[Magnetic resonance imaging of the postoperative status in children with congenital heart defects].

The justification of examinations by magnetic resonance and the results of visualization of cardiac and vascular structures in relation to the performed surgical operation were evaluated retrospectively in 24 children after surgery of congenital heart disease. Thirteen patients had an operation of coarctation or a double aortic arch and four had an operation of an anomaly of the branch of the pulmonary artery-its loop or atresia. Seven patients had operations, mostly complicated inborn heart disease, of the common arterial trunk and transposition of the large arteries with a conduit, tricuspidal atresia after Fontan's or Glenn's modified operation and ligature of an aortal aneurysm.

[Long-term follow-up of the quality of life in children after surgery for vascular compression of the respiratory tract].

The aim of this study is the analysis of long-term results of surgery for vascular airway compression. Out of those operated within last 14 years at our institution, thirty two have a longer than five years follow up, being now 9.1 +/- 3.

A case of hyperplasia of the anterior lobe of the pituitary imitating intrasellar expansion.

The authors describe the case of an obese girl with severe hypothyroidism which led to increased TSH secretion and finally to hyperplasia of the anterior lobe of the pituitary diagnosed by magnetic resonance. After substitution treatment with thyroid hormones was started, marked improvement of the general condition, loss of body weight and normalization of laboratory findings and regression of hyperplastic tissue occurred.

Benign cyst of the paramedian pontine tegmentum.

A benign ovoid cyst, without an epithelial lining, localized in the paramedian pontine tegmentum, was examined by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (25 x 15 x 15 mm) and successfully operated upon. The one-and-a-half syndrome (horizontal gaze palsy to the right and paralysis of adduction of the right eye) and ipsilateral "peripheral" VII nerve palsy dominated the clinical picture. Fenestration, 5 mm in diameter, of the cyst wall through the floor of the IV ventricle was performed and 2.

Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of partial growth arrest after physeal injuries in children.

The precise delineation of the size, shape, and location of an osseous bridge is a critical step in the management of children who have a partial growth arrest of the epiphyseal plate. Five children between the ages of ten and fourteen years were diagnosed, with the aid of conventional roentgenograms, as having a partial growth arrest. Magnetic resonance-imaging studies were carried out to determine the exact size, shape, and location of the osseous bridge.