Neurosarcoidosis with enlargement of the dorsal root ganglia: A case report.

We report the case of a woman in her 40s who presented with sensory disturbances in all 4 limbs and left facial palsy. MRI revealed asymmetric enlargement of the dorsal root ganglia, which was enhanced by gadolinium-a chest CT scan identified enlarged supraclavicular, mediastinal, and hilar lymph nodes. A biopsy of a hilar lymph node showed noncaseating epithelioid granulomas, confirming a sarcoidosis diagnosis.

Ultrasound-based radiomic analysis of the peripheral nerves for differentiation between CIDP and POEMS syndrome.

Background: Demyelinating peripheral neuropathy is characteristic of both polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). We hypothesized that the different pathogeneses underlying these entities would affect the sonographic imaging features.

Purpose: To investigate whether ultrasound (US)-based radiomic analysis could extract features to describe the differences between CIDP and POEMS syndrome.

Cerebral cortex swelling in V180I genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: comparative imaging study between sporadic and V180I genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the early stage.

The most common genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) in Japan is caused by a point mutation in which isoleucine replaces valine at codon 180 of the prion protein () gene (V180I gCJD). Evidence suggests that cerebral cortex swelling, which appears as abnormal hyperintensities on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), is a characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of V180I gCJD. However, no study has directly compared the MRI findings between V180I gCJD and sporadic CJD (sCJD).

Late Nonanastomotic Pseudoaneurysm From the Prosthetic Graft: A Successful Transcatheter Arterial Embolization Using Coils.

A 71-year-old man who received a total arch replacement with a knitted Dacron® graft presented aneurysmal sac re-expansion due to leakage at the distal anastomotic site of the graft. He did not tolerate the stress of general anesthesia due to severe pulmonary function impairment. Therefore, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in zone 3 was performed under epidural anesthesia.

Transnasal endoscopic resection of Epstein-Barr virus-associated cavernous sinus tumour.

Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumour (EBV-SMT) is a rare disease occurring in immunosuppressed patients, such as those with AIDS, post-transplantation immunodeficiency and congenital immunodeficiency. Intracranial EBV-SMT after solid organ transplantation has been reported. However, intracranial lesions after bone marrow transplantation are extremely rare.

Diagnostic performance and inter-operator variability of apparent diffusion coefficient analysis for differentiating pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma: comparing one-point measurement and whole-tumor measurement including radiomics approach.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) analysis of one-point measurement and whole-tumor measurement, including radiomics for differentiating pleomorphic adenoma (PA) from carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA), and to evaluate the impact of inter-operator segmentation variability.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and fifteen patients with PA and 22 with CXPA were included. Four radiologists with different experience independently placed one-point and whole-tumor ROIs and a radiomics-predictive model was constructed from the extracted imaging features.