abstract：:We present a case of ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst in a patient with hemoptysis and suspected pulmonary malignancy, for which the (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) findings of absent metabolic activity within the cyst and hypermetabolism within a pericystic region o...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Yang L,Maldjian PD,Peters S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondroblastoma is an uncommon primary benign cartilage-producing neoplasm representing only 1% of all primary bone neoplasia, with male preponderance. It has a predilection to present in any bone ossified in the endochondral pattern. Epiphyseal location, small size, geographic margins, and cartilaginous matrix are vi...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Nouh MR,Abu Shady HM,Abodief WT,Al-Kandary SR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the visibility and the image quality of the biliary and pancreatic duct system on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) images based on two breath-hold (BH) methods using array spatial sensitivity technique: a single-shot fast spin-echo (SS-FSE) sequ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lavdas E,Vlychou M,Arikidis N,Kapsalaki E,Roka V,Arvanitis DL,Fezoulidis I,Vassiou K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose is to compare ultrasound and fluoroscopic-guided approaches to the glenohumeral joint at the rotator cuff interval for magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography of the shoulder. Forty consecutive patients were prospectively studied. 20 patients underwent ultrasound-guided and 20 patients underwent fluoroscopic ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Ng AW,Hung EH,Griffith JF,Tong CS,Cho CC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periductal mastitis in a male patient rarely has been reported in the English literature. Herein, we now present a rare case of periductal mastitis mimicking breast cancer, both clinically and radiologically, in a 37-year-old man. Mammogram and sonogram showed a mass with irregular shape, spiculated margin and a nippl...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Kim BS,Lee JH,Kim WJ,Kim DC,Shin S,Kwon HJ,Park JS,Park YM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To summarize the distinct imaging features of different subtypes of primary nasopharyngeal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clinical data and magnetic resonance imaging findings of 71 patients with histologically proven primary nasopharyngeal NHLs were retrospectively reviewed. The tumo...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Xie CM,Liu XW,Mo YX,Li H,Geng ZJ,Zheng L,Lv YC,Ban XH,Zhang R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our article is to review the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of nongynaecologic cystic lesions of the pelvis. CONCLUSION:The rising use of MRI for pelvic exploration will result in an increase in incidental detection of pelvic cystic cysts. Pelvic cysts of non gynecologic origin are ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Loock MT,Fornès P,Soyer P,Rousset P,Azizi L,Hoeffel C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively compared the accuracy of two computer-aided detection (CAD) systems for the detection of malignant breast lesions on full-field digital mammograms. Mammograms of 326 patients were analyzed (117 patients with breast cancer, 209 negative cases), and each set of cases was read by two CAD systems (Secon...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lobbes M,Smidt M,Keymeulen K,Girometti R,Zuiani C,Beets-Tan R,Wildberger J,Boetes C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one consecutive unclassified arthritis patients with polyarthralgia including wrist joint were evaluated with 3-T MRI as possible early-stage rheumatoid arthritis (RA). After prospective follow-up, 21 of 41 patients fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria. Synovitis was detected in all 21 R...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Aoki T,Yamashita Y,Saito K,Tanaka Y,Korogi Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of bone fractures after radiotherapy is a rare event which mainly concerns the pelvis or the long bones. This complication is unusual in the vertebrae. We describe the case of a 66-year-old male patient with lung cancer who was treated with combined radio-chemotherapy and developed dorsal pain secondar...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Noël-Savina E,Descourt R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of the present study were to assess the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the staging and follow-up of uterine cervical cancers discovered during pregnancy and to evaluate the role of MRI in decision making regarding treatment options for patients with uterine cervical cancer during pregnan...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Balleyguier C,Fournet C,Ben Hassen W,Zareski E,Morice P,Haie-Meder C,Uzan C,Gouy S,Duvillard P,Lhommé C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, we present a case of thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins who were successfully separated and had long-term survival. We performed ultrasound assessment and found that the twins shared the liver and that the fusion site of their liver had gross communication of blood vessel. Ultrasound cardiogram ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Wen X,Parajuly SS,Lu Q,Xiang B,Jiang X,Tang H,Luo Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary vertebral chordoma presents as an intra- and extraosseous tumour with typical bright signal on T2-weighted images and moderate inhomogeneous enhancement on T1 postcontrast images. The diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) characteristics of this histologically proven third lumbar vertebra chordoma are reported for...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Sartoretti-Schefer S,Oberle J,Binkert C,Pfofe D,Gutzeit A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To demonstrate ultrasound contrast agents to be important potentiators of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), we prospectively assessed the effectiveness of HIFU combined with nanoscale ultrasound contrast agents for the treatment of breast VX2 tumors in rabbits. We found that the change of grayscale value in th...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Wang D,Li L,Min J,Guo Y,Guo H,Gao J,Yang K,Zou J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review utilization of imaging in pregnant patients with malignancies and define an imaging algorithm in this patient population. METHODS:Pregnant patients with concurrent diagnoses of malignancy from January 2002 to January 2011 were identified using an institutional electronic medical record system. Patien...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Gardner CS,Patil AS,Miller CM,James AH,Jaffe TA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young patient presented with hemodynamic instability due to wide QRS tachycardia occurring about 10 years after double valve replacement. Bilateral coronary artery fistulas draining into the pulmonary artery were documented by invasive coronary angiography as well as by computed tomography imaging. A calcified scar ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Schernthaner C,Danmayr F,Gvozdic D,Strohmer B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydatidosis, or echinococcosis, has a characteristic geographic distribution, occurring most frequently in sheep-raising regions in Mediterranean, Central Asian, and South American countries and in Australia. Spinal hydatidosis is very rare, and intradural location is a rarer category of spinal hydatidosis. We rep...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Rashid M,Kirmani S,Rashid M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate iron levels in cardiac and hepatic tissues using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2*. METHODS:Cardiac and hepatic MRI was performed for 93 patients with β-thalassemia major. RESULTS:Cardiac T2* was in the range of 2.9-56.6 ms. Myocardial siderosis was detected in 44% of patients;...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Shamsian BS,Esfahani SA,Milani H,Akhlaghpoor S,Mojtahedzadeh S,Karimi A,Shamshiri AR,Alavi S,Safari A,Rezaei N,Arzanian MT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the accuracy of T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) for staging of prostate cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 101 men with biopsy-proven prostate cancer undergoing both T2-weighted endorectal MR imaging and B-mode TRUS...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Jung AJ,Coakley FV,Shinohara K,Carroll PR,Kurhanewicz J,Cowan JE,Westphalen AC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine carcinomas are malignancies deriving from neuroendocrine cells existing in various sites of the body, most commonly in the lungs and gastrointestinal tract. Primary neuroendocrine carcinomas of the breast are extremely rare, and their diagnosis is confirmed by positive neuroendocrine markers. We describ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Psoma E,Nikolaidou O,Stavrogianni T,Mavromati A,Lytras K,Xirou P,Koumbanaki M,Panagiotopoulou D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various tumors can occur in the scrotum. Among them, angiomyofibroblastoma-like tumors are very rare mesenchymal tumors. We report a case of an angiomyofibroblastoma-like tumor that arose in the right half of the scrotum in a 72-year-old man. It is difficult to separate angiomyofibroblastoma-like tumors from other mal...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Maruyama M,Yoshizako T,Kitagaki H,Araki A,Igawa M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was initiated to characterize and better understand the natural characteristics of axillary lymph nodes (LNs) apparent on dynamic breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The most important finding in 71 subjects that included healthy women was that 41% showed strong enhanced axillary LNs. The dynamic curves...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Krammer J,Engel D,Nissen J,Schnitzer A,Suetterlin M,Schoenberg SO,Wasser K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) calculation in differentiation between malignant and benign thyroid nodules. METHODS AND MATERIALS:A prospective study was conducted in 52 patients. Diffusion-weighted echoplanar imaging was performed and b factors were taken as 0 and 400 s/mm(2)...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Dilli A,Ayaz UY,Cakir E,Cakal E,Gultekin SS,Hekimoglu B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18-Fluoredeoxyglucose position emission tomography and computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) scanning has been widely used in the assessment of malignancy. We report here an increased (18)F-FDG uptake in pleural nodules in the PET/CT scan images of a patient having recurrent fever and chest pain. Further studies with...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Zhao K,Dong MJ,Sheng ZK,Liu KF,Yang SY,Liu ZF,Sheng JF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a relatively rare soft tissue malignant tumor. Most of reports currently are pathological articles and clinical case reports and most of them are MPNST in the thorax, abdomen or extremities. Imaging report of spinal MPNST is very rare, and MPNST is easy to be misdiagn...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lang N,Liu XG,Yuan HS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to prospectively monitor changes of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in perichemoradiation for lung cancer. METHODS:Fourteen patients with lung cancer who underwent chemoradiation therapy were included. Diffusion-weighted (DW) images were obtained prior to and during chemoradia...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Chang Q,Wu N,Ouyang H,Huang Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the diagnostic power of various computed tomography (CT) signs in acute appendicitis, in particular those initially classified as inconclusive. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Retrospective review of 100 CT abdomen and pelvis studies with assessment of maximal luminal diameter, wall thickness and cross-secti...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lai V,Chan WC,Lau HY,Yeung TW,Wong YC,Yuen MK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor is a rare entity belonging to a family of neoplasms of neuroectodermal origin. These highly aggressive neoplasms overwhelmingly affect children and young adults. A quarter of Ewing's sarcomas occur principally in the soft tissues with primary involvement of the perinephr...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lazzara BM,Scalcione LR,Garnet DJ,Geller M,Katz DS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease in the abdomen and pelvis is frequent in patients with metastatic melanoma (MM). Multidetector row computed tomography is the imaging modality of choice for diagnosis and follow-up of MM. However, positron emission tomographic scan may be used as well as other newer imaging modalities, particularly for imaging...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Benaissa A,Fornès P,Ladam-Marcus V,Grange F,Amzallag-Bellenger E,Hoeffel C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to investigate the statistical preoperative diagnostic criteria of lesions of Meckel's cave (MC) on MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the MR images with MC lesions in 34 patients. The MR signs were compared with histopathologic and surgical findings in all lesions. Odds ratio...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Tang Z,Feng X,Qian W,Song J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral metastases from any malignancy, including prostate carcinoma, may present as a meningeal mass, and differentiating the lesion from a meningioma can be challenging. We report the clinical and neuroimaging features of two patients with dural metastases from prostate carcinoma and discuss differentiation of meta...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Chen TY,Lee HJ,Wu TC,Tsui YK,Wu TC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies have described a pseudocalculus appearance in the distal common bile duct as a normal variant at cholangiography. The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of pseudotumor in the distal common bile duct at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). METHODS:Nine pati...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Tan JH,Coakley FV,Wang ZJ,Poder L,Webb E,Yeh BM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system examined with MR susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) technique additional to the conventional SE sequence. Deposition of hemosiderin on SWI images is thicker and far more conspicuous compare with conventional T2-weighted images. Additional ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Wang J,Gong X

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether maximum nodule perimeter to the approximate oval could discriminate benign nodules from malignancy. Measurement of maximum nodule perimeter difference to the approximate oval was performed using volume-rendering images of three directions of each pulmonary nodule. T...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Kamiya H,Murayama S,Kakinohana Y,Miyara T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ulcerative colitis are at increased risk for venous thrombosis. We report herein the case of a 28-year-old woman who developed multiple intraabdominal venous thrombosis, including partial Budd-Chiari syndrome in association with intracranial venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism during the relapse of ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Lefèvre A,Soyer P,Vahedi K,Guerrache Y,Bellucci S,Gault V,Boudiaf M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess time expenditure using the influence of computer-assisted detection (CAD) system in the interpretation of the dependence of early research and benign and malignant mammograms on readers' experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS:CAD (Image Checker V2.3; R2 Technology, Los Altos, CA, USA) was prospectively applie...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Sohns C,Angic BC,Sossalla S,Konietschke F,Obenauer S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary extranodal lymphomas are much less frequent than nodal lymphomas. Osseous and hepatic lymphomas commonly present with additional nodal lesions. Primary lymphoma of the bone or of the liver without nodal disease is uncommon. We describe a case of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with numerous osseous and hepat...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Cheng G,Servaes S,Chamroonrat W,Li J,Zhuang H

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with prostate or bladder cancer underwent CT and MRI for nodal staging. CT detected 189 nodes, and MRI detected 271 nodes. This difference was statistically significant in the external iliac (CT/MRI=73/87 nodes), obturator (CT/MRI=48/75 nodes), and internal iliac (CT/MRI=24/46 nodes) nodal chains. Base...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Saokar A,Islam T,Jantsch M,Saksena MA,Hahn PF,Harisinghani MG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical resection is the only curative therapy available for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Unfortunately, metastatic disease constitutes an absolute contraindication for surgery. Therefore, the detection of metastatic disease is a critical component of preoperative imaging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Computed t...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Ozkan E,Balachandran A,Bhosale PR,Tamm EP,Marcal LP,Szklaruk J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CT scans of 474 patients with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were retrospectively evaluated by automated software. There was a correlation between the total lung capacity (TLC) and the total lung volume (TLV) (r=.675, P<.001), between the TLC and the total emphysema volume (r=.571, P<.001), as ...

journal_title：Clinical imaging

authors： Pauls S,Gulkin D,Feuerlein S,Muche R,Krüger S,Schmidt SA,Dharaiya E,Brambs HJ,Hetzel M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00