Presented in the article is a clinical case report concerning a 41-year-old female patient with atresia of the first segment of the subclavian artery without combination with other defects and developmental disorders. Described are the process of making the diagnosis and the course of the operative intervention performed, i.e. carotid-subclavian bypass grafting. This is followed by assessing the early postoperative period and immediate therapeutic results.
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Arthritis Res Ther
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
Objective: To investigate differences in arterial involvement patterns on F-FDG PET-CT between predominant cranial and isolated extracranial phenotypes of giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Methods: A retrospective review of F-FDG PET-CT findings was conducted on 140 patients with confirmed GCA. The patients were divided into two groups: the cranial group, which presented craniofacial ischemic symptoms either at diagnosis or during follow-up, and the isolated extracranial group which never exhibited such manifestations.
J Endovasc Ther
December 2024
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Klinik Ottakring, Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Wien, Austria.
Objective: This study offers a retrospective assessment of a single-center experience using cerebrospinal fluid catheters to reduce the risk of perioperative spinal cord injury in patients undergoing single-staged complex endovascular juxtarenal or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Results: A total of 97 patients were included. On average, 70.
BMC Med Imaging
December 2024
Department of Radiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Yangfangdian Tieyiyuan Road No.10, Haidian District, Beijing, 100038, China.
Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic value of CT lymphangiography (CTL) and non-contrast MR lymphangiography (MRL) in lymphatic plastic bronchitis.
Materials And Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 31 patients with lymphatic plastic bronchitis diagnosed by clinical, imaging and pathological results were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent CTL and MRL.
PLoS One
December 2024
Department of Medical Imaging, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Gusu School of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Objective: To analytically depict the associated malformations of polysplenia syndrome (PS) in adults via computed tomography (CT).
Materials And Methods: The incidence of malformations associated with PS in twelve adult patients was retrospectively analyzed via CT imaging.
Results: The number of splenic nodules ranged from three to twelve; the splenic nodules were located in the left upper quadrant in nine patients and in the right upper quadrant in three patients.
NMC Case Rep J
November 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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