Trans-jugular AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy for acute deep vein thrombosis: Alternative to overcome the limitation of patient's position.

Background: To introduce a transjugular retrograde approach for AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) just after transjugular placement of inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) to treat acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Methods: From September 2018 to April 2019, transjugular Angiojet RT using pulse spray method was performed just after transjugular placement of IVCF in five patients (M:F = 3:2, mean age 70 years). Patients less than 165 cm in height with acute (<14 days) iliofemoral DVT were unable to assume a prone position.

Various factors contribute to graft extrusion in lateral meniscus allograft transplantation.

Purpose: Lateral meniscus allograft transplantation (LMAT) is a feasible surgical option for young meniscus-deficient patients. Although several studies have explored the factors that contribute to graft extrusion, they have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine the various factors that contribute to graft extrusion.

Percutaneous unilateral biliary metallic stent placement in patients with malignant obstruction of the biliary hila and contralateral portal vein steno-occlusion.

Objective: To investigate the outcomes of percutaneous unilateral metallic stent placement in patients with a malignant obstruction of the biliary hila and a contralateral portal vein steno-occlusion.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients with a malignant hilar obstruction and unilobar portal vein steno-occlusion caused by tumor invasion or preoperative portal vein embolization were enrolled in this retrospective study from October 2010 to October 2013. All patients were treated with percutaneous placement of a biliary metallic stent, including expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)-covered stents in 27 patients and uncovered stents in 33 patients.

Clinical outcomes in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia not treated with corticosteroids.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the course of clinical stability in patients with acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) who did not receive corticosteroid treatment.

Methods: Secondary analysis included 19 consecutive patients with AEP who did not receive corticosteroid treatment from a cohort of 310 patients newly diagnosed with AEP between October 2007 and December 2013.

Results: All patients presented with dyspnea, fever, or cough with diffuse pulmonary infiltration.

Primary hepatic amyloidosis: report of an unusual case presenting as a mass.

Hepatic involvement of amyloidosis is common. Diffuse infiltration with hepatomegaly is a usual radiologic finding of hepatic amyloidosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of amyloidosis involving the liver that presented as a mass.