Comparison of patient doses in interventional radiology procedures performed in two large hospitals in Greece.

Purpose of the study was to determine patient doses in the most common interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in two large Greek hospitals. A total of 164 patients who underwent 4 types of IR procedures were studied. Fluoroscopy time, total exposure time, number of frames, number of runs, radiation field size, and cumulative dose-area product (DAP) were recorded.

Liver transplantation outcomes in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: experience of a single center in a viral hepatitis endemic area.

Our center has performed 205 orthotopic liver transplantations (OLT) in 201 patients. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was discovered in 32 (15%) patients, 5 of whom were diagnosed incidentally in recipient explants. The main underlying diagnosis was viral hepatitis (n = 28; 87.

Focal fatty liver sparing lesion presenting as a "pseudotumour": case report.

We are reporting our experience of a case of "focal fatty liver sparing lesion" in a 24-year-old patient, without any evident predisposing factors for fatty infiltration of the liver. Fatty liver infiltration was sparing the posterior part of liver segment VI, defining an area which was mimicking a lesion on US and CT. Fatty liver infiltration is usually diffuse but may be patchy or localized.

Management of acute bleeding in a patient with congenital afibrinogenaemia.

Congenital afibrinogenaemia is a rare bleeding disorder characterized by absence of fibrinogen and varying bleeding tendency. Treatment with fibrinogen concentrates is considered to be the best choice for afibrinogenaemic patients who experience bleeding. We report the case of a 22-year-old Greek patient who presented with large muscular haematomas and was treated with fibrinogen concentrates.