Hepatocellular carcinoma macroscopic gross appearance on imaging: predictor of outcome after transarterial chemoembolization in a real-life multicenter French cohort.

Background: Conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) with lipiodol is widely performed in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) unsuitable for curative treatment. Additional tumor parameters such as HCC macroscopic appearance based on imaging might be helpful for transarterial chemoembolization prognostication and management.

Patients And Methods: A total of 405 patients with HCC who underwent cTACE between 2008 and 2016 from a real-life multicenter French cohort were retrospectively reviewed.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of Stensen's duct in children.

Objectives: Stensen's duct is a very uncommon location for rhabdomyosarcoma. The purpose of this article was to review the clinical history of 2 patients who had rhabdomyosarcoma of Stensen's duct.

Methods: We reviewed the clinical history, imaging studies, histologic analysis, and treatment of 2 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma of Stensen's duct.

Prognostic value of preoperative coronary computed tomography angiography in patients treated by orthotopic liver transplantation.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of 64-slice coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography in patients treated by orthotopic liver transplantation, and to compare prognostic values of CT angiography and dobutamine stress echocardiography in the same population.

Methods: Eighty-two consecutive patients, without known coronary artery disease, who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation, were included in this study. A CT angiography was performed along with usual explorations including dobutamine stress echography.