Endovascular Stenting for Idiopathic Stenosis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein: A Case Report.

Idiopathic superior mesenteric vein (SMV) stenosis, where no clear causative factor is identifiable, remains a clinical rarity. We present a detailed case report of a patient with idiopathic stenosis of the SMV who underwent successful endovascular stenting. This report outlines the patient's clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging findings, procedural approach by the interventional radiology team, and subsequent management.

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Imaging Modalities and the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Analyzing CT and MRI Images.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) stands out as the predominant malignant neoplasm affecting the pancreas, characterized by a poor prognosis, in most cases patients being diagnosed in a nonresectable stage. Image-based artificial intelligence (AI) models implemented in tumor detection, segmentation, and classification could improve diagnosis with better treatment options and increased survival. This review included papers published in the last five years and describes the current trends in AI algorithms used in PDAC.

Liver Transplant in Patients with Hepatocarcinoma: Imaging Guidelines and Future Perspectives Using Artificial Intelligence.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary malignant hepatic tumor and occurs most often in the setting of chronic liver disease. Liver transplantation is a curative treatment option and is an ideal solution because it solves the chronic underlying liver disorder while removing the malignant lesion. However, due to organ shortages, this treatment can only be applied to carefully selected patients according to clinical guidelines.

Tuberous sclerosis with negative genetic testing and multiple cerebral cavernomas: A new association (Case report).

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disorder with multisystemic involvement usually resulting from mutations in the tuberous sclerosis 1 () or genes. However, 10 to 25% of patients do not exhibit these mutations. Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are capillary-venous malformations that can be asymptomatic or cause variable neurological manifestations, including seizures.

First Report of a pCys194Arg Notch 3 Mutation in a Romanian CADASIL Patient with Transient Ischemic Attacks and Patent Foramen Ovale - Case Report and Brief Review.

Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary disease caused by mutations in NOTCH3 gene, characterized by accumulation of a toxic protein in the small and medium size arterioles. Clinical manifestations of CADASIL include lacunar infarcts or, less frequently, large artery ischemic strokes, transient ischemic attacks, dementia, migraine and psychiatric disorders. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) usually shows multiple lacunar infarcts, diffuse leukoencephalopathy and cerebral microbleeds.

Lymphocytes B population profile in a case of multiple sclerosis presenting with sudden sensorineural hearing loss caused by a demyelinating pontine lesion.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is a rare manifestation of multiple sclerosis, typically appearing in the early stages of the disease, especially in female subjects. SSHL is produced by the involvement of auditory tract, vestibulocochlear nerve and possibly cochlear structures and rarely due to a single lesion. The authors report the case of a young woman in which the onset of multiple sclerosis presented with SSHL caused by a pontine lesion.

Neurological complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation in children and adults.

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is widely performed for neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. HCT involves intravenous infusion of hematopoietic progenitor cells from human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor (allogeneic) or from the patient (autologous). Before HCT, the patient is prepared with high dose chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy to destroy residual malignant cells and to reduce immunologic resistance.

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma with ovarian metastasis - an unusual presentation.

Aim: Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) has been considered a distinct clinical entity vs. hepatocellular carcinoma, with respect to its epidemiology, etiology, and prognosis.

Case Presentation: We describe the unusual case of a 23-year-old female patient with FLC and ovarian (Krukenberg) and peritoneal metastases, clinically mimicking an ovarian carcinoma.

Current Stance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Hepatic Encephalopathy.

Objectives: Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex of neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients with acute or chronic liver insufficiency and/or porto-systemic shunts.

Material And Methods: The diagnostic can be sustained by various elements, clinical and paraclinical. Selected patients with hepatic encephalopathy have been investigated by Magnetic Resonance, in parallel with specific biochemical analysis.

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy diagnosis by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. A case report.

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy (MHE) is a potentially reversible spectrum of neuro-psychiatric alterations in patients with acute or chronic liver disease, in the presence of a normal neurological examination. Studies demonstrated that early diagnosis and treatment of this complication increases the quality of life of the patients and leads to an overall better liver disease management. Currently, a practical method of diagnosing MHE is through psychological tests, with modest accuracy.

Tissue specific MR contrast media role in the differential diagnosis of cirrhotic liver nodules.

State-of-the-art magnetic resonance (MR) imaging using tissue specific contrast media facilitates detection and characterization in most cases of hepatic nodules. According to the currently used nomenclature, in liver cirrhosis there are only two major types of hepatocellular nodular lesions: regenerative lesions and dysplastic or neoplastic lesions. The purpose of this clinical imaging review is to provide information on the properties of tissue-specific MR contrast agents and on their usefulness in the demonstration of the pathologic changes that take place at the level of the hepatobiliary and reticuloendothelial systems during the carcinogenesis in liver cirrhosis.

Spiral computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography evaluation in Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd-Chiari syndrome is caused by the obstruction of the hepatic venous outflow at the level of the hepatic venules, large hepatic veins, and inferior vena cava up to the confluence with the right atrium. When it is untreated, the mortality rate for patients is high. Because the clinical presentation of this syndrome is nonspecific, imaging investigation--computed tomography and magnetic resonance--are important diagnostic steps.