Extrahepatic ischemic complications following transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Transarterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma consists of the selective release of chemotherapeutic agents in the tumor feeding arteries (and their subsequent occlusion) and presents a low risk of extrahepatic complications. However, the presence of anatomical variants of the celiac trunk is common and facilitates these complications by connecting the hepatic arterial vascularization with that of the surrounding organs. We present three clinical cases of extrahepatic ischemia in three different organs (esophagus, stomach and gallbladder) following transarterial chemoembolization in patients who presented one of these anatomical variants.

Performance of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing in Patients With Severe Psoriasis: Risk Assessment and Reclassification Potential in a Low Cardiovascular Risk Population.

Background: Patients with severe psoriasis have an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk and prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing can detect subclinical CAD and improve cardiovascular risk assessment beyond clinical scores.

Objectives: Evaluate the presence and magnitude of subclinical CAD determined by CAC score among the different ESC/EAS CV risk categories, as well as the potential for risk reclassification, in patients with severe psoriasis from a low CV risk population.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: a rare cause of a liver tumor.

Hepatic hemangioendothelioma is a rare tumor which has malignant potential and a difficult radiological differential diagnosis that includes many others liver tumors as metastasic carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma and, especially, angiosarcoma. Thus, it is an entity that is usually not diagnosed in an accurate way by radiology and further histolopathological study is needed. However, hemangioendothelioma can present certain specificied patterns in contrast-enhanced imaging.

Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia following cardiac surgery - A case report.

Introduction: Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia is an abdominal organ prolapse inside the pericardium. It is one of the less frequent instances within the diaphragmatic hernia group.

Clinical Case: This is the case of a 4-month-old infant undergoing surgery for interventricular communication (IVC).