Trauma in pregnant women: assessing detection of post-traumatic placental abruption on contrast-enhanced CT versus ultrasound.

Objectives: To evaluate detection of post-traumatic placental abruption with contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) and comparison with Ultrasound (US).

Methods: Picture Archive and Date System database at a level-1 trauma center was retrospectively reviewed using keywords pregnancy, trauma, and/or placental abruption over 10 years. CT was compared to US, if performed within 24 h.

Hybrid imaging for pancreatic malignancy: clinical applications, merits, limitations, and pitfalls.

The role of PET/CT in pancreatic malignancy is evolving with new scientific evidence emerging continuously. PET/CT applications in imaging the pancreas and its organ-specific merits, limitations, and potential pitfalls are still evolving. This article provides an overview of the state-of-the-art applications of PET/CT imaging in evaluating pancreatic malignancy, comparing with conventional imaging modalities, such as contrast-enhanced CT and MRI.

The utility of sonography for the triage of blunt abdominal trauma patients to exploratory laparotomy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) in the triage of hypotensive and normotensive blunt abdominal trauma patients to exploratory laparotomy.

Materials And Methods: Data entered in a trauma registry database were retrospectively reviewed and were correlated with medical records, radiology reports, and surgical laparotomy reports. In the setting of blunt abdominal trauma, hypotensive patients were compared with normotensive patients who underwent FAST.

Sonographic detection of in utero isolated cerebellar hemorrhage.

Cerebellar hemorrhage is a relatively rare phenomenon in neonates, and most cases are associated with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Prenatally diagnosed intracranial hemorrhage is rare, and diagnoses of cerebellar hemorrhage are even rarer. In our literature search, we discovered 3 cases of prenatal diagnosis of cerebellar hemorrhage, all accompanied by IVH.