Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after thoracic radiation therapy: A case report and review of the literature.

Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) is a rare cause of hemoptysis. Potential causes include trauma, infection, or medical interventions. There is a risk of rupture, which is associated with a high mortality rate.

Biliopancreatic and biliary leak after pancreatoduodenectomy treated by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.

Background: Complementary to percutaneous intra-abdominal drainage, percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) might ameliorate healing of pancreatic fistula and biliary leakage after pancreatoduodenectomy by diversion of bile from the site of leakage. This study evaluated technical and clinical outcomes of PTBD for this indication.

Methods: All patients undergoing PTBD for leakage after pancreatoduodenectomy were retrospectively evaluated in two tertiary pancreatic centers (2014-2019).

Idiopathic and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia associated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: comparison of clinical and radiographic characteristics.

Aim: To determine whether there are differences between idiopathic and hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) associated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) (HHT-PAVM) regarding clinical and radiographic characteristics, and the results of embolotherapy.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was undertaken of all adult and adolescent patients who were diagnosed with a PAVM on chest computed tomography (CT) from January 2006 until August 2019.

Results: In total, 41 patients with idiopathic PAVMs and 194 patients with genetically confirmed HHT and PAVMs were included.

Is a history of radiation therapy a contraindication for carotid surgery?

Advances in surgical and medical oncology have seen a significant increase in survival of patients suffering from head and neck malignancies. Many of these patients are treated with radiotherapy to the neck, including the cervical carotid artery. Cervical irradiation (CI) may induce carotid stenosis.

Dutch randomized trial comparing standard catheter-directed thrombolysis and ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis for arterial thromboembolic infrainguinal disease (DUET).

Purpose: To report the results of the Dutch randomized trial comparing standard catheter-directed and ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis (UST) for the treatment of arterial thromboembolic occlusions.

Methods: The DUET study ( controlled-trials.com ; identifier ISRCTN72676102) was designed to assess whether UST can reduce therapy time significantly compared with standard thrombolysis (ST).