Colonic stricture: A rare complication of ultraselective transcatheter arterial embolization with microcoils for transverse colonic diverticular hemorrhage.

Ultraselective transcatheter arterial embolization with microcoils is a highly effective and safe treatment for lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Here we present a patient with a history of pandiverticulosis, who was hospitalized with acute hemorrhage in the mid-transverse colon. The patient underwent a successful embolization with a microcatheter and microcoils.

Relationship between serum markers and volume of liver metastases in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Background: Prostate cancer patients with liver metastases have a poor prognosis. To date, no study exists investigating the relationship between liver tumor burden and clinical laboratory markers.

Materials And Methods: Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with radiographic evidence of liver metastases were selected for this study.

Radiology Of The Month: Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothoraces in an HIV-Infected Patient.

A 36-year-old woman with past medical history of HIV/AIDS not on HAART therapy (CD4 count of 34) and recurrent Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia presented to the emergency room for cough, chest pain, and worsening shortness of breath over the past 72 hours.

Radiology Case of the Month: An Unusual Etiology of Increased Abdominal Girth in a 42-Year-Old Man.

A 42-year-old man with diabetes and hypertension presented to the emergency room after experiencing a several month history of gradually increasing abdominal girth with the sudden onset of abdominal pain.