Chimio-embolisation trans-artérielle des carcinomes hépatocellulaires par billes chargées à la doxorubicine. Transarterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma with doxorubicin eluting beads.

Objectives: The goal of our study was to describe the chemoembolization technique of transarterial catheterization using microspheres loaded with doxorubicin and to evaluate its tolerance and short-term efficacy on a small number of patients.

Materials And Methods: Our retrospective study was conducted over 8 months (December 2007-July 2008). It was done at the Brest University Medical Centre (France), in the radiology and hepato-gastroenterology departments of the Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche.

Dorsal pancreas agenesis: computed tomography appearance with three-dimensional volume rendering reconstruction.

We report a case of a very rare congenital variant consisting in a dorsal (or left) pancreas agenesis due to the lack of development of the dorsal embryonic bud of the gland. This variant is characterized using helical computed tomography (CT). Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography reconstruction, especially using the volume rendering technique, is very helpful for assessing this entity, which it is important to recognize due to its potential clinical implication (diabetes mellitus).

Diagnostic accuracy of compression ultrasonography for the detection of asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis in medical patients--the TADEUS project.

We assessed the accuracy of venous compression ultrasonography (CUS) for the detection of asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in 122 consecutive patients, with a mean age of 69 years, who were hospitalised in an internal medicine unit. All included patients had CUS within 48 h of admission. Twelve out of 17 patients with a positive CUS underwent phlebography, as the others withdrew their consent, whereas the remaining 105 patients with a negative serial CUS testing were clinically followed-up at 3 months.

Celiac-bimesenteric trunk: anatomic and radiologic description--case report.

The authors report the case of a 39-year-old man with a common origin of three arteries-the celiac, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric arteries-that has not been described previously in the literature, to their knowledge. This variant, which they call the celiac-bimesenteric trunk, is documented with a selective angiogram, and an embryologic explanation is offered.