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Neuropathology of Cerebellar Infarction: Its Morphology in Comparison to Selective Postmortem Angiography of Cerebellar Arteries

1994

A typology of infarctions [11, 20] is established for the cerebral hemispheres and has recently also been used, chiefly in neuroradiological diagnosis, for cerebellar infarctions [2–5, 8, 10, 16]. Detailed clinical [12] and microangiographic [7, 9, 13, 15, 17] investigations of the vascularization of the posterior cranial fossa can be referred to in this context. With the aid of selective postmortem angiograms we examined the territories of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA), anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) on serial sections in the three planes of projection. The sagittal plane offers decisive advantages for assigning cerebellar…

Complete biochemical control and pituitary adenoma disappearance in a child with gigantism: Efficacy of octreotide therapy

2011

Sa1459 FICE Endoscopy Diagnostic Accuracy by Applying OLGA and OLGIM Systems

2015

L'impiego della celioscopia nel trattamento per via combinata delle sinechie uterine

1973

Rationelle bildgebende Diagnostik von Becken- und Azetabulum- verletzungen

2000

In spite of the widespread availability of CT scanners, conventional X-ray radiographs remain the basic imaging modality in patients with pelvic and/or acetabular trauma. However, the extent of their use will depend on local utilities (e.g., availability of CT scanners) and on the patient's clinical condition. Regarding the inaccuracy of conventional radiography in the diagnosis of injuries of the dorsal pelvic ring and of the acetabulum, computed tomography represents the most important imaging modality in the clinically stable patient. CT provides an exact staging of the extent of trauma and allows for differentiation of pelvic instabilities. CT clearly demonstrates the severity of acetab…

Congenitally corrected transposition of great vessels: MRI and echocardiographic appearance

1995

This paper presents the case of a 36-year-old male with congenitally corrected transposition of great vessels (CTGV). This is a rare cardiac anomaly characterized by atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, occuriing in less than 1% of all congenital heart diseases. This was diagnosed by echocardiography and MRI. The MRI findings demonstrated cardiac abnormality.

Resting myocardial blood flow quantification using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the presence of stenosis: A computational fluid dy…

2015

Purpose: The extent to which atherosclerotic plaques affect contrast agent (CA) transport in the coronary arteries and, hence, quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is unclear. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the influence of plaque induced stenosis both on CA transport and on the accuracy of MBF quantification. Methods: Computational fluid dynamics simulations in a high-detailed realistic vascular model were employed to investigate CA bolus transport in the coronary arteries. The impact of atherosclerosis was analyzed by inserting various medium- to high-grade stenoses in the vascular model. The influence of stenosis morphology was ex…

AB0630 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Pharmacological Stress Perfusion in Asymptomatic Patients with Systemic Sclerosis

2016

Background Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)-heart disease (SSc-HD), although often clinically silent, significantly reduces the life-expectancy in these patients [1]. The cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is recognized useful tool for the diagnosis of SSc-HD and cardiac stress tests might be a helpful technique to highlight the occult myocardial involvement, which cannot be detected at rest due to compensatory mechanisms [2,3]. Objectives To evaluate the possible occult cardiac involvement in asymptomatic SSc patients by pharmacological stress, rest perfusion and delayed enhancement CMR, to identify as earlier as possible those patients at higher risk of cardiac related mortality and needing specifi…

Cerebrovascular Brainstem Diseases with Isolated Cranial Nerve Palsies

2002

There is a significant number of individual patients with cranial nerve palsies as the sole manifestation of MRI- and, less frequently, CT-documented small brainstem infarctions or hemorrhages. The 3rd and 6th nerves are most commonly involved and, less frequently, the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th nerves. An intra-axial basis for such lesions may be underestimated if the diagnosis is based solely on MRI. The electrophysiologic abnormalities indicating brainstem lesions may be independent of MRI-documented morphological lesions. This paper reviews the literature on cerebrovascular brainstem diseases manifesting as isolated cranial nerve palsies. It supports the concept that small pontine and mesen…

Enhanced Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2011

Enhanced imaging technologies are of special importance in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Patients with long-lasting colitis face an increased cancer risk and neoplastic changes often evolve as subtle, multifocal, and flat lesions. Enhanced endoscopic imaging technologies enable better visualization of the mucosal architecture. These new available information can be used to better detect and characterize colorectal lesions. The better endoscopic judgment leads to more targeted biopsies and cancer detection can be facilitated. This new concept of “smart biopsies” is in particular important for screening purposes. Furthermore, the technique of endomicroscopy enables in vivo histol…