Endovascular Management of Superior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms: Mid and Long-Term Results.

Aim: Superior cerebellar artery (SCA) aneurysms are uncommon vascular lesions, thus data about their presentation and clinical management are limited. Our aim was to determine clinical presentation, angiographic findings and mid and long-term clinical and imaging results of endovascular treatment of 49 patients with SCA aneurysm.

Material And Methods: Forty-nine patients with SCA aneurysms underwent endovascular treatment (25 female, 24 male; mean age 46.

Flow diverter as a rescue therapy for a complicated basilar angioplasty.

Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is a major cause of ischemic stroke. Stenting and aggressive medical management for preventing recurrent stroke in intracranial stenosis was terminated prematurely due to a high stroke and death rate in patients randomized for intracranial stent placement. However, for some patients, angioplasty and/or stent placement remains the best approach.

Are hepatic portal venous system components distributed equally in the liver? A multidetector computerized tomography study.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the relationships between the splenic index, right and left hepatic lobe volumes, diameters of splenic vein (SV), superior mesenteric vein (SMV) and the portal vein (PV) by Multidetector Computerized Tomography (MDCT). We also investigated indirect signs of portal venous flow pattern using these parameters.

Material And Methods: Following their contrast thoracoabdominal and abdominal 64-MDCT examinations, the images of 100 cases (61 males and 39 females) were evaluated retrospectively.

The incidence of left atrial diverticula in coronary CT angiography.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to characterize the frequency and location of left atrial diverticula by using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

Materials And Methods: Cardiac imaging was performed for 454 patients using 64MDCT. Most patients were being examined for coronary artery disease.

Is it possible to differentiate between hydatid and simple cysts in the liver by means of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging?

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the contribution of diffusion-weighted imaging to the differentiation of hydatid cysts (HCs) from the simple cysts and to the identification of the HC subtypes.

Materials And Methods: A total of 37 patients were included in this retrospective study. Fifty of these patients had diagnosed liver cysts (28 HCs and 22 simple cysts) of at least 1 cm in size.

Role of apparent diffusion coefficient values and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to differentiate between benign and malignant thyroid nodules using nodule-spinal cord signal intensity and nodule apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) ratios on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI).

Materials And Methods: Forty-four patients (27 females, 17 males; mean age, 49 years) with nodules who underwent DW-MRI were included in this study. The images were acquired with 0, 50, 400 and 1000 s/mm(2)b values.

Massive bilateral renal angiomyolipomatosis and multifocal micronodular pneumocytes hyperplasia associated with tuberous sclerosis: a case report.

Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by a variety of hamartomatous lesions in various organs. Various organ involvements can be detected with radiology: neurologic involvement (cortical tubers, subependymal nodules and white matter abnormalities), renal involvement (angiomyolipoma) and pulmonary involvement (pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia). Here, we are reporting a case of tuberous sclerosis with multiple organ involvement and massive bilateral AMLs in a 49-year-old female patient.

Diagnosis of small-bowel disease: comparison of magnetic resonance enteroclysis and conventional enteroclysis.

In this prospective study, 32 patients with symptoms suggestive of small-bowel disease underwent conventional enteroclysis and magnetic resonance (MR) enteroclysis. Image quality, luminal distension, wall thickening, homogeneity of luminal opacification, the presence of artefacts and extraluminal changes were assessed. Small-bowel pathologies were subsequently proved surgically and by follow-up examinations in 19 (59.

Are port-wine stain and pneumosinus dilatans associated? A controlled study.

The first case demonstrating the association of a port wine stain with pneumosinus dilatans was reported in 2003 by Dogan B et al. The current study is an extension of that case report, attempting to demonstrate that the association of pneumosinus dilatans and port wine stain is clinically significant and warrants clinical evaluation in patients with port wine stains. We aimed to evaluate the patients with or without facial port wine stains if they had pneumosinus dilatans.

Evaluation of cochlear nerve size by magnetic resonance imaging in elderly patients with sensorineural hearing loss.

Purpose: We aimed to determine any differences, if present, between the cross-sectional area of the cochlear nerve (CN) of elderly patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and of young patients with normal hearing.

Materials And Methods: The study group included ten patients with age-related SNHL. Fourteen volunteer individuals with normal hearing were recruited as the control group.

Hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a patient with primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma.

A 53-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. There was no change in laboratory investigations other than a slight increase in serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT). Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed multiple hepatic nodular lesions in the liver.

Sonographic appearances of the normal ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel.

Purpose: To investigate the sonographic characteristics of the normal ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel, as well as any differences related to age, sex, and dominant arm.

Method: Two hundred twelve elbows in healthy volunteers were evaluated sonographically. The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the ulnar nerve within the cubital tunnel was measured with the elbow in extension and in flexion.

MRI findings of intracranial tuberculomas.

Purpose: Tuberculosis involvement of the central nervous system continues to represent a serious problem, particularly in developing countries. The aim of this study was to characterize the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of intracranial tuberculoma, a form of neurotuberculosis.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 27 patients with intracranial tuberculomas.

Split-cord malformation and accompanying anomalies.

Objective: To present the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances of spinal split-cord malformation (SCM) and to investigate the various types of congenital spinal disorders associated with SCM.

Materials And Methods: MR examinations of 23 patients with SCM were carried out in our hospital between June 2002 and May 2007 and retrospectively analysed.

Results: Nineteen (82.

A variant of Poland syndrome associated with dextroposition.

Poland syndrome is characterized by partial or complete absence of pectoralis muscles, ipsilateral syndactyly, and occasionally other malformations of the anterior chest wall and breast. Other associated anomalies, including dextrocardia, renal malformations, and vertebral anomalies, have been reported in rare cases. The condition is more frequent among males, and usually occurs on the right hemithorax in the unilateral form.

Multicentric malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.

We present a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of multicentric origin, an extremely rare condition. A 25-year-old man was admitted to hospital with presenting symptoms of cough, dyspnea and left lateral back pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed extrapleural masses in the left hemithorax in addition to synchronous left inguinal mass.