Percutaneous Treatment of Splenic Cystic Echinococcosis: Results of 12 Cases.

Purpose: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the spleen is a rare disease even in endemic regions. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of percutaneous treatment for splenic CE.

Materials And Methods: Twelve patients (four men, eight women) with splenic CE were included in this study.

Myocardial bridging as evaluated by 16 row MDCT.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the prevalence, appearance and clinical symptoms of myocardial bridging (MB) by MDCT coronary angiography (CTA).

Materials And Methods: A total of 280 (50 females) consecutive patients followed with coronary artery disease or postoperative stent and bypass control, underwent CTA performed by 16-MDCT scanner between January 2006 and April 2006. Short axis multiplanar reformatted images were evaluated.

Intercoccygeal angle and type of coccyx in asymptomatic patients.

Purpose: To assess the intercoccygeal angle of asymptomatic patients (without coccydynia), to study if there is a difference of angle between types of coccyx and between genders with the same type of coccyx.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-two patients (42 females, 50 males, range of ages 8-86, mean 50) who underwent computed tomography (CT) angiography and colonoscopy were included in the study. CT images with slice thickness of 1 or 1.

Imaging characteristics of Takayasu arteritis.

Takayasu arteritis is a rare, large-vessel vasculitis in which the nonspecific systemic inflammatory symptoms are followed by inflammation of the aorta and its major branches. The inflammation of this vessel leads to progressive luminal stenosis or aneurysm formation resulting in limb or organ ischemia. Although conventional angiography is still accepted as the gold standard modality, the information obtained is limited to the vessel lumen.

Myocardial bridging on MDCT.

Objective: The aim of this study is to show the usefulness of MDCT in the diagnosis of myocardial bridging. Although most of the time myocardial bridging is a benign condition, it may be associated with myocardial ischemia and secondary complications. Therefore, it is important to be able diagnose the presence of myocardial bridging.

Comparison of short and long axis methods in cardiac MR imaging and echocardiography for left ventricular function.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare long axis and short axis methods in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and echocardiography for the evaluation of left ventricular function and mass.

Materials And Methods: The study included 15 patients with a history of myocardial infarction and 5 patients with normal ventricular function who were examined with cardiac MRI and echocardiography. Left ventricular function and mass analyses calculated with Simpson's method from short axis images were compared to the results of horizontal long axis, vertical long axis, and combined axes methods.