Highlight With less than 20 cases reported worldwide, cystic dilation of the cystic duct (type 6 biliary cyst) is a very rare condition which can commonly present as right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Dharan presents imaging of this rare entity and briefly discusses the available literature.
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Clin Nucl Med
January 2025
From the Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Typical Meckel diverticulum on 99mTcO4- scintigraphy usually appears early in the dynamic imaging in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, without change of location during the study. We report a case of pathology-proven Meckel diverticulum a 7-year-old boy, which appeared only on the later part of the 99mTcO4- study in the midline upper pelvis which gradually changed location during the study.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Background: Adrenal Vein Sampling (AVS) is the gold standard for categorizing primary aldosteronism (PA). However, catheterization of the right adrenal vein (RAV) can be technically challenging. This study aimed to investigate the validity of the right renal vertebral contour as fluoroscopic landmarks to help RAV orifice localization during AVS.
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January 2025
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Background: Splenic stiffness is a potential imaging marker of portal hypertension. Normative spleen stiffness values are needed to define diagnostic thresholds.
Objective: To report stiffness measurements of the spleen in healthy children undergoing liver magnetic resonance (MR) elastography across MRI vendors and field strengths.
J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Winchester Medical Center, 1840 Amherst Street, Winchester, VA 22601, United States.
Gallbladder cancers (GBC) are insidious, malignant, and associated with poor prognosis, with a 5-year survival rate of 5%. Long-term survival in advanced GBC is rare. Here, we report a case of a 45-year-old female who presented with intermittent right upper quadrant pain for 1 month.
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January 2025
Gastroenterology , Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, México.
We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with a history of smoking, hypertension, and prior surgeries. She presented with acute right upper quadrant abdominal pain radiating to the back. Laboratory tests revealed elevated liver enzymes and imaging studies (CT and MRCP) showed a dilated common bile duct.
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