Tales of Mentoring in Radiology: The Experience of Residents and Mentors at a Single Academic Program.

Purpose: To investigate the utility of mentoring groups in radiology residency.

Methods: Five assistant professors of Radiology and 20 radiology residents were divided into 5 groups. One resident from each academic year was randomly paired with a mentor group.

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A Single-Center Experience with 23 Patients.

Background: Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare entity that occurs when the median arcuate ligament of the diaphragm is low-lying, causing a compression to the underlying celiac trunk. We reviewed the vascular changes associated with MALS in an effort to emphasize the seriousness of this disease and the complications that may result.

Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive analysis of 23 consecutive patients diagnosed with MALS between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2015 at a tertiary medical center.

Cortical bone invasion in non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia: tumefactive extramedullary hematopoiesis reviewed.

Objective Of The Study: To assess the prevalence of cortical bone invasion (CBI) with secondary extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT), to determine its predilection sites on thoracic and abdominal imaging, to determine whether there is an association between various clinical and hematological parameters, and to evaluate its various findings mainly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in addition to computed tomography (CT) scans.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of 57 patients with NTDT imaged by CT or MRI. Both clinical and laboratory data were gathered.