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Bing–Neel syndrome presenting with bilateral lumbar radiculopathy: A case report of a rare clinical entity [Síndrome de Bing-Neel que se presenta con radiculopatía lumbar bilateral: reporte de caso de una entidad clínica rara]
(2022)The differential diagnosis of bilateral lower extremity weakness is broad. We present a very rare case of a 48-year old male patient, with walking difficulties due to Bing–Neel syndrome. On clinical examination, there was ... -
Black holes and high levels of neurofilaments in glial fibrillary acidic protein – astrocytopathy: a case report
(2020)Background and purpose: Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is an intracellular protein of the astrocytic cytoskeleton. Recently, autoantibodies to GFAP detected by cell-based assay in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum ... -
Celiac Trunk and Hepatic Arteries: Anatomical Variations of Liver Arterial Supply as Detected with Multidetector Computed Tomography in 1,520 Patients and its Clinical Importance
(2020)Hepatic arterial variations are relatively common, but usually overlooked by radiologists, leading to iatrogenic complications or prolonging interventional or surgical procedures. Michels in 1966 classified hepatic arterial ... -
Comparison of 3D ultrasound, 2D ultrasound and 3D Doppler in the diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in patients with uterine bleeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2022)Endometrial cancer is a common malignancy affecting women worldwide. Usually, it clinically manifests with uterine bleeding, although identical clinical manifestations occur in benign conditions as well, with several ... -
Concurrent cardiac sarcoidosis and obstructive sleep apnea presenting as arrhythmias
(2020)Background: Cardiac involvement is a rare and potentially fatal presentation of sarcoidosis. Obstructive sleep apnea may complicate sarcoidosis. Case presentation: We report a case of a sarcoidosis patient with cardiac ... -
Conjugate eye deviation as predictor of acute cortical and subcortical ischemic brain lesions
(2016)Objectives Non-enhanced computed tomography (NECT) of the brain is used to exclude intracranial hemorrhage in patients who are considered for treatment with tissue plasminogen activator due to stroke symptoms. However, ... -
The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance angiography for blunt vertebral artery injury detection in trauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2017)The role of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the evaluation of patients with blunt vertebral artery has not been fully established. Our aim is to define the diagnostic accuracy of MRA in comparison to digital ... -
Exploiting morphology and texture of 3D tumor models in DTI for differentiating glioblastoma multiforme from solitary metastasis
(2018)Ambiguous imaging appearance of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) and solitary Metastasis (MET) is a challenge to conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based diagnosis, leading to exploitation of advanced MRI techniques, ... -
A Giant Tarlov Cyst Presenting with Hydronephrosis in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
(2019)Background: Giant Tarlov cysts are always symptomatic and mimic many serious pathologic entities. We present the largest, to our knowledge, reported Tarlov cyst. Case Description: A 33-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome ... -
Heterogeneity of Baló’s concentric sclerosis: a study of eight cases with different therapeutic concepts
(2020)Background: Baló’s Concentric Sclerosis (BCS) is a rare heterogeneous demyelinating disease with a variety of phenotypes on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Existing literature lacks data especially on the therapeutic ... -
High-risk pituitary adenomas and strategies for predicting response to treatment
(2022)High-risk pituitary adenomas are aggressive. They show clinical and imaging features similar to those of carcinomas, including infiltration of the surrounding brain structures, but lack cerebrospinal or systemic metastases. ... -
Imaging of traumatic lesions of abdominal viscera
(2002)Trauma to the abdomen accounts for approximately 10% of trauma deaths. The injury may be blunt or penetrating. Abdominal organs are frequently injured from blunt trauma. Rapid acceleration-deceleration of abdominal viscera ... -
A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes
(2017)Spondylodiscitis, the inflammation of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk space, is the reason for low back pain in a minority of cases. This is caused by various pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is ... -
Machine Learning in Meningioma MRI: Past to Present. A Narrative Review
(2022)Meningioma is one of the most frequent primary central nervous system tumors. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is the standard radiologic technique for provisional diagnosis and surveillance of meningioma, it ... -
MR angiogram confirms sustained blood flow in 1,2 ICSR artery of vascularized bone grafting in scaphoid nonunion treatment
(2019)Purpose: To evaluate the functioning of 1,2 intercompartmental supraretinacular artery (ICSRA) in vascularized bone grafting (VBG) of scaphoid nonunions with avascular necrosis of proximal pole. Materials and methods: ... -
Multi-parametric MRI lesion heterogeneity biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis
(2020)Purpose: To identify intra-lesion imaging heterogeneity biomarkers in multi-parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mpMRI) for breast lesion diagnosis. Methods: Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) and Diffusion Weighted Imaging ... -
Primary Gross Tumor Volume (pGTV) and Tumor Response in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer (LARC). Is There Any Correlation?
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Procedural recommendations of cardiac PET/CT imaging: standardization in inflammatory-, infective-, infiltrative-, and innervation (4Is)-related cardiovascular diseases: a joint collaboration of the EACVI and the EANM
(2021)With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with dysfunctional innervation (4Is). This ... -
Recurrent episodes of syncope requiring pacemaker implantation as an initial presentation of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
(2020)Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD) can manifest with a variety of heterogeneous symptoms, mainly encompassing optic neuritis, acute myelitis and area postrema syndrome (hiccups, nausea, and vomiting). Syncopal ... -
Recurrent Pleuritic Chest Pain, Lobar Consolidation, and Pleural Effusion in a 50-Year-Old Woman
(2022)Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman with a history of permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) 6 months ago was admitted to the respiratory department of a tertiary hospital ...