Choledochal cysts are rare congenital cystic dilatations of the biliary tree. They are most commonly present in female infants and young children, and their pathology remains unclear. The triad of intermittent jaundice, abdominal mass, and pain is found only in a minority of patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The deltoid is a large triangular muscle at the shoulder. It attaches proximally to the clavicle, acromion and scapula, while distally it attaches to the lateral deltoid tuberosity. Ruptures are rare, and the literature only reports cases of proximal detachment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntracranial calcifications in the pediatric population can have many etiologies including neoplastic, infectious, neurodegenerative, metabolic, or cerebrovascular abnormalities. We present the case of a 2-year-old boy with vein of Galen malformation, a rare cause of intracranial calcifications with a review of literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale And Objectives: Previous studies on possible accumulation of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) in the brain suggest that macrocyclic GBCA are less likely to accumulate than linear GBCA. However, conflicting results have been reported, especially in MS. The aim of this study is to investigate retrospectively the correlation between gadoterate-meglumine (macrocyclic GBCA) use and T1 signal intensity changes (SI) in the dentate nucleus and the GP on unenhanced T1-weighted images in a large cohort of MS patients.
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