abstract：:Large trials have confirmed the benefit of carotid endarterectomy in the prevention of stroke in patients with transient ischaemic attacks and > or =70% stenosis of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery. Invasive confirmatory angiography carries some risk, but these patients can be identified by Doppler ultrasound. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Orgles CS,Chakraverty S,Gopichandran TD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare hip joint space on supine and weight-bearing anteroposterior digital radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty anteroposterior views of the hip in 25 patients were taken in supine and weight-bearing positions on a fluoroscopic unit. Two observers in a double-blind study assessed the width of the joint sp...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Pessis E,Chevrot A,Drapé JL,Leveque C,Sarazin L,Minoui A,Le Blevec G,Chemla N,Dupont AM,Godefroy D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this pictorial review is to illustrate the spectrum of manifestations on computed tomography (CT) of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Malignant pleural mesothelioma is the most common primary neoplasm of the pleura, but nevertheless is a rare tumour. It has a strong association with previous occupational ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ng CS,Munden RF,Libshitz HI

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The need for intravenous urography (IVU) in upper tract surveillance for primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder is contentious. We reviewed our intensive screening policy in the follow-up of these patients to ascertain if such a policy is required and if specific groups could be identified to rat...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hession P,Flynn P,Paul N,Goodfellow J,Murthy LN

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Percutaneous 14-gauge core biopsy (CB) guided by digital stereotactic mammography is now an established technique in the investigation of women with non-palpable suspicious mammographic lesions. Diagnostic sensitivity of CB is affected both by the nature of the mammographic abnormality and by the number of core sam...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Rich PM,Michell MJ,Humphreys S,Howes GP,Nunnerley HB

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether radiologists can accurately differentiate Wilms' tumours from other paediatric abdominal masses with renal involvement using modern imaging methods alone. METHODS:From February 1993 to June 1997, 23 patients presented to the Paediatric Oncology Service at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, E...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Scott DJ,Wallace WH,Hendry GM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the factors affecting patency of the hepatic artery during hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) with an implantable port system inserted percutaneously. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ninety patients with malignant hepatic tumours were given HAIC using percutaneous catheter placement. An end-hole ca...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Seki H,Kimura M,Yoshimura N,Yamamoto S,Ozaki T,Sakai K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital bronchial atresia (CBA) is a rare anomaly that results from a congenital focal obliteration of a proximal segmental or subsegmental bronchus with the normal development of distal structures. The short atretic segment leads to accumulation of mucus within the distal bronchi to form a bronchocoele and underve...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ward S,Morcos SK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiologists now commonly insert long-term indwelling right atrial catheters. The insertion of these catheters in patients with limited venous access is a challenging clinical problem. Our experience in dealing with patients with limited venous access from a series of 500 Hickman catheter insertions is presented, as a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Murphy JM,Wallis F,Molloy MP

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the short-term results of percutaneous stent placement in treating stenosis in the aorta caused by non-specific aortitis (Takayasu's disease). METHOD:Five patients were treated by this method, all of whom had uncontrolled hypertension, haemodynamically significant stenosis in the aorta and a clinically...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sharma S,Bahl VK,Saxena A,Kothari SS,Talwar KK,Rajani M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we illustrate the imaging findings of diseases in the subperitoneal space of the broad ligament and sigmoid mesocolon and discuss the pathways of subperitoneal spread of disease. The subperitoneal space of the broad ligament and sigmoid mesocolon is continuous with that of the parietal peritoneum overl...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hashimoto M,Okane K,Hirano H,Watarai J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of carbon granuloma are described following the instillation of carbon solution at the time of stereotactic fine needle aspiration for pre-operative localization of impalpable mammographic abnormalities. If the carbon track is not excised following carbon instillation the retained carbon may result in a gr...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Patrikeos A,Wylie EJ,Bourke A,Frost F

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antenatal diagnosis of lung abnormalities by ultrasound has been a much more frequent occurrence in recent years. There is a range of appearances from uniform increased echogenicity through to lesions containing large echo-free areas. Bilateral uniformly increased echogenicity has a poor outlook but in all other situa...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Pilling D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the incidence, characteristics and prognostic significance of calcification within colorectal hepatic metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of CT in 265 patients with locally advanced or metastatic cancer was performed. Four groups were defined: (a) calcification within liver met...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hale HL,Husband JE,Gossios K,Norman AR,Cunningham D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1994 and December 1996 72 patients were treated with 76 Gianturco oesophageal stents for oesophageal obstruction or perforation. The patients were followed prospectively in order to determine the effectiveness in improving dysphagia, to establish long term patency, survival times and complications. The...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Laasch HU,Nicholson DA,Kay CL,Attwood S,Bancewicz J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to compare the patient acceptability and the efficacy of two different agents for bowel preparation prior to double contrast barium enema. One-hundred and ninety-four outpatients were randomized to have either two sachets of Picolax or two bottles of Fleet Phospho-soda and restricted to clear ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Macleod AJ,Duncan KA,Pearson RH,Bleakney RR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of imaging in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is presented. The imaging features can be conveniently categorized according to whether the presenting complications are infective (bacterial, protozoal, or fungal), bronchiectasis, neoplastic (Kaposi's sarcoma, AIDS-related lymphoma, or lymphoproli...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Richards PJ,Armstrong P,Parkin JM,Sharma A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of breathing on the detection of small dense pulmonary nodules of threshold conspicuity by spiral computed tomography (SCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty pulmonary nodules of high density were created by endobronchial deployment of 2 and 4mm diameter beads in the peripheral airways of ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Coakley FV,Cohen MD,Johnson MS,Gonin R,Hanna MP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the reproducibility of measurement of carotid stenosis and assessment of plaque surface morphology on 1001 angiograms from a consecutive series of patients entered into the European Carotid Surgery Trial. Inter-observer agreement (Kappa statistic, 95% confidence interval (CI)) for categorization of carotid ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Rothwell PM,Gibson RJ,Villagra R,Sellar R,Warlow CP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients presenting with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) were referred for emergency transcatheter arterial embolization. Blood was present in the ascitic fluid on abdominal paracentesis in all 33 patients. Seventeen patients underwent emergency computed tomography (CT). HCCs were ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ngan H,Tso WK,Lai CL,Fan ST

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the radiological findings in 13 patients with histologically proven (n = 10) or clinically diagnosed (n = 3) lymphomas arising in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of the lung. These rare B-cell lymphomas typically follow an indolent course, and many cases are still being incorrectly described in curr...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： O'Donnell PG,Jackson SA,Tung KT,Hassan B,Wilkins B,Mead GM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Conventional CT demonstrates pathology of the thoracic aorta. This study aimed to evaluate the additional contributions to surgical planning of multiplanar reformatting, maximum intensity projections and three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction. DESIGN:Retrospective. SUBJECT AND METHODOLOGY: Fifty-three pat...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bradshaw KA,Pagano D,Bonser RS,McCafferty I,Guest PJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lower extremities was performed 5 years after the cessation of therapy on 25 children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Signal intensity pathologies considered to be related with the leukaemia itself or the treatment of ALL were found in nine of 25 chi...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ojala AE,Pääkkö E,Lanning FP,Harila-Saari AH,Lanning BM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the use of Tc-99m tetrofosmin as a breast imaging agent and to compare results of Tc-99m tetrofosmin scintimammography with plain-film mammography and pathological outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Forty-four patients (mean age, 51 years; range 26-79 years) with a palpable breast mass requiring fine nee...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Fenlon HM,Phelan N,Tierney S,Gorey T,Ennis JT

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retropharyngeal space is a potential route for the spread of infection and malignancy. We present patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and tongue with superior contiguous spread along the retropharyngeal space resulting in skull base erosion. The fascia defining the retropharyngeal space is attached...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Chong VF,Fan YF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become an important technique in the evaluation of a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions in children. The ability to image in multiple anatomic planes without the use of ionizing radiation has particular advantages. However scan times can be long, and the narrow bore an...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Pressdee D,May L,Eastman E,Grier D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess three-dimensional computed tomography 'bronchoscopic' (3-DCTB) reconstruction of routine CT data as a non-invasive method of airway visualization, and compare it with fibreoptic bronchoscopy (FOB). METHODS:Fourteen datasets were acquired from 13 patients undergoing both FOB and CT examination of th...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Chinn RJ,Yang GZ,Congleton J,Mellor J,Geddes DM,Hansell DM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal infection involving the pelvis has rarely been reported in infants. When such infections involve the pelvic muscles they are generally believed to result from secondary spread from adjacent structures. We report five cases of primary pelvic musculoskeletal infection affecting infants <1 year, all of wh...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Kearney SE,Carty H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to assess the ability of conventional lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate the pars interarticularis. The right and left L4 and L5 pars in 50 patients undergoing lumbar spine MRI for low back pain, with or without radiculopathy, were assessed and classified into four ty...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Saifuddin A,Burnett SJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging in differentiating phaeochromocytoma from other adrenal lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sixty-seven adrenal masses (65 patients) including 17 phaeochromocytomas were imaged using T2-weighted pulse sequences on 0.6 T and 1.5 T GE MR units. The adrenal lesions were q...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Varghese JC,Hahn PF,Papanicolaou N,Mayo-Smith WW,Gaa JA,Lee MJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and cause of axillary lymphadenopathy detected by screening mammography and to devise a management protocol for this pathology. In a retrospective study of 95,806 consecutive screening mammograms, 37 cases of 'pathological' axillary nodes were identified using two o...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Murray ME,Given-Wilson RM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantify how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) influences clinicians' diagnosis, diagnostic confidence and management plans in patients with shoulder problems. To investigate whether such changes are associated with an improvement in health. METHODS:A prospective observational study on all patients referr...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Blanchard TK,Mackenzie R,Bearcroft PW,Sinnatamby R,Gray A,Lomas DJ,Constant CR,Dixon AK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonographic examination (10 MHz) of 25 patients with cutaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of B-cell type (10 patients), of T-cell type (nine patients) and non-B non-T-cell type (six patients) demonstrated "diffuse' (11 patients) and "focal' patterns (14 patients): the former, which can be described as an homogeneous, hyp...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Giovagnorio F

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus has been reported in children more frequently than in adults [1-4]. The rarity of the lesion explains the low rate of recognition by the radiologist, especially because symptoms are non-specific in most cases. Clinically and radiologically, aneurysm of the ductal diverticulum can be c...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Taneja K,Gulati M,Jain M,Saxena A,Das B,Rajani M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morton's 'neuroma' is a painful focus of peri-neural fibrosis, which may affect the interdigital nerves of the feet. Clinical diagnosis and localization may be inaccurate. Computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been used to confirm the diagnosis pre-operatively. Recently, MRI us...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Williams JW,Meaney J,Whitehouse GH,Klenerman L,Hussein Z

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary angiography is in general regarded as a safe investigation with a low risk of serious complications. Unfortunately, a risk of serious complications exists, especially in patients with left main coronary artery disease or 3-vessel disease. The mortality rate ranges in different studies between 0.10% to 0.25%. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jansson K,Fransson SG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed our experience of the therapeutic role of radiology in Budd-Chiari syndrome. Patients with stenosis and/or occlusion of the main hepatic veins and/or inferior vena cava (IVC) are suitable for radiological intervention (35% in our series). Eighteen patients (mean age 37.4 years) have undergone radiological ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Griffith JF,Mahmoud AE,Cooper S,Elias E,West RJ,Olliff SP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To access concordance between radiological severity of aphthae and the more advanced features of Crohn's disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In 75 patients with an established diagnosis of Crohn's disease, we evaluated the radiological severity of colonic aphthae by meticulous double-contrast radiography. The degr...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hizawa K,Iida M,Aoyagi K,Fujishima M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duplication of the superficial femoral vein (SFV) is a normal variant seen in 20% of contrast phlebograms. Failure to identify thrombus in one limb of a SFV may lead to inappropriate management and subsequent complications. Colour Doppler imaging (CDI) is now the imaging technique of choice in the diagnosis of a deep ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Gordon AC,Wright I,Pugh ND

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of high field, endorectal MRI in the staging of localized prostate cancer has been the focus of many previous reports. We present our findings with a mid-field magnet. Twenty-two patients with clinically localized prostate cancer were prospectively staged with endorectal MRI using a 0.5 T magnet. All pati...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bates TS,Cavanagh PM,Speakman M,Gillatt DA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00