Rotator cuff repair with all-suture anchors: a midterm magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of repair integrity and cyst formation.

Background: This study investigated the feasibility and safety of all-suture anchors in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Methods: All patients were diagnosed with a rotator cuff tear by ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Patients with partial tears, massive tears, subscapularis tears, or previous shoulder surgery, were excluded.

Diffusion-weighted MRI in inflammatory bowel disease.

Cross-sectional MRI is an attractive alternative to endoscopy for the objective assessment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Diffusion-weighted imaging is a specialised technique that maps the diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues and can be done without intravenous gadolinium contrast injection. Diffusion-weighted imaging further expands the capability of traditional MRI sequences in IBD.

Palpitations, headache and night sweats caused by a retroperitoneal mass: case report and short review.

A 31-year-old West-African female attended our emergency department presenting with palpitations, headache, fatigue and night sweats during the last 2 weeks. Clinical examination revealed tachycardia and a painful, palpable infraumbilical mass. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen showed a smoothly rounded soft-tissue mass with a diameter of 5 cm.

Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements as very early predictive markers of response to chemotherapy in hepatic metastasis: a preliminary investigation of reproducibility and diagnostic value.

Purpose: To evaluate the reproducibility and diagnostic value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) as an early predictor of response to chemotherapy of liver metastasis in routine clinical practice.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study of 20 patients with histologically proven primary tumors with liver metastases was undertaken. Diffusion weighted MRI was performed twice before and 12-14 days after the start of treatment.

Atraumatic bilateral scapular spine fracture several months after bilateral reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

We report an 89-year-old woman with bilateral atraumatic scapular spine fracture several months after bilateral reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA). Recently, RTSA has gained popularity in the surgical treatment of complex shoulder disorders such as cuff tear arthropathy. However, scapular fractures may occur several months after surgery as a late complication of this procedure.

Diagnosis of liver metastases: can diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) be used as a stand alone sequence?

Objectives: To evaluate if diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) can replace gadolinium-enhanced MRI (Gd-MRI) for diagnosing liver metastases. The diagnostic accuracy of both techniques alone and in combination are compared.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-eight patients with histologically proven primary extrahepatic tumors were included in this retrospective study.

Middle ear cholesteatoma: non-echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging versus delayed gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging--value in detection.

Purpose: To retrospectively compare non-echo-planar (non-EP) diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging, delayed gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and the combination of both techniques in the evaluation of patients with cholesteatoma.

Materials And Methods: This institutional review board-approved study, for which the need to obtain informed consent was waived, included 57 patients clinically suspected of having a middle ear cholesteatoma without a history of surgery and 63 patients imaged before "second-look" surgery. Four blinded radiologists evaluated three sets of MR images: a set of delayed gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images, a set of non-EP DW images, and a set of both kinds of images.

Pathology of the vestibulocochlear nerve.

There is a large scala of pathology affecting the vestibulocochlear nerve. Magnetic resonance imaging is the method of choice for the investigation of pathology of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Congenital pathology mainly consists of agenesis or hypoplasia of the vestibulocochlear nerve.

Fasciola hepatica infection in a 65-year-old woman.

Fascioliasis is an infectious disease caused by fasciola or liver fluke. Humans are accidental hosts to these flatworms. The World Health Organisation considers fascioliasis an important human parasitic disease.

Imaging of temporal bone tumors.

Tumoral lesions of the temporal bone are relatively rare. Cross-sectional imaging plays an important role in the description of extension of these lesions. In certain lesions, imaging characteristics are rather specific, giving a clue to diagnosis.

Detection of postoperative residual cholesteatoma with non-echo-planar diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the role of non-echo-planar imaging (non-EPI)-based diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of residual cholesteatoma after canal wall-up mastoidectomy before eventual second-look surgery.

Study Design: Prospective and blinded study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

The value of single-shot turbo spin-echo diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the detection of middle ear cholesteatoma.

Introduction: Single-shot (SS) turbo spin-echo (TSE) diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non echo-planar imaging (EPI) technique recently reported for the evaluation of middle ear cholesteatoma. We prospectively evaluated a SS TSE DW sequence in detecting congenital or acquired middle ear cholesteatoma and evaluated the size of middle ear cholesteatoma detectable with this sequence. The aim of this study was not to differentiate between inflammatory tissue and cholesteatoma using SS TSE DW imaging.

Value of high-resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of residual cholesteatomas in primary bony obliterated mastoids.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess the value of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and that of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including postcontrast T(1)-weighted images and echo-planar diffusion-weighted (EP-DW) images, in the detection of residual cholesteatomas after primary bony obliteration of the mastoid.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-three patients underwent a second-look surgery 8 to 18 months after they underwent a primary bony obliteration technique. All patients were evaluated by HRCT and MRI before their second-look surgery.

The value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the diagnosis of primary acquired and residual cholesteatoma: a surgical verified study of 100 patients.

Our goal was to determine the value of echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging in detecting the presence of primary acquired and residual cholesteatoma. One hundred patients were evaluated by preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with diffusion-weighted MR imaging. The patient population consisted of a first group of 55 patients evaluated in order to detect the presence of a primary acquired cholesteatoma.