Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in younger patients has an equivocal survival advantage as compared with resection.

Whereas some investigators in the surgical field advocate liver resection for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) shows a significant survival advantage. Age was used to stratify survival in these groups to analyze beneficence. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1998-2008) was used to identify 2355 patients who underwent either a segmentectomy, lobectomy, or extended lobectomy (resection) and 1873 patients who underwent an OLT for HCC.

Radiologic-pathologic correlation of pediatric and adolescent spinal neoplasms: Part 2, Intradural extramedullary spinal neoplasms.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the neuroimaging findings of intradural extramedullary spinal tumors in the pediatric and adolescent population. The differential diagnosis for lesions in this location is limited and can be further narrowed with knowledge of specific imaging characteristics.

Conclusion: This article reviews the radiologic and pathologic findings of pediatric and adolescent intradural extramedullary neoplasms.

Radiologic-pathologic correlation of pediatric and adolescent spinal neoplasms: Part 1, Intramedullary spinal neoplasms.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the neuroimaging findings of pediatric and adolescent intramedullary spinal tumors in children. The differential diagnosis for lesions in this location is limited and can be further narrowed with knowledge of specific imaging characteristics.

Conclusion: This article reviews the radiologic findings and differential diagnosis for intramedullary neoplasms.

CNS Nocardia in AIDS patients: CT and MRI with pathologic correlation.

Objective: Since CNS nocardiosis is an often fatal yet potentially treatable infection in HIV patients, we sought to identify and characterize imaging features that may suggest the diagnosis in the appropriate clinical setting.

Materials And Methods: The CT scan (six), MR scans (one), or both (two) were evaluated in nine HIV patients with pathologically proven CNS Nocardia asteroides. Chest X-ray films were available in seven patients.