Endovascular management of the post-traumatic common carotid artery pseudoaneurysms.

Purpose: Pseudoaneurysms of the common carotid artery secondary to high-velocity fragment injuries to the head and neck in patients are uncommon lesions. Multi-detector computed tomography angiography should be performed on all patients suffering from high-speed fragment injuries of the head and neck.

Case Presentation: We share our experience with the endovascular management approach for the closure of 2 separate pseudoaneurysms involving the left common carotid artery.

Vascular involvement in anterior clinoidal meningiomas : Biting the 'artery' that feeds.

Objectives: Anterior clinoidal (AC) meningiomas often encase internal carotid artery (ICA) and it branches. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of preoperative angiogram as a predictor of vessel wall adherence and feeders. Furthermore, defining the dangerous areas would provide insights to decrease vascular injury and achieve maximal safe resection.

Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm in pulmonary tuberculosis - A rare cause of hemoptysis: A case report with review of the literature.

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is one of the common causes of life-threatening hemoptysis, particularly in developing countries. Bronchial and pulmonary arteries are the major source of hemoptysis in pulmonary TB. Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm as a cause of hemoptysis in pulmonary TB is extremely rare, with only a few reported cases.

Case of Atlantoaxial Dislocation with Assimilated C1, Absent Posterior C2, Butterfly C3, and Fused Subaxial Cervical Spine: Management Dilemma with Multiple Segmentation and Formation Defects.

Segmentation defects are often seen with congenital atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) though an associated absence of posterior arch of C2 and butterfly C3 is rare. Apart from rarity, the combination of formation and segmentation defects adds to the management dilemma. We report a case of AAD with assimilated atlas, absent C2 posterior arch, C3 butterfly vertebra with floating posterior elements, and fused C4-C6.

'Split and splayed C3'-traumatic lateral C2-3 dislocation without neurological deficits: unique case and its management.

Background: Traumatic C2-3 dislocation has been often described in the antero-posterior plane but is extremely rare in the lateral plane. Such dislocations have been described in thoraco-lumbar and C1-2. The need to study the imaging in multiple planes has been highlighted to plan proper realignment.

Liver acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) in childhood obesity: comparison and correlation with biochemical markers.

Purpose: To compare and correlate the diagnostic efficiency of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography with biochemical markers for assessing hepatic changes in overweight and obese children.

Methods: This prospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. It included 54 overweight and obese children and 50 normal children (as a control group) in the age range 5-18 years.