Phase 2, Multicenter, Open-label, Nonrandomized Study of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Liposomal Irinotecan With 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Oxaliplatin, Followed by Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Rectal Cancer in a Watch-and-Wait Program.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combination with liposomal irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Methods: This was a phase 2, nonrandomized, multicenter study in adults with stage II or III rectal cancer and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 to 1. Total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) consisted of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combination with liposomal irinotecan (60 mg/m2), oxaliplatin (60 mg/m2), leucovorin (400 mg/m2), and fluorouracil (2400 mg/m²), followed by chemoradiotherapy [ie, capecitabine (825 mg/m2) and radiotherapy according to the standard of care].

[Blue Lungs in Covid-19 Patients: A Step beyond the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Thromboembolism using MDCT with Iodine Mapping].

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic capacity of pulmonary angiography with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and iodine mapping in the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with Covid-19 disease.

Methods: Retrospective observational study of 81 consecutive patients admitted with Covid-19 respiratory infection who underwent MDCT for clinical suspicion of PTE (sudden dyspnea, chest pain, hemoptysis, severe respiratory failure (SRF) not corrected with high O flow) and/or raised D-dimer.

Results: Of the 81 patients studied [64 (79.

[Use of multidetector computed tomography for locating the site of gastrointestinal tract perforations].

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for locating the site of gastrointestinal tract perforations and to determine the most predictive signs in this diagnosis.

Material And Methods: A total of 98 patients with pneumoperitoneum on MDCT were retrospectively analysed. Two experienced radiologists reviewed the presence or absence of direct signs (extravasation of oral contrast, focal defect in the bowel wall, focal defect with multiplanar reformations images) and indirect signs (free air in supramesocolic, inframesocolic, supramesocolic and inframesocolic compartments, concentration of extraluminal air bubbles adjacent to the bowel wall, extraluminal fluid, segmental bowel-wall thickening, perivisceral fat stranding, abscess) to identify the site of the perforation.

Low-dose rapamycin reduces kidney volume angiomyolipomas and prevents the loss of renal function in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex.

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is caused by constitutively activated mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) resulting in non-malignant tumours of several organs including renal angiomyolipomas (AMLs). AMLs may originate renal failure, hypertension and spontaneous life-threatening bleeding. Recent reports suggest a possible beneficial role of the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin for TSC.

Octreotide reduces hepatic, renal and breast cystic volume in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease.

A 43-year-old woman with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) received octreotide for 12 months, and this was associated with a 6.3% reduction in liver volume, an 8% reduction in total kidney volume and stabilization of renal function. There was also a reduction of cyst size in fibrocystic disease of breast.

[Usefulness CT-guided F.N.A.C. in the diagnosis of mediastinal lesions].

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for mediastinal lesions by using histology or follow-up clinical diagnosis as gold standard.

Patients And Methods: CT-guided percutaneous FNAC was performed on 131 patients with mediastinal lesions. Helical CT was used with 3-10 mm image thickness range and low radiation dose (40 mAs, 120 kV).

Sacral radicular cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

This is the first report of a case of sacral radicular cysts in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). A 46-year-old woman with ADPKD was found to have bilateral sacral radicular cysts discovered incidentally by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cysts arising from arachnoid or spinal meningeal sac should be considered one of the manifestations of a more widespread connective tissue disorder associated with ADPKD.

Rapamycin reduces kidney volume and delays the loss of renal function in a patient with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease.

This is the first report of a case of a reduction in kidney volume and preservation of renal function in a patient with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) receiving rapamycin. A 42-year-old man with ADPKD and a severe persistent bleeding from his solitary left kidney was successfully treated with tranexamic acid (TXA). He also received low-dose rapamycin for 8 months, and this was associated with a 23.

Subcutaneous emphysema: diagnostic clue in the emergency room.

The objective of this study was to illustrate the wide spectrum of subcutaneous emphysema in the emergency room; to show the key findings on computed tomography, plain radiographs, and echography; and to discuss the differential diagnoses. Subcutaneous emphysema is a common finding in emergency department imaging studies. It has a great importance due to its broad casualty, some of them totally benign, but others potentially lethal.