High Field MRI in Parotid Gland Tumors: A Diagnostic Algorithm.

Imaging of parotid tumors is crucial for surgery planning, but it cannot distinguish malignant from benign lesions with absolute reliability. The aim of the study was to establish a diagnostic MRI algorithm to differentiate parotid tumors. A retrospective study was conducted including all patients with parotid tumors, who underwent 3T-MRI and surgery.

Silent metastasis in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: a collection of two case reports.

Treatment monitoring in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer has become a hot topic in the androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) era. Patients without increase in their PSA level at the time of imaging progression are not a rare phenomenon. What is the best monitoring strategy in asymptomatic cases represents a salient question.

Testing calpain inhibition in tumor endothelial cells: novel targetable biomarkers against glioblastoma malignancy.

Introduction: Glioblastoma -wildtype (GBM) is the most malignant brain tumor in adults, with a poor prognosis of approximately 15 months after diagnosis. Most patients suffer from a recurrence in <1 year, and this renders GBM a life-threatening challenge. Among molecular mechanisms driving GBM aggressiveness, angiogenesis mediated by GBM endothelial cells (GECs) deserves consideration as a therapeutic turning point.

MR-Neurography of the facial nerve in parotid tumors: intra-parotid nerve visualization and surgical correlation.

Purpose: One of the most severe complications in surgery of parotid tumors is facial palsy. Imaging of the intra-parotid facial nerve is challenging due to small dimensions. Our aim was to assess, in patients with parotid tumors, the ability of high-resolution 3D double-echo steady-state sequence with water excitation (DE3D-WE) (1) to visualize the extracranial facial nerve and its tracts, (2) to evaluate their relationship to the parotid lesion and (3) to compare MRI and surgical findings.

Lidocaine for headache prevention during chronic subdural hematoma embolization.

Background: Middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) for the management of chronic subdural hematomas (CSDH) with ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) causes an evident patient discomfort due to meningeal nociceptors stimulation. The aim of this study was to assess safety and efficacy of intra-arterial lidocaine (IAL) before MMAE of CSDH with EVOH.

Methods: We analyzed all consecutive patients with bilateral CSDH undergoing MMAE with EVOH.