Catheter-Directed Retrieval of an Infected Fragment in a Vietnam War Veteran.

Background: Shrapnel injuries are commonly encountered in war zones. The severity of these injuries depends on the initial damage and both the anatomical and immune response at the time of injury or at more remote times in the case of reactivation.

Case Presentation: A veteran sustained a shrapnel injury to his left lower abdomen while serving in the Vietnam War.

Left Atrial Tumor Thrombus in a Patient With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung.

Tumor thrombus in left atrium (LA) is very rare but a serious complication in patients with malignancy. It has a significant impact on clinical decision making, staging and prognosis in oncological patients. Tumor thrombus is seen in a wide variety of malignancies.

Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst with hemorrhage and left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm, managed with left gastric artery embolization and placement of percutaneous trans-hepatic pseudocyst drainage.

Mediastinal pancreatic pseudocyst (MPP) is a rare, but known, complication of both acute and chronic pancreatitis. Most pseudocysts are associated with alcoholic pancreatitis. Recent advances in endoscopic techniques have shown promising results, with reduced chances of infection and recurrence than with percutaneous drainage, but limited availability restricts widespread use.

Left-sided liver and right sided Polysplenia: a 77-year-old patient with hetrotaxy syndrome.

Hetrotaxy syndrome is defined as an abnormality where the internal thoraco-abdominal organs demonstrate abnormal arrangement across the left-right axis of the body. Although it is a known condition among physicians taking care of pediatric patients, it is rarely seen in adult day-to-day medicine and most physicians involved in care of adult patients are unaware of it. It is important to recognize this anomaly based on clinical findings,due to its reported association with various medical conditions.

Endotension distribution and the role of thrombus following endovascular AAA exclusion.

Purpose: To determine the pattern of strain and pressure transmitted to an aortic aneurysm wall before and after endovascular exclusion and to evaluate the role of sac thrombus on the conduction of pressure and wall strain.

Methods: Three canine thoracic aortas were used to create abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The segments were placed on a pulsatile pump system, and 8 strain transducers were positioned in the aneurysm sac.

Mapping T2 relaxation time in the pediatric knee: feasibility with a clinical 1.5-T MR imaging system.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of mapping the spatial variation of cartilage T2 relaxation time in vivo in the pediatric knee with a 1.5-T clinical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system and the manufacturer's body gradient coil.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five children and adolescents (age range, 5-17 years; mean age, 11.