 | Malfunctioning central venous catheters in children: a diagnostic approach. |  Fig9: Fluoroscopic image of a tunnelled catheter in a 2-year-old child. The catheter has twisted in the soft tissues of the neck, causing the catheter tip to be partially withdrawn (arrow)Bottom Line: Central venous access is increasingly becoming the domain of the radiologist, both in terms of the insertion of central venous catheters (CVCs) and in the subsequent management of these lines.This article seeks to provide an overview of the CVC types available... | Barnacle A, Arthurs OJ, Roebuck D, Hiorns MP - Pediatr Radiol (2007) |
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 | Percutaneous coronary intervention in two patients with a solitary coronary artery from the right coronary... |  Figure 2: Right anterior oblique view of the common coronary artery and its branches with critical disease in the proximal LM artery.Bottom Line: Two patients with a common coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva, who underwent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention following an acute coronary syndrome, are presented.The anatomic description based on previously published... | AlFaleh HF - Ann Saudi Med (2011 Nov-Dec) |
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 | Prevention of trocar site incisional hernia following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. |  Figure 1: Ventral hernia.Bottom Line: In all patients, 10x15-cm ePTFE was used.No single incidence of trocar-site incisional hernia occurred during a mean follow-up of 2 years.Three (8.57%) patients developed complications and no mortality was reported.The mesh introduction through the port, which... | Hussain A, Mahmood H, Shuaib S, El-Hasani S - JSLS (2008 Apr-Jun) |
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 | Expression of NM23 in human melanoma progression and metastasis. |  Bottom Line: All metastatic melanoma samples (5/5) were positively stained.No relationship was apparent between NM23 immunoreactivity in primary tumours and their aggressiveness or prognosis.Hence, in contrast to the situation described for murine melanoma, the amount of... | Easty DJ, Maung K, Lascu I, Véron M, Fallowfield ME, et al. - Br. J. Cancer (1996) |
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 | Scimitar syndrome in infancy. |  Figure 3: Aortogram following single coil occlusion of the aortopulmonary collateral vessel.Bottom Line: Not Available. | Sreeram N, Pretel E, Pillekamp F, Bennink G - Images Paediatr Cardiol (2008) |
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 | Imaging-guided Parenchymal Liver Biopsy: How We Do It. |  Figure 8: Frontal fluoroscopic image demonstrates a catheter seen within the right hepatic vein during a transjugular liver biopsy.Bottom Line: Ultrasound (US) guidance is currently considered the most cost-effective and safe way to perform parenchymal liver biopsies.We describe the algorithm followed at our institution for performing percutaneous US-guided parenchymal liver biopsy.While clinical societies... | Vijayaraghavan GR, David S, Bermudez-Allende M, et al. - J Clin Imaging Sci (2011) |
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 | Retroperitoneal haemorrhage in renal angiomyolipoma causing hepatic functional decompensation: a case... |  Figure 3: Selective right renal artery angiogram demonstrates abnormal vessels containing areas of aneurysmal dilatation supplying the lower pole angiomyolipoma.Bottom Line: Renal angiomyolipomata usually present as incidental findings on routine imaging, but rarely they may give rise to significant haemorrhage.Selective embolisation of the lesion was performed with a good subsequent outcome.Such functional hepatic decompensation... | Wajed JR, Taylor-Robinson SD, Jackson JE, et al. - J Med Case Rep (2007) |
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 | Image-guided facet joint injection. |  Figure 1: Diagrammatic representation of facet joint anatomy.Bottom Line: Like any synovial joint degeneration, inflammation and injury can lead to pain on motion, initiating a vicious cycle of physical deconditioning, irritation of facet innervations and muscle spasm.Image-guided injection of local anesthetic and steroid into or... | Peh W - Biomed Imaging Interv J (2011) |
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 | Testicular effects of phthalate esters. |  Bottom Line: The testicular effects produced by di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in the rat, characterized by a decrease in the relative organ weight and histological changes in the seminiferous tubules, can also be produced by di-n-butyl, di-n-pentyl and di-n-hexyl phthalates.Phthalate-induced... | Gangolli SD - Environ. Health Perspect. (1982) |
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 | Management of immature teeth with apical infections using mineral trioxide aggregate. |  Figure 1: Radiograph of 21 (tooth no. 9) revealing an incomplete endodontic procedure with calcium hydroxide powder dressing and deteriorated interim restoration of the access cavityBottom Line: The traditional management technique in such cases has been apexification involving induction of a calcific barrier at the apex using calcium hydroxide, which in turn facilitates obturation of the root canal.However this becomes complicated when there is persistent... | Nuvvula S, Melkote TH, Mohapatra A, Nirmala S - Contemp Clin Dent (2010) |
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 | Double fossilization in eukaryotic microorganisms from Lower Cretaceous amber. |  Figure 4: Trabecular distribution of pyrite microcrystals in a small flagellate. Scale bar 20 μm.Bottom Line: Abundant pyritized vegetal debris have also been found inside the amber nuggets and the surrounding sediments.Pyritization in protists shows a quite different pattern with regard to plants, due to the different composition and cellular architecture in these... | Martín-González A, Wierzchos J, Gutiérrez JC, et al. - BMC Biol. (2009) |
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 | Percutaneous coronary intervention in two patients with a solitary coronary artery from the right coronary... |  Figure 4: Left anterior oblique of the common coronary artery and its branches with critical disease the proximal RCA, and mid/distal anomalous LCX.Bottom Line: Two patients with a common coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva, who underwent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention following an acute coronary syndrome, are presented.The anatomic description based on previously published... | AlFaleh HF - Ann Saudi Med (2011 Nov-Dec) |
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 | Three-dimensional rotational angiography in murine models: a technical note. |  f2-cln64_12p1234: 2D Angiographic image of aortic bifurcation. Superimposition and overlapping determine loss of three-dimensional information; for example, it is impossible to resolve the angle of bifurcation of the arteriesBottom Line: Not Available. | Ortiz-Velázquez RI, Caldas JG, Lobo BC, Santos-Franco JA, et al. - Clinics (Sao Paulo) (2009) |
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 | Synchronized bilateral percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in a horseshoe kidney. |  Figure 0001: Pre operative KUB showing bilateral staghorn stonesBottom Line: STONE MANAGEMENT IN HORSESHOE KIDNEYS IS CHALLENGING: percutaneous nephrolithotripsy is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of large stones within horseshoe kidneys.Simultaneous bilateral PCNL has been described with a single surgeon operating sequentially... | Rao RK, Ranganath MS, Prasad TK - Indian J Urol (2008) |
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 | Intrapericardial extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as a prenatal intrathoracic mass. |  Fig4: Pulmonary angiogram showing the feeding artery originating from the right pulmonary artery in a frontal projection. Arrow indicates the feeding vesselBottom Line: The mass was electively resected via sternotomy 3 weeks after the birth.To the authors' knowledge, this is the earliest described detection of such a lesion.Furthermore, this article reports the unique finding of a feeding vessel from the right pulmonary artery. | de Vreede I, Bilardo CM, van Rijn RR, Clur SA, et al. - Pediatr Cardiol (2008) |
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 | Interesting case of ovarian sarcoidosis: the value of multi disciplinary team working. |  Figure 1: MRI axial T2W images of the pelvis. Bilateral adnexal cystic masses are demonstrated (black arrows). The cyst wall on the right side is thick and irregular. There is marked thickening of the mesorectal fascia (long white arrow). Multiple prominent nodes are...Bottom Line: Sarcoidosis of the genital tract is a rare condition.Ovarian manifestation of this disease is rarer still.The case presented here represents ovarian manifestation of sarcoidosis.Patient responded to medical management by a multidisciplinary team.The case shows... | Wuntakal R, Bharathan R, Rockall A, Jeyarajah A - World J Surg Oncol (2007) |
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