abstract：:Hepatic arterial embolisation was performed in six patients with malignant carcinoid tumours; five with the carcinoid syndrome and the other with intractable pain due to pleural and hepatic metastases. A total of 11 embolisations was performed, each time producing noticeable symptomatic relief, especially of facial fl...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Odurny A,Birch SJ

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinical use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) it may be more important to understand some of the technical aspects of the imaging technique, rather than the fundamental physical principles. This review, therefore, sets out to present the essential aspects of the technique, including T1 and T2 relaxation time...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Smith MA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed in 138 consecutive patients referred for small-bowel examination to evaluate the use of the pneumocolon when there was poor demonstration of the terminal ileum. One hundred and twenty-two patients were examined by enteroclysis (small-bowel enema) and 16 by small-bowel meal. Pneumocolo...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Fitzgerald EJ,Thompson GT,Somers SS,Franic SF

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 167 patients with Hodgkin's disease seen in a single centre between December 1972 and December 1982, only one has developed a myelodysplastic state. Between 1972 and 1977, therapy consisted of radiotherapy alone for early-stage disease, combined-modality treatment for intermediate-stage disease and chemotherapy alo...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Proctor SJ,Evans RG

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 50 successive in-patients with normal blood urea levels who received ioxaglate (Hexabrix 320; May & Baker Ltd), 60% showed gall-bladder opacification 12-25 h later. None of these patients had been asked to fast after receiving the ioxaglate. This has not been reported previously with any of the presently available ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Udeshi UL

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) have become primary methods of evaluating patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Arteriography may be necessary for further assessment. We have recently investigated two patients with complicated abdominal aortic aneurysms, one patient with Marfan's syndrome and the other wit...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Barter SJ,Hicks IP,Hartnell GG,Leung AW

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of squamous-cell carcinoma arising in dental cysts are presented. A review of the literature reveals that this is a rare condition and experience of treatment by radiotherapy is limited. The cases reported were controlled locally by external beam megavoltage radiotherapy with no significant long-term morbidi...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Pearcey RG

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of optimal visualisation by the use of multiple projections in lower limb angiography is stressed. This is particularly relevant to the safe and effective performance of percutaneous angioplasty; illustrative examples are presented. ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Procter AE,Cumberland DC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage under ultrasonic guidance was performed in 38 patients with obstructive jaundice due to malignancy (49 intubations). The method was used for palliation in 33 patients and for pre-operative drainage because of cholangitis in five patients. Puncture of the left lobar ducts was ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Laméris JS,Obertop H,Jeekel J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption of vitamin B12 and of a synthetic bile acid analogue 75SeHCAT was measured simultaneously in 26 patients presenting with persistent diarrhoea following pelvic irradiation for treatment of carcinoma of the cervix. Four groups were identified, namely patients with isolated bile acid malabsorption, patient...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ludgate SM,Merrick MV

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-kilovoltage (kV) radiography of the chest using an air gap results in magnification of the heart and thorax despite the use of a longer focus-to-film distance. One hundred patients had their recent high-kV chest radiograph compared with their previous low-kV film. There was a significant increase in all cardiac p...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Perry NM,Irfan AY,Simmons SP,Thomas JM,Rees RS

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this George Simon Lecture, I have tried to present a simplistic yet philosophical approach to the physiological processes of adaptation of circulatory and respiratory function in response to pathophysiological challenge. The objective of the body is to achieve a normal ventilation-perfusion ratio of 1 in order to o...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Grainger RG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy of the length of the spinal column presents various clinical and physical problems. The completed plan may be complicated to set up, be time-consuming and require daily variation to achieve reasonable dose homogeneity. A case of medulloblastoma is used to illustrate the steps in producing a plan for ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Tate T,Brace JA,Davy TJ,Morgan HM,Skeggs DB,Tookman AJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal radiological surveys in 161 renal transplant recipients identified 36 patients with 115 lesions of osteonecrosis. A further two patients with osteonecrosis found at autopsy had had no radiographic abnormality. The total incidence of osteonecrosis was, therefore, 38 (24%) out of 161. The lesions were frequentl...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Davidson JK,Tsakiris D,Briggs JD,Junor BJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five adult females with swelling, tenderness and similar sclerotic changes of the sternal end of the clavicle are presented. They were recognised during a 10-year period, suggesting that the condition is rare and may be misdiagnosed. In three patients strain of the sternoclavicular joint seemed to be an aetiological f...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jurik AG,De Carvalho A,Graudal H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been undertaken between conventional radiographic imaging and computed tomography (CT) in 35 patients with testicular teratoma as part of an audit of our investigative approach to staging and follow-up. The CT examination included alternate cuts from the carina of the trachea to the lung bases as the ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Chisholm EM,Shiels RA,Jones WG,Robinson PJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of 127 urethrocystograms carried out on 92 males with spinal cord injury the following conclusions were drawn. (1) In the presence of vesico-ureteric reflux or urethral reflux into the male adnexa, bladder outlet obstruction should be suspected. (2) Lesions of the anterior urethra develop easily as the res...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ruutu M,Kivisaari A,Lehtonen T

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is made of the assessments of the magnitude of harm arising from diagnostic X-ray exposures. Factors influencing the effect of radiation are described. Financial values are estimated for the harm, both from carcinogenesis and genetic injury. The chance of injury to an individual patient is small and the numbe...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Russell JG

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with peripheral vascular disease had the popliteal artery segment assessed by xeroangiography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning. The result of each test was compared with conventional contrast arteriography. Nuclear magnetic resonance and xeroangiography correctly predicted popliteal a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Reynolds JR,Mikulin T,Hopkinson BR,Makin GS,Keen DM,Worthington BS,Amar SS,Gregson RH,Gyngell ML

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings in 50 patients examined by computed tomography (CT) of the pituitary fossa are described. The appearances in 43 were judged to be abnormal, four were normal and three were 'doubtful'. Abnormal features included deviation of the pituitary stalk (seven), localised increased enhancement after intravenous inj...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Carr DH,Sandler LM,Joplin GF

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anterior cruciate ligaments of 20 patients with suspected pathology in one ligament were studied by thin-section computed tomography (CT) and reformating techniques. In 19 patients, the suspect anterior cruciate ligament was abnormal and this was confirmed by subsequent arthroscopy or arthrotomy in thirteen. Thin-...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Rickards D,Chapman JA

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiopharmaceuticals gallium-67 and indium-111 labelled leucocytes have been compared in 15 patients with a painful joint prosthesis in an attempt to identify those patients with periprosthetic infection. Gallium-67 images were abnormal in five out of six patients with periprosthetic infection and normal in seven ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： McKillop JH,McKay I,Cuthbert GF,Fogelman I,Gray HW,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims and objectives of radiological teaching to clinical medical students at one teaching hospital are defined and the methods of achieving these using systematic small group tutorials are described. The objectives of the course are to enable a newly qualified doctor to request radiological investigations sensibly...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jeans WD,Davies ER

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-voltage neck radiography and indirect laryngoscopy was performed in 22 randomly selected rheumatoid patients with the purpose of detecting intralaryngeal arthritis. Radiographic evidence of erosive arthritis of the crico-arytenoid (CA) joints was found in 45% of the patients. Clinical acute CA arthritis without er...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Jurik AG,Pedersen U

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of computed tomography (CT) in radiotherapy treatment planning was assessed in a series of 231 patients in whom treatment was planned with radical intent. For each patient, a treatment plan was produced by the best conventional techniques in use at the Middlesex Hospital. Each patient then underwent a CT scan...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Adam EJ,Berry RJ,Clitherow S,Bedford A

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with bullous emphysema for which surgery was being considered have been investigated with computed tomography (CT). In six out of nine patients (67%) CT showed more extensive disease or bilateral disease where only unilateral was suspected from postero-anterior and lateral chest radiographs. Only one pat...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Carr DH,Pride NB

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and radiological presentation of four cases of spontaneous aorto-caval fistula is described. This is an unusual complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm and presents with abdominal pain, a pulsatile abdominal mass and an abdominal bruit. Our cases illustrate the variable clinical presentation, outline...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Gregson RH,Sutton D,Brennan J,Small PG,O'Sullivan E

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histological review of 271 cases of nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease, patients presenting with clinical Stage I, II and III disease but not subjected to a staging laparotomy, has been undertaken. Cases were categorised according to the cytological appearances of the cellular nodules and the degree of sclerosis w...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Bennett MH,MacLennan KA,Easterling MJ,Vaughan Hudson B,Jelliffe AM,Vaughan Hudson G

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiologically demonstrable abnormalities of the duodenum are common in cystic fibrosis and are most prevalent in the second part of the duodenum. Out of 14 upper gastrointestinal barium studies performed on patients with cystic fibrosis over a period of 10 years, radiographic abnormalities of the duodenum were found ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Phelan MS,Fine DR,Zentler-Munro PL,Hodson ME,Batten JC,Kerr IH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study, followed by a retrospective audit, was made of the radiographs and clinical features of 225 consecutive neonates with abdominal distension presenting during a period of 4 years. More than one major cause for the distension was found in a third of cases. Excluding cases of ano-rectal atresia, diagn...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Carty H,Brereton RJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, radiological and histological findings are described in nine cases of infiltrating epitheliosis. In seven cases the mammogram revealed 2.5-5.0 cm discoid radial scars which conformed with the histological features and there was no associated significant clinical abnormality. It can be difficult to differ...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Price JL,Thomas BA,Gibbs NM

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with late-onset Bochdalek's hernia are presented. All three had obstruction of the herniated bowel and, in two patients, this was complicated by strangulation and necrosis. The spectrum of roentgenographic manifestation included obvious findings of bowel in the chest in one patient; in another, the find...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Gaisie G,Young LW,Oh KS

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sinographic appearances in 18 long bones of 14 consecutive patients with sickle-cell anaemia and chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis were studied prospectively; the observed features were compared with the plain radiographic and operative findings. Four sinographic patterns were noted: (1) infected bone cavities w...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Ebong WW,Lagundoye SB,Iyun KO

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal fat distribution has been compared in 25 men and 25 women by computed tomography (CT) at the level of the umbilicus. Men have significantly more fat within the abdominal cavity. Women have similar total fat, but store a greater proportion of it in their subcutaneous tissues. For this reason, abdominal CT may...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Dixon AK

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 333 out-patients assessed the accuracy of determining colonic cleansing from the plain abdominal radiograph. The results indicate that the amount of colon contaminated with faeces was significantly underestimated and the difference in efficacy between the best and worst preparation regimens coul...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： de Lacey G,Wilkins R,Cramer B,Benson M,Spencer J,Mitchell R

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 19 patients treated for nephroblastoma between 1945 and 1978 by nephrectomy and radiotherapy with chemotherapy showed a marked improvement in cure rate in recent years. In the decade from 1950 to 1960 there are four survivors. From 1960 to 1970, there are nine survivors from 25 cases and since 1970 there a...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Smith R,Davidson JK,Flatman GE

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare benign neoplasm of bone with a predominant incidence in the second and third decades of life. The commonest site is on either side of the knee joint. There is often endosteal sclerosis, well-defined scalloping and other benign features, although the cortex may be destroyed. It is common...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Beggs IG,Stoker DJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Either radionuclide or contrast venography, or both, were performed in nine patients 2 months to 4 years after insertion of Mobin-Uddin caval umbrella filter for prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism. In six patients the cava was occluded, and three major groups of collaterals were observed (central, intermediate...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Couper NT,Robinson PJ,Hall TJ,Kester RC

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearances on computed tomography (CT) of the normal and abnormal superior sagittal sinuses are presented. The varied patterns of non-enhanced and enhanced normal superior sagittal sinuses are correlated with and reflect the findings of anatomical dissection. Cases of abnormal superior sagittal sinus include thro...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Zilkha A,Stenzler SA,Lin JH

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of the effect of oral and intravenous hyoscine N butylbromide (Buscopan) on the dimensions of the large bowel during double contrast barium enema (DCBE) examination was made and compared with corresponding measurements without Buscopan. It was found that 20 mg oral Buscopan did not alter colon...

journal_title：Clinical radiology

authors： Lee JR

更新日期：1982-05-03 00:00:00