Do not misidentify a venous valve as a venous dissection.

Radiol Case Rep

Department of Anesthesiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Sinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan.

Published: April 2023

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9926091PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.01.005DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

misidentify venous
4
venous valve
4
valve venous
4
venous dissection
4
misidentify
1
valve
1
venous
1
dissection
1

Similar Publications

Article Synopsis
  • An 88-year-old woman was getting ready for surgery but had some heart and lung problems.
  • During the check-up with ultrasound to put in a catheter, doctors found a weird, larger blood vessel next to her neck artery.
  • This case teaches doctors that they need to pay close attention to the different shapes of blood vessels when placing catheters and to use ultrasound to find them correctly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background In patients with hematologic malignancies, faster species identification is particularly important in the management of bloodstream infection because of their immunocompromised and neutropenic status. In the present study, we analyzed direct species identification in patients with hematologic malignancies, and the factors that might influence the results of species identification. Methods We performed direct species identification using a Sepsityper kit (Bruker Corporation, Billerica, Massachusetts, United States) and compared the results with a conventional method in patients with hematologic malignancies.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A case of robot-assisted resection for cecum cancer with anomalous venous confluence.

Asian J Endosc Surg

July 2024

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Ehime University Hospital, Toon City, Japan.

There are many reports on the positional relationship between the ileocolic artery and superior mesenteric vein (SMV). However, there have been no reports of anomalous venous confluence in the ileocecal vessel area. A 69-year-old man was diagnosed with cecal cancer on a preoperative examination of a lung tumor.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

We present a rare case involving a 54-year-old man with a history of pancreatitis who developed a retroperitoneal lumbar vein aneurysm that was initially misidentified as a pancreatic pseudocyst. Subsequent imaging revealed an enlarged mass and retroperitoneal perforation. Despite initial hesitation, the patient eventually underwent radical surgery that enabled the successful removal of the mass, which was near the inferior vena cava.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Objective: To investigate the clinical application of high-frequency color Doppler ultrasound (HFCDU) in detecting perforators in the deep adipose layers for harvesting super-thin anterolateral thigh flap (ALTF).

Methods: Between August 2019 and January 2023, 45 patients (46 sides) with skin and soft tissue defects in the foot and ankle were treated, including 29 males and 16 females, aged from 22 to 62 years, with an average of 46.7 years.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!