Renal angiomyolipoma selective arterial embolization: Australian tertiary centre experience over 10 years.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the patient selection methods, treatment outcomes, complications, clinical and radiological follow-up after renal angiomyolipoma (AML) treatment with selective arterial embolization (SAE) in an Australian metropolitan tertiary centre.

Methods: This study presents a retrospective single-centre review of patients' medical records who underwent SAE for renal AML during the period of 1st January 2012 and 1st January 2023.

Results: A total of 32 SAE procedures for renal AML occurred during the study period.

Refractory portal hypertension complications successfully managed by parallel transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS): a case report.

Background: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an established intervention to treat complicated portal hypertension refractory to medical or endoscopic management. TIPS dysfunction results in the recurrence of portal hypertension symptoms. In cases of TIPS dysfunction or persistent portal hypertension despite a patent primary TIPS, the creation of parallel TIPS may be the only intervention to effectively reduce portal pressure.

Incidental detection of prostate cancer with computed tomography scans.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequent type of cancer found in men worldwide, with around one in nine men being diagnosed with PCa within their lifetime. PCa often shows no symptoms in its early stages and its diagnosis techniques are either invasive, resource intensive, or has low efficacy, making widespread early detection onerous. Inspired by the recent success of deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) in computer aided detection (CADe), we propose a new CNN based framework for incidental detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in patients who had a CT scan of the abdomen/pelvis for other reasons.

Unexpected location of endometrial adenocarcinoma - a case report.

Endometrial adenocarcinoma (ADK) is one of the most common uterine cancer and the fourth neoplasia mortality cause in women according to the literature data. ADK is encountered in the sixth decade of life, the mean age being 63 years. Only 2-5% of cases are found in women less than 40 years old.

Intrarenal resistive index conundrum: systemic atherosclerosis versus renal arteriolosclerosis.

We aimed to evaluate the relationship between biopsy-proven kidney lesions, subclinical markers of atherosclerosis and intrarenal resistive index (RRI) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. This cross-sectional, single-center study prospectively enrolled 44 consecutive CKD patients (57% male gender, 54.1 (95%CI, 49.

Carbon dioxide CT angiography during endovascular treatment of bilateral common iliac disease with angio-CT utilisation.

This paper presents the application of carbon dioxide for CT imaging during an endovascular procedure to help characterise unexpected bilateral common iliac artery stenosis utilising an angio-CT system, confirming its application in interventional radiology while maintaining sterility. A 78 year old male was referred to the Radiology Interventional Suite with left lower limb rest pain. On imaging via digital subtraction angiography and CT utilising both iodinated contrast and carbon-dioxide (CO ), endovascular treatment of bilateral CIA stenosis was performed with good clinical result.

UPA effects on endometrium - what is the significance?

Introduction: Selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs), such as Mifepristone, Asoprisnil, Ulipristal acetate (UPA) and Vilaprisan, were tested for their antiproliferative effects on uterine fibroids. In Romania, despite the UPA availability, physicians remained reserved on the lack of experience and concerns about the safety of the drug on endometrium.

Patients, Materials And Methods: We performed an observational study on premenopausal women with symptomatic uterine fibroids.

The role of glomerular morphometric features in pediatric podocytopathies - a single center study.

Podocytopathies represent a well-studied subgroup of glomerulopathies, being characterized by proteinuria due to damage or dysfunction of podocytes. Glomerular size in podocytopathies has been studied in different population, but only a few studies take in consideration the pediatric population. There are different methods to assess the glomerular size, but most of the studies report the maximal profile area as being the most accurate one.

Evaluating Didactic Methods for Training Medical Students in the Use of Bedside Ultrasound for Clinical Practice at a Faculty of Medicine in Romania.

Objectives: Medical students' time is limited, so efficiency in medical education is valued. This research project aimed to determine the most effective means to teach bedside ultrasound to medical students in a 1-week training course. We hypothesized that the best method would include a combination of podcasts and hands-on teaching; therefore, there would be a statistically significant difference among the various methods of teaching.

Role of endovenous laser therapy in large and very large diameter great saphenous veins.

Background: The literature suggests that endovenous laser is less efficacious in great saphenous veins (GSVs) with a diameter of greater than 1 cm. This paper describes the efficacy of endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) in ablating GSV with a diameter greater than 1.0 cm.

Paediatric urological investigations--dose comparison between urology-related and CT irradiation.

Background: Urological investigation in children frequently involves high radiation doses; however, the issue of radiation for these investigations receives little attention compared with CT.

Objective: To compare the radiation dose from paediatric urological investigations with CT, which is commonly regarded as the more major source of radiation exposure.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective audit in a tertiary paediatric centre of the number and radiation dose of CT scans, micturating cystourethrography exams and urological nuclear medicine scans from 2006 to 2011.