Successful closure of a complicated duodenal ulcer perforation with an expandable esophageal stent.

Laparotomy and reoperation remain the standard procedures for patients with suture line disruption after the initial surgical treatment for duodenal ulcer perforation has failed. Recently, endoscopic stents have been employed for dehiscence of the suture line after a surgical repair or even as a primary treatment. We present such a case, the fourth in the literature.

Investigation into the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of choroidal melanoma through magnetic resonance imaging and B-scan ultrasound.

Objective: To investigate the homogeneity and vascularity of choroidal melanoma through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and brightness modulation (B-mode) ultrasound scan and their correlation with dimensions of tumor, as well as to measure the sensitivity of both modalities in retinal detachment (RD) detection.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective chart review included patients diagnosed with choroidal melanoma. All these patients underwent MRI scans using T2-weighted (T2-WI) and T1-weighted (T1-WI) sequences, before and after an intravenous injection of paramagnetic contrast material.

Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma treated with preoperative embolisation and endoscopic sinus surgery.

Sinonasal glomangiopericytoma is a benign rare tumour of pericytes that accounts for less than 0.5% of all sinonasal tumours. It is an indolent tumour with a macroscopic appearance of common inflammatory polyps.

Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Quantification in Determining the Histological Diagnosis of Malignant Liver Lesions.

Purpose: Diffusion Weighted Imaging is an established diagnostic tool for accurate differential diagnosis between benign and malignant liver lesions. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of Histogram Analysis of ADC quantification in determining the histological diagnosis as well as the grade of malignant liver tumours. To our knowledge, there is no study evaluating the role of Histogram Analysis of ADC quantification in determining the histological diagnosis as well as the grade of malignant liver tumours.

Intracranial aneurysms: evaluation using CTA and MRA. Correlation with DSA and intraoperative findings.

Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MSA) have been used recently for evaluation of intracranial aneurysms. If they are to replace conventional digital subtraction angiography (DSA), their sensitivity and specificity should be equal to the latter. In order to determine whether computed tomographic angiography and magnetic resonance angiography can provide the necessary information for presurgical evaluation we compared blindly the results of helical CT angiography and MR angiography with the results of digital subtraction angiography and the intraoperative findings.