A radiologist's perspective of the value of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the assessment of head and neck lesions.

This viewpoint presents a radiologist's perspective of the value that can be added by close collaboration and teamwork with cytopathologist colleagues to maximise specimen quality, adequacy, and patient outcomes. Various models are discussed and service evolution through teamwork emphasised. The importance of utilising ultrasound guidance for fine needle aspiration in head and neck lesions and critical appraisal of the literature are reviewed.

UK national audit of safety checks for radiology interventions.

Objective:: To reaudit the use of safety checklists in radiology departments in NHS departments throughout the UK.

Methods:: This audit was performed on behalf of The Royal College of Radiologists Audit Committee in 2016 and was sent to radiology audit leads at every NHS department in the UK to determine the use of safety checks in various modalities and subspecialties. Free-form text boxes gathered data on problems with checklist implementation.

Acute 'pathological haematoma' without significant antecedent trauma as an unusual presentation of undiagnosed malignancy.

The authors report two cases of malignancy that presented initially with acute haematomas without any history of significant trauma. The first case was a 31-year-old male who presented with a large haematoma in the anterior triangle of the neck following minor trauma during a rugby match. This was shown to be due to haemorrhage into an undiagnosed papillary thyroid tumour.