MRI of patients with suspected scrotal or testicular lesions: diagnostic value in daily practice.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the diagnostic value of MRI in the care of patients with suspected scrotal disorders.

Materials And Methods: Testicle-containing scrotal compartments were evaluated by examiners blinded to all clinical information in an interdisciplinary consensus reading after MRI was performed with standardized T1-, T2-, and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences. Image quality was evaluated on an increasing 4-point scale.

Expulsion of dominant submucosal fibroids after uterine artery embolization.

Purpose: Purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency, probability, and factors associated with expulsion of submucosal fibroids after uterine artery embolization (UAE) in addition to the technical and clinical results at 1-year follow-up.

Materials And Methods: We determined the preinterventional volume of each dominant submucosal fibroid using the commonly used ellipsoid formula and a 3D volumetry in the MRI to define a threshold value in milliliters that indicates the probability for a fibroid expulsion. Assessment of fibroid expulsion was done by MRI at 3-month intervals for a year.

[A radiological case collection with interactive character as a new element in the education of medical students].

Purpose: Evaluation of an interactive, multimedia case-based learning platform for the radiological education of medical students.

Materials And Methods: An interactive electronic learning platform for the education of medical students was built in HTML format independent of the operating system in the context of the Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale (HeiCuMed). A case collection of 30 common and authentic clinical cases is used as the central theme and clinical background.

[Clinical 3-year follow-up of uterine fibroid embolization].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical long-term success of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in patients with symptomatic fibroids using spherical particles (Embosphere).

Materials And Methods: 34 consecutive patients treated with UAE were initially enrolled in the study which had the following study goals 1) 1-year follow-up MRI evaluation of the fibroid behavior and 2) clinical long-term success due to standardized assessment of the main fibroid-related symptoms (hypermenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea and dysuria) of the patients' individual overall health status and their therapy satisfaction at 1-year, 2- year and 3-year intervals after UAE.

Results: Technical success was achieved in all procedures.

Transarterial embolization of primary and secondary tumors of the skeletal system.

Percutaneous transcatheteral embolizations of primary and secondary bone tumors are important minimal invasive angiographic interventions of the skeletal system. In most of the cases embolization is performed for preoperative devascularization or as a palliative measure to treat tumor-associated pain or other tumor bulk symptoms. The transarterial embolization of primary and secondary tumors of the skeletal system has been developed to a safe and very effective method.