Lowering the thyroid dose in screening examinations of the cervical spine.

The first objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that a lower-dose (14.1 mGy thyroid dose) protocol for helical computed tomography (CT) of the entire cervical spine demonstrates equivalent technical adequacy and diagnostic accuracy as the standard-dose protocol (26.0 mGy thyroid dose) used at our institution.

Quantification of clinical consultations in academic emergency radiology.

Rationale And Objectives: The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of clinical consultation on the workload of an academic emergency radiology section.

Materials And Methods: Data from a 7-day audit (24 h/d) of the number and length of clinical consultations was expressed as the mean number of consultations per 24 hours and consultation minutes per 24 hours. Consultations performed on images acquired from outside institutions were noted.

Primary epiploic appendagitis.

The clinical presentation of primary epiploic appendagitis can mimic diverticulitis or appendicitis. Review of the pathologically confirmed cases in the English literature shows the majority of cases to arise from the sigmoid colon. Pathognomonic findings by computed tomography impact patient management, and it is thus important to recognize these in patients imaged in the emergency setting.

Uterine rupture with peritonitis in a nongravid uterus eight weeks after cesarean section.

The CT findings of uterine rupture are critical to recognize so that early surgical intervention can improve survival and potentially avoid hysterectomy. We report a case of uterine rupture in a nongravid uterus.