US of the tunica vaginalis testis: anatomic relationships and pathologic conditions.

Extratesticular lesions are common incidental findings at ultrasonography (US) among men and boys. Most lesions originate from or depend on the tunica vaginalis, a mesothelium-lined sac with a visceral layer and a parietal layer. The tunica vaginalis is formed when the superior portion of the processus vaginalis closes during embryologic development.

Oral sodium phosphates solution versus polyethylene glycol for colon cleansing prior to radiological assessment.

A clean bowel environment is essential prior to radiological assessment of the colon. The objectives were to determine patient compliance and acceptability, physician satisfaction, overall clinical effectiveness and tolerability with the use of oral sodium phosphates (Fosfosoda) and polyethylene glycol solutions as bowel cleansing agents in a relatively large cohort of Spanish patients requiring radiologic examination of the colon. This was an observational survey involving 592 patients (> or =18 years and approximately 60% women) who received Fosfosoda or polyethylene glycol solutions according to data sheet instructions.

Sonographic findings of mesenteric panniculitis: correlation with CT and literature review.

Purpose: To evaluate the sonographic findings of mesenteric panniculitis (MP) and correlate them with CT findings.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the clinical, CT, and sonographic findings in 26 cases of MP in our hospital between January 1997 and July 2003. We also reviewed the sonographic features of MP previously described in the literature.

[Quick and early diagnostic outpatient unit: an effective and efficient assistential model. Five years experience].

Background And Objective: To analyze the applicability of an out-patient Quick and Early Diagnostic Unit (QEDU) to evaluate patients with a potential life-threatening disorder on an out-patient basis.

Patients And Method: We analyzed prospectively all patients attended in the unit for five years (1997-2001). We compared patients with lung cancer and colorectal cancer admitted to hospital for conventional study versus patients studied at the unit.

Morpho-functional evaluation of osteomeatal complex in chronic sinusitis by coronal CT.

The objective was to determine whether or not there exists a clinical-radiological correlation in chronic sinusitis of anterior paranasal sinus and to quantitatively evaluate the importance of osteomeatal complex structures and anatomic variants in chronic sinusitis etiopathology. We analyzed 208 nasal fossae with high-resolution and low-irradiation coronal computed tomography. The following inclusion criteria we established: one case control and one control group.