recurrent ovarian malignancy will facilitate accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment...

..Infants <6 months receiving RT were the most susceptible to musculoskeletal abnormalities. Further studies are needed to determine if cardiovascular anomalies are more frequently seen in children with neuroblastoma...

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..This technology sets a new standard in treatment verification and will facilitate novel adaptive radiotherapy techniques...

..We describe a case of LAM suffering from abdominal pain followed by pulmonary symptoms and the diagnosis was not made until pathohistological examination...

..We report a patient's history who rapidly died of his sickness despite the low initial tumor stage...

..Extramedullary plasma-cell tumours (plasmocytoma) are found in about 5% of newly diagnosed patients with multiple myelomas. In this paper we present eight patients with atypical forms of multiple myeloma...

..To our knowledge, the CT appearance of primary cystic MFH of the gastrocolic ligament has not been previously documented...

..Herein, we present a 6-year-old girl with myelolipoma with generalized involvement of her abdomen, pelvis, chest, and retroorbital region...

..Three aortic injuries occurred which required repair. CONCLUSIONS: The described technique is safe and reproducible and allows tumour clearance in the majority of affected children...

..CONCLUSION: DSRCT should be considered in the differential diagnosis of young women presenting with abdominal distension and multiple masses on imaging...

..However, positron emission tomography scanning is more sensitive than computed tomography scanning and more likely to give the correct result when actual metastatic disease is present...

..Such manifestations are not uncommon in advanced disease and familiarity will enable confident diagnosis in patients at risk for metastatic disease...

..For generally accepted guidelines for this rare disease, general therapeutic options based on prospectively randomised studies have to be elaborated...

..The rarity of thyroid gland neurofibroma is discussed here, emphasizing the importance of early detection of these and other NF1 complications, also including the risk of malignant transformation with lethal outcome...

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..4 years (range, 0.4-11.2 years). CONCLUSIONS: Multimodal therapy results in improved survival in patients with DSRCT. Aggressive surgical resection of these extensive intraabdominal neoplasms correlates with improved patient outcome...

..The following will discuss imaging findings that may be seen during imaging surveillance in patients with malignancy affecting the chest, abdomen and pelvis...

..The clinical presentation and differential diagnoses as well as the treatment including aggressive surgical debulking and multiagent chemotherapy are discussed...

..We review the current classification of rhabdoid tumors and the previous literature on orbital rhabdoid tumors...

..We aim to demonstrate the imaging findings and to emphasise the importance of including this tumour in the differential diagnosis of childhood intraabdominal and pelvic tumours...

..The outcome in this patient was largely determined by her failure to consult a doctor early, having failed to appreciate the seriousness of her condition...

..Molecular genetics aid in the clinical decision-making and clinical management of individual patients with pheochromocytoma...

..With the aim of reducing the relatively high number of STS re-resections and local recurrences, the treatment of patients with suspicious STT should be reserved for a specialized center...

..We perceived an enormous potential in improved and individualized patient positioning for fractionated radiotherapy and also for stereotactic extracranial radiotherapy and radiosurgery, especially for tumors of the liver and pancreas...

..CONCLUSION: We have highlighted a good tolerance of radiotherapy in children following the insertion of a Polyglactin 910 mesh prior to starting radiation and would recommend further larger studies with longer follow-up to support this...

..EWS-WT1 fusion transcript can be detected in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by RT-PCR, which may thus serve as a useful diagnostic adjunct for DSRCT...

..CONCLUSION: The use of oral contrast medium in 18F-FDG PET studies should not be withheld as it improves image interpretation and does not produce clinically significant artefacts...

..CONCLUSION: This study confirms that most primary soft tissue sarcomas of the abdomen or pelvis are resectable and the majority of patients will experience a long disease free interval following resection...

..It is anticipated that PET/CT will increasingly become the routine and preferred procedure for abdominopelvic evaluations with PET imaging. It has already become the preferred method at our center...

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..Magnetic resonance imaging based on contrast-enhanced fat-saturated T1 SE sequences improves planning of cytoreduction preceding chemotherapy in advanced primary or relapsed ovarian carcinoma...

..Therefore, a more valid assessment of treatment efficacy can only be made by a matched-pair comparison in cooperation with the clinical registers...

..Ileus and respiratory distress, caused by compression by the abdominal mass, gradually worsened, and she died in 1999, at the age of 34. The girth of her abdomen was 135 cm at the time of death...

..The resected mass was the primary source of the carcinoid tumor. Four years later, examination revealed carcinoid tumor in his remaining testis...

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..CONCLUSION: mIBG scintigraphy should be a standard in the initial staging of neuroblastoma and in evaluating therapy response...

..Until more effective forms of treatment are found, we recommend treatment with chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy, with close monitoring of the patient...

..5 mg with partial response for a duration of 9 months. CONCLUSION: Letrozole at a daily dose of 2.5 mg may be effective in low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with positive estrogen receptors...

..We also emphasise the other clinical conditions that should be considered in the differential diagnosis...

..Taken together, imaging procedures for routine follow-up in stage I/II and stage III melanoma patients were inefficient and not cost-efficient...

..DSRCT should be included in the differential diagnosis of malignant intraperitoneal neoplasm in children. Multiphase CT may be helpful in delineating tumour extent, vascularity and direct invasion into adjacent organs...

..Our results thus do not support the routine use of whole-abdominal RT in these patients. Future protocols should focus instead on combinations of locoregional RT and chemotherapy to reduce the risk of local and systemic recurrence...

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..CONCLUSION: Contrast-enhanced multislice CT proves to be a quick and reliable examination technique for detection and staging of abdominal neoplasms with a focus on the epigastric region and colorectal carcinoma.

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..Such an approach should result in earlier detection and hopefully improve survival for patients with liposarcoma...