Aortoiliac diameter and length in a healthy cohort.

Objective: Diameter is currently the only screening and diagnostic criterion for asymptomatic aneurysms. Therefore, aortic and lower-extremity arterial diameter has diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic importance. We aimed to determine aortic and lower-extremity arterial reference diameters in a general population and compare them according to age, sex, and other characteristics.

Current and Future Clinical Applications of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Pancreatic Cancer.

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a novel therapeutic modality that permits noninvasive treatment of various benign and malignant solid tumors, including prostatic cancer, uterine fibroids, hepatic tumors, renal tumors, breast cancers, and pancreatic cancers. Several preclinical and clinical studies have investigated the safety and efficacy of HIFU for treating solid tumors, including pancreatic cancer. The results of nonrandomized studies of HIFU therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer have suggested that HIFU treatment can effectively alleviate cancer-related pain without any significant complications.

Multifunctional doxorubicin loaded superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for chemotherapy and magnetic resonance imaging in liver cancer.

To develop a drug delivery system with enhanced efficacy and minimized adverse effects, we synthesized a novel polymeric nanoparticles, (YCC-DOX) composed of poly (ethylene oxide)-trimellitic anhydride chloride-folate (PEO-TMA-FA), doxorubicin (DOX) and superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe(3)O(4)) and folate. The efficacy of the nanoparticles was evaluated in rats and rabbits with liver cancer, in comparison with free-DOX (FD) and a commercial liposome drug, DOXIL. YCC-DOX showed the anticancer efficacy and specifically targeted folate receptor (FR)-expressing tumors, thereby increasing the bioavailability and efficacy of DOX.

Evaluation of deep vein thrombosis with multidetector row CT after orthopedic arthroplasty: a prospective study for comparison with Doppler sonography.

Objective: This prospective study evaluated the ability of indirect 16-row multidetector CT venography, in comparison with Doppler sonography, to detect deep vein thrombosis after total hip or knee replacement.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-two patients had undergone orthopedic replacement surgery on a total of 30 hip joints and 54 knee joints. The CT venography (scan delay time: 180 seconds; slice thickness/increment: 2/1.

MR imaging in a child with scurvy: a case report.

Scurvy is very rare disease in industrialized societies. Nevertheless, it still exists in higher risk groups including economically disadvantaged populations with poor nutrition, such as the elderly and chronic alcoholics. The incidence of scurvy in the pediatric population is very low.

Cavernous haemangioma of the spermatic cord in a child.

We present a unique case of an 11-year-old boy with a cavernous haemangioma of the spermatic cord. Sonography showed a well-defined, heterogeneous echoic mass with internal calcifications in the paratesticular region while radiography showed several phleboliths in the scrotum. Both were helpful in differentiating this paratesticular tumour.

Chronic, reactive conditions of the oral cavity simulating mucosal carcinomas: CT and MR imaging findings with pathologic correlation in five patients.

To investigate the radiologic and pathologic findings of chronic, inflammatory, reactive conditions of the oral cavity, which clinically and radiologically simulate mucosal malignancy, computed tomography (CT; n=4) and magnetic resonance (MR; n=2) images, as well as surgical specimens, obtained from five patients with surgically proved, chronic inflammatory mass of the oral cavity were retrospectively reviewed. All patients had a palpable mass or ulcerative lesion in the oral cavity. On CT and MR images, all three lesions in the oral tongue and one lesion in the retromolar trigone were seen as a superficial, ill-marginated, well-enhancing ellipsoid or focal soft tissue mass.

MR imaging of the alar ligament: morphologic changes during axial rotation of the head in asymptomatic young adults.

Objective: . The alar ligament plays a critical role in limiting the axial rotation of the head, the left alar ligament being stretched on rotation to the right and vice versa. The purposes of this study were to assess the usefulness of MR imaging in demonstrating the alar ligament and also to identify its morphologic changes during axial rotation of the head in asymptomatic young volunteers.

The usefulness of MR imaging of the temporal bone in the evaluation of patients with facial and audiovestibular dysfunction.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical utility of MR imaging of the temporal bone in patients with facial and audiovestibular dysfunction with particular emphasis on the importance of contrast enhancement.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the MR images of 179 patients [72 men, 107 women; average age, 44 (range, 1-77) years] who presented with peripheral facial palsy (n=15), audiometrically proven sensorineural hearing loss (n=104), vertigo (n=109), or tinnitus (n=92). Positive MR imaging findings possibly responsible for the patients' clinical manifestations were categorized according to the anatomic sites and presumed etiologies of the lesions.