Large Chondrosarcoma of the Lower Rib Presenting as a Cystic Abdominal Mass.

Chondrosarcoma of the lower rib may present with only minimal calcified chondroid matrix and may be misinterpreted as a liver lesion.

Redescending Stomach: A Rare and Potentially Lethal Complication of Gastric Herniation.

Large gastric hernias are common and usually cause minor symptoms. Rarely, complete intrathoracic herniation of the stomach is complicated by strangulation. The underlying mechanism can be gastric volvulus or the less recognized phenomenon of gastric fundus redescent.

A Retropubic Cartilaginous Cyst in a Context of Surgery for Prostate Cancer.

Retropubic cartilaginous cysts are rare, benign lesions originating from the symphysis pubis that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a small slow-growing retropubic nodule.

Detection of pulmonary nodules with scoutless fixed-dose ultra-low-dose CT: a prospective study.

Objectives: To determine the accuracy of scoutless, fixed-dose ultra-low-dose (ULD) CT compared to standard-dose (SD) CT for pulmonary nodule detection and semi-automated nodule measurement, across different patient sizes.

Methods: Sixty-three patients underwent ULD and SD CT. Two readers examined all studies visually and with computer-aided detection (CAD).

Rare carpometacarpal dislocations.

Posttraumatic carpal and carpometacarpal dislocations represent a heterogeneous group of disorders resulting from high-energy wrist trauma. Perilunate injury is the most common and best-known manifestation of carpal dislocation, typically occurring after hyperextension trauma. Other forms are very rare and have different causative mechanisms.

Is systematic long-term sonographic follow-up after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair useful in asymptomatic patients?

Objective: To establish whether ultrasonographic (US) appearance is correlated to functional outcome in asymptomatic patients 12 months after rotator cuff repair.

Material And Methods: 26 asymptomatic patients at twelve months after arthroscopic cuff repair and 26 controls were retrospectively included. A clinical score (Constant's Shoulder Score, CSS) was compared with a US score (the modified Sugaya Score, mSS).

Musculoskeletal injuries in a resource-constrained environment: comparing diagnostic accuracy of on-the-spot ultrasonography and conventional radiography for bone fracture screening during the Paris-Dakar rally raid.

Background: Ultrasound (US) is a good first-line alternative for the diagnosis of bone fractures in adults as well as children. Our study shows that, compared to X-ray, in a resource-constrained environment, on-site US has a high sensitivity (98%) and specificity (96%) in the diagnosis of bone fractures.

Purpose: To compare the accuracy of on-the-spot US with conventional radiography in the screening for bone fractures during the Paris-Dakar rally raid.

Vertebral sarcoidosis: long-term follow-up with MRI.

Vertebral involvement in sarcoidosis is rare and its clinical and imaging features are non-specific. Indeed, because the lesions are hard to differentiate from metastatic disease based on imaging alone, a histological confirmation is advised. Fatty replacement is a well-known finding indicating stabilization and healing in both benign and malignant conditions.

Postmortem high-resolution fetal magnetic resonance imaging in three cases of lower urinary tract obstruction.

In this manuscript we report 3 cases of severe lower urinary tract obstruction diagnosed before 20 weeks of pregnancy. All cases had a very similar prenatal presentation with a megacystis, bilateral hydro-ureteronephrosis and increased echogenicity of the kidneys. High-resolution postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), following termination of pregnancy, enabled accurate investigation of the underlying cause of the urinary tract obstruction, by depicting the presence of an urethral valve, urethral atresia and cloacal dysgenesis.

Caroli disease: review of eight cases with emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging features.

Background: Caroli disease is a rare congenital disorder characterized by segmental, nonobstructive dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts. The term Caroli syndrome is used for the association of Caroli disease with congenital hepatic fibrosis.

Study Aims: To provide an overview of the clinical presentation and imaging features of Caroli disease and syndrome, with an emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging.

Anterior sacral meningocoele presenting as acute urinary retention. A case report.

Anterior sacral meningocoele is caused by a congenital hiatus in the anterior sacrum. We report a very rare case which presented as acute urinary retention. The common findings of anterior sacral meningocele include atypical low back pain, urological and gynaecological symptoms.