CT Imaging of facial trauma. The role of different types of reconstruction. Part II - soft tissues.

Background: Injury to facial soft tissues as a complication of skeleton fractures is an important problem among patients with facial trauma. The aim of this work was to assess the value of multiplanar and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction computed tomography (CT) images obtained by using multi-detector row technology in spiral data acquisition in patients with facial injuries of soft tissue.

Material/methods: Sixty-seven patients diagnosed with injury to the facial skeleton underwent a CT scan with the use of GE Hispeed Qx/i scanner.

CT Imaging of facial trauma. Role of different types of reconstruction. Part I - bones.

Background: Injury to the facial skeleton and the adjoining soft tissues is a frequently occurring condition. The main aim of this work was to assess the value of multiplanar and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction computed tomography (CT) images obtained by using multi-detector row technology in spiral data acquisition in patients with facial skeleton injury. THE AUTHORS ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Are there particular mechanisms and types of injuries or locations of fractures which can be diagnosed significantly more effectively by conducting additional multiplanar image reconstructions? Do 3D image reconstructions contribute to the diagnostic process, to what extent? Compared to other imaging techniques, is the spiral CT data acquisition a more convenient for the patient and a faster investigation method of diagnosing post-injury lesions involving the facial skeleton?

Material/methods: Sixty-seven patients diagnosed with injury to the facial skeleton were referred for emergent CT scanning.

[The usefulness of multislice CT in diagnosis of some laryngeal diseases].

The usefulness of helical multidetector computed tomography in diagnosis of some laryngeal and tracheal diseases was presented. Also, the benefits of CT applications in the evaluation of the treatment results were emphasized. Based on the CT images the value of the CT in laryngeal neoplasms, laryngeal and tracheal stenosis and vocal cord paralysis was confirmed.

[Radiologic and clinical aspects of developmental anomalies of the chest wall].

The radiological and clinical presentations of developmental anomalies of anterior chest wall are reported. The authors describe the main diagnostic and therapeutic issues including corrective surgery, its complications and progress in diagnostic imagining. The methods and parameters used in the assessment of the degree of chest wall deformity in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) and pectus carinatum (PC) are also discussed.

[Coexistence of Jarcho-Levin syndrome, syringomyelia and osteoporosis in 15 years old boy].

Autosomally inherited Jarcho-Levin syndrome is an illness leading to death usually in the foetal, neonatal or infantile period or in early childhood. The children rarely survive to the age of adolescence. Hardly 130 cases of the syndrome were described up to now.