abstract：:The contribution of intravenous contrast medium to the final diagnosis was assessed in 300 patients undergoing routine axial computed tomography (CT) of the brain. Two-hundred-and-twelve patients presented with symptoms or signs suggesting focal intracranial pathology and 88 with non-focal features. A total of 110 pos...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bernard MS,Hourihan MD,Adams H

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malpositioned central venous catheters need to be repositioned so as to avoid local toxicity from chemotherapeutic and other agents and to prevent venous thrombosis. We describe a simple, safe and effective technique for repositioning silicone central venous catheters, by using a hand injection of sterile saline. It w...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Mahon T,Lawrence D Sr

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of congenital cerebral glioblastoma. The initial antenatal ultrasound scan showed a peripheral area of high reflectivity within the right cerebral hemisphere. A subsequent scan showed that the area of high reflectivity had increased in size to completely fill the hemisphere, with shift of the falx and...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： McConachie NS,Twining P,Lamb MP

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of nodal metastases was correlated retrospectively with the pathological examination in 28 patients with known head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, who underwent neck dissections. Three patients had bilateral neck dissections resulting in a total of 31 disse...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Carvalho P,Baldwin D,Carter R,Parsons C

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six patients in whom peripheral cavernous haemangioma was clinically suspected were examined by 99mTc red blood cell scintigraphy. Twenty-five of these patients had a palpable lump, and they also underwent an ultrasound examination. Seven patients also had computed tomography and angiography was performed in on...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bradley M,Stewart I,Metreweli C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis with gas-forming organisms, e.g. Clostridium perfringens and anaerobic streptococci occurred in three of 120 liver-transplant recipients (2.5%). The diagnosis was made in all three patients by bedside ultrasound, before blood cultures revealed bacterial growth. Floating high amplitude echoes within the extra- a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jantsch H,Barton P,Függer R,Lechner G,Graninger W,Waneck R,Winkler M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease is a rare, benign disorder characterized by proliferation of lymphoid tissue most commonly presenting as a solitary mediastinal mass. We discuss the radiological findings in a 10-year-old female child with a mesenteric Castleman tumour presenting with intermittent abdominal pain and a persistently el...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Garber SJ,Shaw DG

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a flat or concave left mid-cardiac border (the region of the left atrial appendage) on conventional postero-anterior chest radiographs as a predictor of the presence of thrombi in the left atrium or its appendage in 80 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis who subsequently...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sharma S,Kumar MV,Aggarwal S,Reddy VM,Kaul U,Rajani M,Venugopal P

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a woman with pulmonary metastatic disease from breast carcinoma who presented with features of pulmonary osteoarthropathy (HPOA). We document the unusual presentation with classical features of HPOA in the absence of finger clubbing and the response of the scintigraphic appearances to antitumor ch...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Davies RA,Darby M,Richards MA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of rectal gas is said to be a sign of Hirschsprung's disease, especially when there is also gaseous distension of the bowel proximally. This paper reviews 136 neonates who had plain abdominal radiographs. There were 83 patients with multiple examinations, of which 52 (63%) showed variability in the presenc...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bradley MJ,Pilling D

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms secondary to accidental injury are rare. We have seen eight lesions of this type in the last 10 years. The aneurysm was produced by blunt trauma in four patients, penetrating shrapnel injury in two, stabbing and electrical injury in one each. The left side was involved in seven pa...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sharma S,Rajani M,Mishra N,Sampathkumar A,Iyer KS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous abscess of the liver is rare and delay in diagnosis is common. The case of a 66-year-old Singaporean Chinese female with tuberculous liver abscess is reported. The abscess had an unusual septated ('honeycomb-like') ultrasonographic and computed tomographic appearance and the diagnosis was made with difficu...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Wilde CC,Kueh YK

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multiple tuberculomas of the spleen, detected as hypoechoic masses on ultrasound and subsequently proved at operation and histopathology, is presented. This was the only manifestation of the disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Kapoor R,Jain AK,Chaturvedi U,Saha MM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the findings of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in two cases of surgically proven benign cavernous haemangiomas of the mediastinum. Both techniques produced similar results, although both were non-diagnostic for haemangioma as was percutaneous needle biopsy, which was performed in one pati...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Schurawitzki H,Stiglbauer R,Klepetko W,Eckersberger F

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Askin tumour is a highly malignant primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET) of the chest wall occurring in children and young adults. We describe three cases to illustrate the clinical and radiological aspects of this tumour, which are not well documented. Patients present with a chest wall mass, pain and constitut...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Saifuddin A,Robertson RJ,Smith SE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is an x-linked defect of purine metabolism resulting in its classical form in major neurodevelopmental abnormality, hyperuricaemia, and hyperuricosuria. Uric acid calculi and crystalluria are common. Allopurinol is the main method of reducing serum and urinary uric acid levels, but results in ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Kenney IJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:111Indium (111In) WBC scintigraphy is an accurate method of assessing the extent of inflammatory bowel disease. A prospective study was performed to determine the correlation of ultrasound scanning with 111In WBC scintigraphy in the assessment of inflammatory bowel disease. Eighty-three indium and ultrasound scans wer...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Khaw KT,Saverymuttu SH,Joseph AE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of duplex ultrasound for the diagnosis and assessment of abdominal aortic dissection and visceral arterial involvement is discussed. Ultrasound is simple and non-invasive and may be superior to aortography in diagnosis; it should be performed after ultrasound assessment of the aortic root. It also provides an ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Thomas EA,Dubbins PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviews prospectively a series of 29 patients who were examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and discography for degenerative disc disease. All had persistent low-back pain and non-diagnostic initial investigations, including plain films, myelography and/or computed tomography (CT). The imaging chara...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Collins CD,Stack JP,O'Connell DJ,Walsh M,McManus FP,Redmond OM,Ennis JT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a solitary, painless, lytic lesion in the frontal bone in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. This was investigated with plain radiographs, computed tomography (CT), angiography and finally biopsy. Histology showed it to be a plasmacytoma. The radiological features of this lesion are discussed. Soli...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Wilson P,Chumas P,van der Walt JD

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labelling leucocytes with 99Tcm using hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) utilizes the advantages of technetium over indium in imaging inflammation. A retrospective study has been performed on 43 consecutive patients imaged with 99Tcm HMPAO labelled leucocytes in order to assess the reliability of the technique. Pa...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Reynolds JH,Graham D,Smith FW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who presented acutely to a neurosurgical unit with a mild left hemiparesis following mild trauma and an episode of hypotension. Computed tomography of the brain showed fresh partial thrombosis of a right parietal arteriovenous malformation. Subsequent angiography confirmed partial obliteration of a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Barker CS,Anslow PL

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed percutaneous angioplasty of the innominate and carotid arterial stenoses in a high risk patient with proximal disease involving the vessels arising from the aortic arch and seriously limiting blood flow to all four cerebral vessels. The patient also had severe left main and triple vessel coronary art...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sharma S,Kaul U,Misra N,Rajani M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of salmonella aortitis and aneurysm formation with subsequent necrosis of the arterial wall is described. Computed tomography is beneficial in diagnosis and management and should be carried out early in the course of illness. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jagjivan B,Nakielny RA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding had two visceral angiograms, the second of which demonstrated the hepatic veins in the late phase of the hepatic arterial injection. This observation led to the correct diagnosis of hepatic telangiectasia with arteriovenous shunting and the suspicion, subsequen...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sackier JM,Dawson P,Allison D,Spencer J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multifocal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XPN) in childhood diagnosed by ultrasound, computed tomography and needle biopsy is described. Following antibiotic therapy, ultrasound and a DMSA renal scintiscan showed no discernible scarring and restoration of function. This has not been previously described...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Hughes PM,Gupta SC,Thomas NB

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study 59 consecutive outpatients having double-contrast barium enemas (DCBE) were randomised into four groups. Each group had their enema performed at either a 15, 30, 45 or 60 minute interval following the end of a 1.5 litre cleansing water enema. Review of the films by two radiologists demonstrated ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Lee SH,Bartram CI

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with end-stage renal disease on long term dialysis may develop de novo renal cystic disease. We used ultrasound as a primary screening procedure for renal cysts in 71 patients. In seven patients (10%) the native kidneys could not be identified. In 35 patients renal cysts were identified indicating a prevalenc...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Manns RA,Burrows FG,Adu D,Michael J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical experience with the new technology of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has indicated that the procedure may produce anxiety in a number of patients, to the extent that occasionally a patient may be unwilling to undergo the procedure. A study of patients' subjective experiences of MRI was therefore conducted a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Thorp D,Owens RG,Whitehouse G,Dewey ME

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with pancreatic clonorchiasis were examined with endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. On each of the three cases there was diffuse irregular dilatation of tributaries of the pancreatic duct in the pancreatic tail. The main pancreatic duct and tributaries draining into the body and head portion were no...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Lim JH,Ko YT

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical guidelines for the selection of patients with head injuries for skull radiography, based on those formulated by the Royal College of Radiologists, were introduced into the Accident and Emergency department at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Before the guidelines were implemented 94 skull X-rays were obtained ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Clarke JA,Adams JE

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery are presented. The variable clinical and radiographic features of this rare tumour are described with particular emphasis on its ability to mimic pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Britton PD

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and diagnostic efficacy of iopentol 300 mg I/ml were compared with iohexol 300 mg I/ml in 300 patients submitted for urography. The study was carried out as a double-blind, randomised parallel study where 149 patients received iopentol and 150 patients iohexol. There were no significant differences between ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Rasmussen F,Dyreborg U,Larsen C,Waaler A,Tove Kristofferson D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been made of the MRI findings of 17 studies in 16 patients with osteomyelitis: eight studies were performed in patients with acute osteomyelitis, six in chronic and three in healed osteomyelitis. Soft tissues, cortex and marrow were assessed in all patients. The best predictors of acute osteomyelitis ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Cohen MD,Cory DA,Kleiman M,Smith JA,Broderick NJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is disagreement in the literature about the radiological appearance of the central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) of the jaws. A review of 26 cases of CGCG was undertaken with the aim of resolving this. CGCG were found over a wide age range but most occurred in the 2nd and 3rd decades. Females were more frequently ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Horner K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis or aseptic necrosis is well-recognised in certain sites. We report two patients, both with predisposing factors, who developed avascular necrosis of the hemipelvis which was bilateral in one case. In each patient the diagnosis was not suspected clinically. In the initial phase, bone scintigraphy showed d...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Sissons GR,Hayward MW

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 64-year-old man who presented with unilateral pulsatile exophthalmos is described. A defect in the supero-medial wall of the orbit and an extraconal low density mass were demonstrated by orbital radiographs and CT. Positive contrast CT cisternography confirmed the diagnosis of a leptomeningeal cyst. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Abernethy LJ,Whittle IR,Sellar RJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases are reported in which accidental inhalation of barium contrast medium occurred owing to disordered swallowing in elderly women. In each case there was a pulmonary inflammatory reaction followed within a few hours by death. Experimental and clinical reports of barium inhalation are reviewed and the hazard of ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Gray C,Sivaloganathan S,Simpkins KC

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomographic (CT) findings in two cases of hepatic oil embolism following lymphangiography are described. Both patients had lymphatic obstruction and opacification of the liver due to collateral flow of lymphangiographic contrast. Computed tomography of the liver showed a distinctive branching pattern due to t...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Lorigan JG,Libshitz HI

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 4 years we have treated four patients with extensive mediastinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). None had extrathoracic disease and they were clinically stage I-II. All received intensive combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy resulting in good response. Nevertheless, when treatment was completed, com...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Uematsu M,Kondo M,Tsutsui T,Murase T,Yorozu A,Hiramatsu H,Fujii H,Hashimoto S

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00