Publications by authors named "Anna Stadnik"
Background: Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver (MCN-L) and intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPN-B) are two different types of mucin-producing bile duct tumour that may complicate the course of pregnancy. To the best of our knowledge, we describe herein the first case of MCN-L with spontaneous rupture during pregnancy necessitating complex surgical treatment.
Case Summary: A 24-year-old woman was initially admitted to another hospital in October 2018 with signs of jaundice (serum bilirubin level 12 mg/dL) and upper abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder.
Chronic fatigue and an impairment of general health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are frequently reported by patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Studies on patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) suggest that, unlike pruritus, fatigue may not be ameliorated by liver transplantation (LT). However, there are few data regarding the assessment of fatigue before and after transplantation in PSC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Iatrogenic bile duct injuries (BDIs) are mostly associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy but may also occur following gastroduodenal surgery or liver resection. Delayed diagnosis of type of injury with an ongoing biliary leak as well as the management in a non-specialized general surgical units are still the main factors affecting the outcome.
Case Presentation: Herein we present three types of BDIs (Bismuth type I, IV and V) following three different types of upper abdominal surgery, ie.
We describe an 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension who presented sudden disturbances of consciousness and left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed diffused hyperintensive changes on T2-weighted images localized subcortically in the white matter of both cerebral hemispheres, corresponding to acute vasogenic edema, causing moderate mass effect. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome was initially diagnosed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of the state-of-the-art magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) comprising several 2D and 3D hydrographic sequences in patients after liver transplantation with biliary-enteric and duct-to-duct biliary anastomosis.
Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis included MRC examinations of 42 patients (21 men, 21 women) performed from 18 days to 86 months (average, 18.9 months) after liver transplantation.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) with gadoxetic acid disodium (Gd-EOB-DTPA) for diagnosing active bile leaks at different time intervals post-injection.
- A total of 34 patients suspected of having bile leaks were analyzed, with initial images taken 20-25 minutes after injection, and additional delayed images captured if needed at 60-90 minutes and 150-180 minutes.
- The results showed high sensitivity (96.4%) and specificity (100%) for diagnosing bile leaks, indicating that delayed imaging significantly improves detection rates, especially in patients with complex biliary situations.
Background: The purpose of this article is to present computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of rare pancreatic lipomas.
Material/methods: The analysis covered 13 patients (7 men and 6 women, aged 47-88, average: 65.6 years), with 13 pancreatic lipomas, whose cases constituted the basis for 10 contrast-enhanced CT and 5 MRI studies.
Objectives: To compare the efficacy of two quantitative methods for discrimination between benign and malignant focal liver lesions (FLLs): apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and T2 relaxation times.
Methods: Seventy-three patients with 215 confirmed FLLs (115 benign, 100 malignant) underwent 1.5-T MRI with respiratory-triggered single-shot SE DWI (b = 50, 400, 800) and dual-echo T2TSE (TR = 3,000 ms; TE1 = 84 ms; TE2 = 228 ms).