Management of Large Pediatric and Adolescent Ovarian Neoplasms with a Leak-Proof Extracorporeal Drainage Technique: Our Experience Using a Hybrid Minimally Invasive Approach.

Study Objective: In a pediatric setting, laparoscopic management of large cystic ovarian neoplasms with low malignancy probability is not suitable, because of the mass size; nevertheless, an effort should be made to be as minimally invasive as possible, without violating the principles of oncologic surgery. We describe our experience in managing these neoplasms with leak-proof extracorporeal drainage through mini laparotomy, followed by cyst excision or oophorectomy.

Design: Case series study, describing interventions and outcomes.

Comparative X-ray morphometry of prenatal osteogenesis imperfecta type 2 and thanatophoric dysplasia: a contribution to prenatal differential diagnosis.

Objective: The purpose of the paper was to assess the morphometric parameters to improve the specificity of the ultrasound (US) signs for the early differential diagnosis between two lethal dysplasias, as thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) and osteogenesis imperfecta type 2 (OI-2).

Method: The diaphyseal length and the bowed shape of long bones associated with vertebral body dimension assessment were investigated in a group of 14 pregnancy terminations carried out in the time period 2007-2013. The definitive diagnosis was established after pregnancy termination by means of skeletal standardized X-rays, histopathology and gene analysis.

Early Identification of Lung Fungal Infections in Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) Using Multidetector Computer Tomography.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of early detection of pulmonary fungal infections by lung CT scan in chronic granulomatous disease (CGD).

Methods: A retrospective study on 14 patients affected with CGD for a total of 18 infectious episodes was performed. Revision of clinical data and CT scan analysis before and after treatment was performed.

Contrast enhancement ultrasound application in focal liver lesions characterization: a retrospective study about guidelines application (SOCEUS-CEUS survey).

Introduction: The SOCEUS survey aims to evaluate how contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is effectively used in the focal liver lesions characterization.

Materials And Methods: In the survey were involved Verona, Brescia and Trieste Radiological Centers and Arezzo and Bologna Non-radiological Centers. Inclusion criteria were liver focal lesion detection at conventional ultrasound and studied by means of CEUS, with or without CT or MRI examinations, done previous or subsequent to CEUS.

Cystosarcoma phyllodes of the seminal vesicle: a case report and literature review.

Cystosarcoma of the seminal vesicle is a very rare malignant tumor; in the literature only four cases are reported. We present a case of cystosarcoma phyllodes arising in the right seminal vesicle of a 49-year-old man without any urinary symptom but with persistent constipation. Ultrasound examination showed a mass at the right superior base of the prostate subsequently studied with CT and MRI.