Gunther Tulip Filter Strut Penetration: Benign Long-Term Follow-up.

Purpose: To describe the natural history of Gunther Tulip filter (GTF) strut penetration based on the computed tomography (CT)-documented distance penetrated over time and any clinical manifestations.

Materials And Methods: The records of 203 patients (mean age, 59.1 years; 59.

Safety and efficacy of the Gunther Tulip retrievable vena cava filter: midterm outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate of the medium-term integrity, efficacy, and complication rate associated with the Gunther Tulip vena cava filter.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed of 369 consecutive patients who had infrarenal Gunther Tulip inferior vena cava filters placed over a 5-year period. The mean patient age was 61.

Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the auditory canal detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT.

A 24-year-old woman presented with recurrent bilateral ear infections since childhood and a more recent history of partial hearing loss, discharge, and ear pain. Biopsy of the left external auditory canal revealed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. An F-FDG PET/CT was done to look for additional sites of disease.