Adrenal Metastases as Sanctuary Sites in Advanced Renal Cancer.

Involvement of the adrenal gland in kidney cancer represents a unique site of metastasis with a distinct clinical course. The cases are typically resistant to immune therapy and need local therapy management. A case series of patients with adrenal metastases was reviewed to highlight the nuances of clinical course and therapy.

JOURNAL CLUB: Patient Perception of Radiology and Radiologists: A Survey Analysis of Academic and Community Institutions.

Objective: The objective of the present study is to evaluate patient understanding of radiology and radiologists and to assess patient interest in direct consultation with a radiologist.

Materials And Methods: A total of 1976 adult radiology outpatients at both a university and a nearby community hospital were surveyed. After an initial survey was administered, educational material with an attached follow-up survey was distributed to the patients.

Evaluation of pediatric VCUG at an academic children's hospital: is the radiographic scout image necessary?

Background: There is heterogeneity in how pediatric voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is performed. Some institutions, including our own, obtain a radiographic scout image prior to contrast agent instillation.

Objective: To demonstrate that the radiographic scout image does not augment VCUG interpretation or contribute management-changing information but nonetheless carries a non-negligible effective dose.

Imaging trends and radiation exposure in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease at an academic children's hospital.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate diagnostic imaging trends and radiation exposure in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at a U.S. academic children's hospital between 2001 and 2010.