Lung manifestation in asymptomatic patients with primary Sjögren syndrome: assessment with high resolution CT and pulmonary function tests.

The authors studied 37 consecutive patients with primary Sjögren syndrome and normal chest radiographs. Thin-section CT images were analyzed using a semiquantitative grading system. The presence, distribution, and severity of 9 morphologic parameters were assessed.

[CT-phlebography. A new method for the diagnosis of venous thrombosis of the upper and lower extremities].

Unlabelled: Spiral CT venography is a new method in vascular imaging, which is an accurate tool for the evaluation of deep venous thrombosis in the evaluation of deep venous thrombosis in the lower and upper extremity.

Materials And Methods: 102 lower extremities and 12 upper extremities were evaluated for deep vein thrombosis using spiral-CT-venography. The results were compared with findings of ascending venography, color coded duplex sonography and clinical follow up.

[Preoperative imaging of varicose veins of the lower extremities. Classical pattern of insufficiency and its clinical use].

Unlabelled: Venous varicose are one of the most common diseases in industrial countries today. New surgical strategies, tailored to a patient's specific pattern of venous incompetence require more detailed preoperative imaging.

Methods: In this review of current literature we analyzed the value of ascending venography, color coded duplex sonography and descending venography for preoperative planning of varicose surgery.

Spiral CT evaluation of deep venous thrombosis.

Spiral CT venography is a technical innovation in vascular imaging that can optimize vessel contrast in the deep venous system and, therefore, is an accurate diagnostic tool to detect deep venous thrombosis. Compared with conventional venography, the amount of contrast material can be reduced by 80%. While using spiral CT as the primary imaging technique for the detection of pulmonary embolism, the cause of embolism can be evaluated within a short period of additional imaging time without further patient mobilization.

MRI versus lateral stress radiography in acute lateral ankle ligament injuries.

Purpose: Our goal was to compare the abilities of MRI and stress radiography to detect the extent of recent lateral ankle ligament inversion injuries.

Method: In this prospective study, 60 athletically active patients (aged 18-45 years) with recent inversion trauma (< or = 7 days) underwent stress radiography and MRI. In 15 patients, the MR findings were reviewed at surgery.