Arteriovenous fistulas of the Vein of Galen region in adults: Endovascular treatment.

Purpose: Arteriovenous fistulas of the Vein of Galen region in adults (Ad-VGAVF) are an uncommon entity with specific anatomic features. The aim of this article is to present our experience in the endovascular treatment of this pathology and to propose a therapeutic strategy based precisely on the angioarchitecture of these lesions.

Materials And Methods: During a 20-year period, 10 patients underwent endovascular treatment of Ad-VGAVF.

Potentially serious incidental findings on brain and body magnetic resonance imaging of apparently asymptomatic adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To determine prevalence and types of potentially serious incidental findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in apparently asymptomatic adults, describe factors associated with potentially serious incidental findings, and summarise information on follow-up and final diagnoses.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analyses.

Data Sources: Citation searches of relevant articles and authors' files in Medline and Embase (from inception to 25 April 2017).

Cystic degeneration of hepatic adenoma: a rare complication of hepatic adenoma.

This case report describes a rare complication of hepatic adenomata in a 33-year-old female. The patient initially presented with abdominal pain, and baseline imaging demonstrated several hepatic adenomas, the largest of which (approximately 8 cm) was adjacent to the inferior vena cava. Owing to the location of this adenoma, surgical/vascular intervention was deemed inappropriate.

Elective and Emergency Renal Angiomyolipoma Embolization with Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer: Feasibility and Initial Experience.

Purpose: To report preliminary experience with angiomyolipoma (AML) transcatheter arterial embolization using ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer liquid embolic agent.

Materials And Methods: Embolization was performed in 22 consecutive patients (mean age, 53.5 y; 16 women and 6 men) for symptomatic AMLs or AMLs > 4 cm.

Metabolism gene signatures and surgical site infections in abdominal surgery.

Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSI) represent a significant cause of morbidity in abdominal surgery. The objective of this study was to determine the gene expression signature in subcutaneous tissues in relation to SSI.

Methods: To determine differences in gene expression, microarray analysis were performed from bulk tissue mRNA of subcutaneous tissues prospectively collected in 92 patients during open abdominal surgery.

Results for a series of 697 arteriovenous malformations treated by gamma knife: influence of angiographic features on the obliteration rate.

Background: Stereotactic radiosurgery (RS) is an effective tool in treating brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Careful study of AVM angiographic characteristics may improve results.

Objective: To report the long-term outcomes of Gamma Knife RS (GKRS) in brain AVMs, focusing on how the angioarchitectural and hemodynamic parameters of AVMs affect the post-RS results.

Hematocrit predicts long-term mortality in a nonlinear and sex-specific manner in hypertensive adults.

Hematocrit has been inconsistently reported to be a risk marker of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The Glasgow Blood Pressure Clinic Study cohort included 10951 hypertensive patients, who had hematocrit measured at their initial clinic visit and followed for ≤35 years. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios for all-cause, cardiovascular, ischemic heart disease, stroke, and noncardiovascular mortality.

Eyelash trichomegaly: review of congenital, acquired, and drug-associated etiologies for elongation of the eyelashes.

Eyelash trichomegaly is defined as eyelashes which are found to be of increased length, thickness, and pigmentation. This unique finding can be present at birth as part of a variety of congenital syndromes or as a benign familial trait. There are also acquired conditions and drugs that are known to cause these changes.

Paclitaxel-associated subungual pyogenic granuloma: report in a patient with breast cancer receiving paclitaxel and review of drug-induced pyogenic granulomas adjacent to and beneath the nail.

Subungual and periungual pyogenic granuloma occur in association with certain systemic medications. Paclitaxel is an antitumor drug of the taxane family used in the management of breast cancer. Taxanes have many associated nail changes that may occur in patients receiving either docetaxel or paclitaxel for systemic chemotherapy.

The Pharmacogenomics of Anti-Hypertensive Therapy.

Hypertension is a major public health problem, but measures to reduce blood pressure and thus cardiovascular risk are complicated by the high prevalence of treatment resistance, despite the availability of multiple drugs. Drug side-effects contribute considerably to suboptimal blood pressure control. Clinicians must often rely on empirical methods to match patients with effective drug treatment.

Resting heart rate pattern during follow-up and mortality in hypertensive patients.

There is a linear relationship between resting heart rate (HR) and mortality in normotensive and untreated hypertensive individuals. However, it is not clear whether HR is a marker of increased risk in hypertensive patients on treatment. We investigated the relationship between HR and mortality in patients with hypertension.

Complete necrosis of a spinal giant cell tumor after vertebroplasty.

In this case report, histologic evidence of complete tumor necrosis subsequent to injection of polymethylmethacrylate in a vertebral giant cell tumor is described. Radiologic and histologic findings are discussed, and literature pertaining to vertebroplasty-induced cell damaged is reviewed.

Uterine fibroids: uterine artery embolization versus abdominal hysterectomy for treatment--a prospective, randomized, and controlled clinical trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in the management of bleeding in patients with uterine fibroids and to compare UAE with hysterectomy, particularly with regard to length of hospital stay and associated complications (ie, safety).

Materials And Methods: A prospective clinical trial was performed with patients who were randomly assigned to one of two groups: patients who were offered the option of undergoing either UAE or hysterectomy (group 1) and patients who were not informed of the alternative treatment-that is, UAE (group 2). The primary variables that were considered for evaluation of the effectiveness, efficiency, and safety of the two procedures were, respectively, bleeding cessation, total length of hospital stay, and resulting complications.

Metallic stents in the treatment of benign diseases of the colon: preliminary experience in 10 cases.

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of and complications associated with metallic stent placement for treatment of benign diseases of the colon.

Materials And Methods: With radiologic guidance, the authors placed metallic stents in 10 patients with benign diseases of the colon: Nine stents were placed in the rectosigmoid colon, and one was placed in the descending colon. The stents were placed in two cases of diverticulitis complicated by pelvic abscess, four cases of colonic fistula following surgery, and four cases of postsurgical anastomotic stricture.

Nasolacrimal stents in the treatment of epiphora: long-term results.

Purpose: Assessment of the long-term results achieved with use of nasolacrimal stents in the treatment of epiphora caused by obstruction of the lacrimal apparatus. The role of stents in treating this condition is evaluated.

Materials And Methods: From February 1997 to April 1999, a total of 89 procedures to insert nasolacrimal stents were performed in 77 patients (20 men, 57 women; mean age, 53 years).