Journal of Clinical Imaging Science

Vascular closure devices (VCDs) are being increasingly used for achieving hemostasis after diagnostic and therapeutic endovascular procedures. Although uncommon, complications may be encountered which are associated with the use of these VCDs. We report four cases where the use of Angio-Seal (Terumo, Somerset, New Jersey, USA) was followed by complications. Three cases presented with acute limb ischemia, among them, two patients had arterial occlusion at the vascular access site and one patient had embolization of the footplate anchor of the closure device...

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in a global shortage of iodinated contrast media. Therefore, alternative imaging protocols were devised to evaluate patients arriving to the emergency department (ED) with suspicion of pulmonary embolism (PE). This quality assurance (QA) aims to compare diagnostic potential between alternative magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) protocol over the gold standard computed tomography angiography (CTA) by evaluating MRA imaging quality, scanner type/imaging sequence, and any risk of misdiagnosis in patients with symptoms of PE...

OBJECTIVES: This study assesses the safety and efficacy of balloon-assisted gastrostomy (BAG) compared to conventional techniques using dilators. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A single-center retrospective review of all fluoroscopically-guided percutaneous gastrostomy tube insertions from July 2017 to September 2020 was performed. Two hundred and seventy-three patients were included in this study, with 183 patients and 90 patients in the BAG and dilator groups, respectively...

Multiple myeloma (MM) presenting as multiple hypervascular nodular hepatic infiltration is rare. We report a case of liver involvement of MM in 62-year-old woman presenting as multiple hepatic nodules with arterial enhancement and delayed washout. As in our case, the inclusion of MM in the differential diagnosis of multiple hypervascular hepatic nodules should be considered despite of its rarity.

OBJECTIVES: Given emerging data suggesting that uncertainty in the relative biologic effectiveness at the distal end of the Bragg peak results in increased mucosal injury in patients with oropharynx cancer receiving adjuvant proton therapy, we evaluated the results of post-treatment positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with p16-positive oropharynx cancer (p16+OPC) treated with definitive intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of patients with p16+OPC treated with definitive IMPT between 2016 and 2022 was performed at a single institution...

Penetrating injury can cause pseudoaneurysm which can then affect nerve compression. Although rare, penetrating injuries leading to ulnar artery pseudoaneurysm (UAP) are implicated slightly more frequently than other upper extremity arterial segments. Manual compression, thrombin injections, and surgical reconstruction are typically chosen to effect repair. Conversely, peripheral stent-graft implantation has rarely been reported as an option to exclude upper extremity pseudoaneurysm. We describe a case of a 25-year-old male who was stabbed, presented with signs of ulnar nerve compression, and in whom UAP was instead discovered and treated by stent-graft deployment...

Small-cell cancer is an uncommon histological subtype of neuroendocrine carcinoma. It frequently has a poor prognosis because of distant metastasis. It is diagnosed using histopathological and immunohistochemical tests. We report the case of a 29-year-old female with small-cell cancer in the perihilar bile duct who presented with bleeding esophageal varices. This case report aims to improve physicians' understanding of small-cell cancer, thereby helping to reduce the frequency of missed clinical diagnoses.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (AIFRS) at presentation and on follow-up imaging when patients receive treatment with systemic antifungal therapy and surgical debridement. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of imaging data from a cohort of patients diagnosed with AIFRS during the second wave of COVID-19 in single tertiary referral hospital in South India between March 2021 and May 2021 ( n = 68)...

Liposarcoma is the most common primary retroperitoneal sarcoma in adults. We report the case of an 86-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with frequent falls and unexplained weight loss that was found to have a cystic retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma. Initial computed tomography revealed a large heterogeneous complex cystic hypoenhancing lesion in the left retroperitoneum. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates a multilocular cystic mass with microscopic lipid content, diffusion restriction, and enhancing nodular soft-tissue components...

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, is an uncommon benign disorder characterized by the accumulation of activated histiocytes in affected tissues. While RDD typically involves lymph nodes, it may manifest as extranodal involvement. Breast involvement is an exceedingly rare presentation of this condition with <100 reported cases worldwide. This report presents a case of RDD in a 58-year-old male patient who presented with a palpable breast mass. Mammography and ultrasound imaging studies raised concerns for malignancy, prompting a breast biopsy...

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the value of magnetic resonance perfusion (MR perfusion) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MR spectroscopy) in 3.0-Tesla magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) for differential diagnosis of glioblastoma (GBM) and solitary brain metastasis (SBM). MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study involved 36 patients, including 24 cases of GBM and 12 of SBM diagnosed using histopathology. All patients underwent a 3.0-Tesla MRI examination with pre-operative MR perfusion and MR spectroscopy...

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OBJECTIVES: Using virtual reality (VR), students of radiography can practice acquisition and positioning of musculoskeletal radiographs and get immediate feedback on their performance within the simulator. The purpose of this study was to assess usability of a newly developed VR simulator and to explore self-perceived clinical readiness (SPCR) of radiography students before and after training acquisition of wrist radiographs in the VR simulator. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective methodology was applied where the students ( n = 10) estimated their own SPCR in regard to acquisition of wrist radiographs pre- and post-VR training...

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare finding of histologically benign smooth muscle tumors in extrauterine locations, most commonly the lungs. We report a case of BML found incidentally on pre-operative imaging in a 42-year-old patient. BML is found in premenopausal women with a history of leiomyoma and, often, hysterectomy. As in our case, the metastatic pulmonary nodules are not hypermetabolic on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computed tomography. BML may be clinically malignant or asymptomatic...

To evaluate the feasibility of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in children with portal hypertensive complications, PubMed and Cochrane Library were queried to identify clinical studies evaluating TIPS in patients <18 years old. Baseline clinical characteristics, laboratory values, and clinical outcomes were extracted. Eleven observational studies totaling 198 subjects were included in the study. The pooled technical success rate and hemodynamic success rate were 94% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 86-99%) and 91% (95% CI: 82-97%), respectively; ongoing variceal bleeding resolved in 99...

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of "intraluminal arterial transit artifact" in the prediction of intracranial large artery stenosis and to determine if this finding is predictive of ischemic stroke in the territory of the involved artery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The presence of arterial transit artifact (ATA) within the lumen of an intracranial large vessel was noted on three-dimensional time of flight (3D-TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) (ATA group)...

Microglandular adenosis (MGA) and atypical microglandular adenosis (AMGA) are intensely rare and distinctive forms of adenosis of the breast, usually occurring in middle-aged women. Carcinoma arising in MGA is an extremely rare subtype of breast carcinoma, and most reported cases are of invasive carcinoma. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are accurate imaging modalities for diagnosing these abnormalities. Our goal in this article was to report a rare instance of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) arising from MGA and AMGA in a very young Vietnamese woman who presented with a palpable mass in her right breast for 1 month...

The peritoneum is a large serosal membrane enveloping the abdomen and pelvic organs and forming the peritoneal cavity. This complex relationship forms many named abdominopelvic spaces, which are frequently involved in infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, and traumatic pathologies. The knowledge of this anatomy is essential to the radiologist to localize and describe the extent of the disease accurately. This manuscript provides a comprehensive pictorial review of the peritoneal anatomy to describe pathologic fluid and gas...

The aim of this report is to describe our experience in managing cases of difficult inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval with emphasis on different advanced retrieval techniques. We report three cases of difficult IVC filter retrieval at our institution. We included three patients age ranging from 42 to 72 years. Two of the cases were presenting with the lower limb deep vein thrombosis and one of the cases had pulmonary embolism and they all had Retrievable Celect Platinum IVC filter (Cook Medical, Bloomington, Ind...

Dual-energy computed tomography (CT) systems have undergone significant evolution and advancements in technology since they came into clinical practice in 2006. The basic principle of dual-energy is comparing the attenuation of different materials when exposed to high and low energy levels. In this article, we provide a brief overview of the basics of dual-energy CT systems, a pictorial review of commonly encountered abdominal conditions, and its role as a trouble-shooter in various diagnostic difficulties.