Impact of liver-directed therapy and non-therapy on the waiting time list of patient candidates for liver transplantation: retrospective survival analysis.

Aim Of The Study: To determine whether liver-directed therapies (LDT) and no therapy affect waiting list times for liver transplant candidates from a single center.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study included patients > 12 years of age diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma between January 2014 and June 2019 and followed until the date of transplant, date of delisting, loss to follow-up, or date of death. Waiting list time and associated factors were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional-hazards methods.

Radiology Case of the Month: Intussusception in Adults: Is There a Lead Point?

A 36-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with a 4-day history of progressive lower abdominal pain accompanied by nausea.

Cranial fasciitis of childhood: a lytic skull lesion.

A two-year-old female infant presented with a palpable scalp mass that her mother first noticed nine months before presentation. The mother denied history of pain, discomfort, trauma, fever, or neurologic manifestations. On examination, she had a single, round, firm, subcutaneous mass measuring 3x2 cm on the right posterior temporal area covered by normal skin.