Recently added articles from Applied Radiology:
Tubular ectasia of rete testis with spermatocele
Sep 01, 2008; Kenny, David; Batra, Kiran; Nancy, Mohsen; Chhabra, Avneesh ... CASE SUMMARY A 40-year-old man with no remarkable medical history presented with a painless, palpable lump in the right testis that had been slowly growing in the previous few months. Physical examination revealed a soft mass that measured approximately 4 to 5 cm in the right scrotal ...
Integration of molecular imaging in cancer treatment
Sep 01, 2008; Divgi, Chaitanya ... Molecular imaging (MI) creates images of cellular processes either by using molecular probes that target molecules critical in the pathophysiology of the disease process, or by using probes that reflect perturbation that is characteristic of a disease. The potential of MI to identify ...
ECR experience
Sep 01, 2008; Stern, Eric J ... In March 2008, I was fortunate to attend the annual European Congress of Radiology (ECR). Since its not-so-humble beginnings in 1991, the ECR has become the second largest meeting of radiologists in the world. It is truly an international meeting dedicated to all members of the worldwide ...
Small cell carcinoma with cystic metastasis to the brain
Sep 01, 2008; Allan, Patrick F; Ly, Justin ... CASE SUMMARY The patient is a 59-year-old African American man with a medical history significant for splenectomy pursuant to remote trauma, significant coronary artery disease, and hypertension with consequential chronic heart failure, and bradycardia requiring a ...
Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the elbow
Sep 01, 2008; Gould, C Frank; Ly, Justin Q; Campbell, Scot E; Beall, Douglas P ... CASE SUMMARY A 73-year-old woman presented to the authors' institution with increasing elbow pain and swelling. She denied any previous arthritic condition. The physical examination revealed nonspecific diffuse joint tenderness. Conventional radiography of the elbow showed nonspecific ...
Cystic neck masses: A pictorial review of unusual presentations and complicating features
Sep 01, 2008; Masters, Francie; Given, Curtis A II ... Imaging plays a vital role in the evaluation of cystic neck masses. To aid in the correct preoperative diagnosis and to facilitate appropriate medical management, it is important for radiologists to recognize both the common and the unusual manifestations of these lesions. This pictorial review ...
MRI of temporomandibular joint disorders
Sep 01, 2008; Wang, Edwin Y; Fleisher, Kenneth A ... Approximately 10 million individuals in the United States are affected by temporomandibular joint (TMJ) abnormalities (National Institutes of Health data, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research).1 The highest prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is in women aged 20 to ...
Bleeding diathesis with hemophilic arthropathy
Sep 01, 2008; Werder, Gabriel M; Tangri, Rajiv K; Gagliardi, Joseph A ... CASE SUMMARY A 16-year-old boy with a medical history of hemophilia B presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of left knee pain and swelling. The patient described the pain as a dull ache and stiffness and also reported an uncomfortable sensation of warmth and ...
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Sep 01, 2008; Khan, Nadir; Soares, Gregory M; Murphy, Timothy P; Aswad, Bassam I ... CASE SUMMARY A 77-year-old woman presented with right upper quadrant pain. To evaluate the pain, she was examined with ultrasound, which revealed a mass in the right lobe of the liver. For further evaluation, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) was performed, which showed a ...