Giant sacral aneurysmal bone cyst treated with endovascular embolization.

Background: Spine aneurysmal bone cysts (SABC) are osteolytic tumor-like lesions with cystic, blood-filled cavities that represent 15% of all primary spinal bone tumors. The sacrum is a rare site for SABC, and sacral lesions typically carry higher morbidity rates. Here, a 19-year-old female with a large primary multisegmental sacral SABC was successfully managed with 2-staged endovascular embolization.

Thyroid arterial embolization in a patient with congenital heart disease and refractory amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Introduction: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) can sometimes lead to life-threatening complications, especially in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). We report the case of a patient with refractory AIT that was successfully treated with thyroid arterial embolization (TAE).

Case Report: A 34-year-old man with complex cyanotic CHD complicated with heart failure (HF), pulmonary hypertension, and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, was treated with amiodarone since 2013.

Preoperative Portal Vein Embolization in Hepatic Surgery: A Review about the Embolic Materials and Their Effects on Liver Regeneration and Outcome.

Liver volume and function after hepatectomies are directly correlated to postoperative complications and mortality. Consequently contemporary liver surgery has focused on reaching an adequate future liver remnant so as to diminish postoperative morbidity and mortality. Portal vein embolization has evolved and is the standard of care as a liver regenerative strategy in many surgery departments worldwide before major liver resections.

Association Between Alcohol Intake and Cardiac Remodeling.

Background: Alcohol-induced cardiotoxicity is incompletely understood. Specifically, the long-term impact of alcohol use on ventricular remodeling or dysfunction, its modulators, and effect thresholds among young adults remain controversial.

Objectives: The authors sought to evaluate a potential relationship between alcohol intake and cardiac remodeling, assessed by echocardiography, over 20 years of follow-up.

Embolization with Onyx of an arterial pseudoaneurysm with an arteriovenous fistula complicating a percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A case report and review of literature.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has proven very effective in the management of renal stones. However, complications are not so rare, and bleeding is one of the most worrisome; it has a reported incidence of 1%-3% and may happen during track dilatation. In addition, arterial pseudoaneurysms and/or arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) may occur.

Risk Factors for the Development of Postembolization Syndrome after Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment.

Introduction: Hepatic transarterial chemoembolization is a widely used technique for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. The most common complication of this procedure is postembolization syndrome. The main objective of this study was to assess risk factors for the development of postembolization syndrome.

[Endovascular Treatment of a Gastroduodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Rupture after a Car Accident].

The authors present a case of a 39-year-old man with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis that was admitted in the emergency department after a car accident, complaining of abdominal pain and looking pale. The patient was hemodinamically unstable, requiring blood transfusions. He underwent computed tomography angiogram of the abdomen and pelvis, showing a pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery and a hemoperitoneum.

Portal vein embolization with n-butyl-cyanoacrylate through an ipsilateral approach before major hepatectomy: single center analysis of 50 consecutive patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of portal vein embolization (PVE) with n-Butyl-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) through an ipsilateral approach before major hepatectomy. Secondary end-points were PVE safety, liver resection and patient outcome.

Methods: Over a 5-year period 50 non-cirrhotic consecutive patients were included with primary or secondary liver cancer treatable by hepatectomy with a liver remnant (FLR) volume less than 25% or less than 40% in diseased livers.

Modified approach to the characterization of adrenal nodules using a standard abdominal magnetic resonance imaging protocol.

Objective: To describe a modified approach to the evaluation of adrenal nodules using a standard abdominal magnetic resonance imaging protocol.

Materials And Methods: Our sample comprised 149 subjects (collectively presenting with 132 adenomas and 40 nonadenomas). The adrenal signal intensity index was calculated.

Neuroendocrine tumours of the female genital tract: a case-based imaging review with pathological correlation.

Background: Both primary and secondary gynaecological neuroendocrine (NE) tumours are uncommon, and the literature is scarce concerning their imaging features.

Methods: This article reviews the epidemiological, clinical and imaging features with pathological correlation of gynaecological NE tumours.

Results: The clinical features of gynaecological NE tumours are non-specific and depend on the organ of origin and on the extension and aggressiveness of the disease.