Accuracy of MRI without intracavernosal prostaglandin E1 injection in staging, preoperative evaluation, and operative planning of penile cancer.

Purpose: To evaluate the performance of non-erectile MRI in staging and preoperative evaluation of penile carcinomas, compared to postoperative histopathology.

Methods: In this retrospective study, MRI scans of patients who had undergone surgery for penile carcinoma (n = 54) between January 2012 and April 2018 were read by two radiologists; and disagreement was solved in the presence of a third experienced radiologist. Data necessary for preoperative evaluation and staging were collected and compared with final postoperative histology and the type of surgery performed.

Next generation sequencing in lung cancer: An initial experience from India.

Introduction: Approximately 35% of NSCLC patients in East Asia have EGFR mutations. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) provides a comprehensive mutational profile in lung cancer patients.

Material And Method: Clinicopathologic characteristics and mutational profiling data was analyzed from nonsmall cell lung carcinoma /Adenocarcinoma over a duration of 42 months (October 2014 to March 2018) using next-generation sequencing Ion Ampliseq Cancer Hotspot panel v2 (Ampliseq, Life Technologies) on the Ion torrent PGM platform.

Centrally inserted tunnelled peripherally inserted central catheter: Off-label use for venous access in oncology patients.

Purpose: Vascular access in oncology patients can often be challenging, especially after a few cycles of chemotherapy through peripheral lines which can cause veins to become attenuated. We evaluated the feasibility of centrally placed non-cuffed tunnelled peripherally inserted central catheter in the chest as an alternative to conventional peripherally inserted central catheter.

Method: Patients referred for peripherally inserted central catheter found to have inadequate peripheral venous access in their arms due to prior chemotherapy, and therefore they were offered placement of the non-cuffed tunnelled peripherally inserted central catheter in the chest.

Ultrasound-Guided Temporomandibular Joint Injection for Chronic Posthemimandibulectomy Jaw Pain.

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain can be difficult to diagnose and treat. We describe a patient with left jaw pain after right hemimandibulectomy. The patient was initially managed conservatively, which failed to reduce pain.

Susceptibility artifacts in lipomas.

Background: Intracranial lipomas are uncommon tumors, which produce susceptibility artifacts on susceptibility weighted images. The cause for the susceptibility artifact on SWI images remains speculative. Our purpose was identifying the possible causes of susceptibility artifacts in lipoma.

'Susceptibility sign' on susceptibility-weighted imaging in acute ischemic stroke.

Background And Aim: Acute intra-arterial thrombus produces susceptibility artifact on gradient echo images (susceptibility sign). Our aim was to study the sensitivity and specificity of the susceptibility sign in various major intracranial arteries on susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in patients with acute stroke. We also compared it with the 'hyperintensity sign' on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and 'hyperdense artery sign' on computed tomography (CT) for middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion.