Analysis of the Spanish-speaking mailing list RADIOLOGIA.

The objective of this study was to analyse the mailing list RADIOLOGIA during its first 5 years of operation (from 1998 to 2003). A survey questionnaire was sent to evaluate the characteristics of subscribers and to score (from 0 to 9) the functionality, usefulness and quality of the mailing list. All messages sent to the list during the evaluated period were classified and quantified.

Fine needle aspiration cytology of clear cell carcinoma of the gallbladder with hepatic infiltration: a case report.

Background: Clear cell carcinoma of the gallbladder (CCG) is an unusual histologic variant recognized in the World Health Organ ization classification of tumors of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. Although the clinicopathologic features have been documented in a few reports, to our knowledge the cytologic findings have not been described before. We report the fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) findings in a case of CCG with hepatic infiltration.

[Diagnostic value of D-dimer in patients with a low pretest probability of deep venous thrombosis of lower extremities].

Background: We aimed to assess the accuracy of a diagnostic strategy including broth clinical assessment and determination of D-dimer (DD) in patients with clinically suspicion of low pretest probability of deep venous thrombosis (DVT).

Method: 149 outpatients (mean age 69; SD 16) with clinically suspected proximal DVT attending our Emergency Department and classified as low pretest probability were included in an observational prospective study. In patients with a DD (STA Liatest D-Di, Diagnostica Stago, Asnières sur Seine, France) concentration below the cut-off value (0.