Trends and implications of 24/7 interventional radiology in a newly opened acute hospital.

Introduction: We aim to evaluate the frequency of use and changing practices for all out-of-hours interventional radiology (IR) procedures performed in a new hospital.

Methods: This is a 5 year retrospective review of all out-of-hours procedures performed by the Interventional Radiology team from July 2010 to June 2015. Number and category of procedures performed were identified from the RIS database.

Conductive hearing loss with a "dry middle ear cleft"-A comprehensive pictorial review with CT.

Conductive hearing loss (CHL) commonly results from middle ear fluid and inflammation (otitis media). Less commonly in patients with CHL, the middle ear cleft is well aerated or 'dry' with absence of soft tissue or fluid clinically and on imaging. There are numerous causes for this but they can be clinically challenging to diagnose.

Imaging Sinonasal disease with MRI: Providing insight over and above CT.

This article illustrates and discusses the applications and value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of sinonasal disease. There are several clinical scenarios where MRI can add value over conventional computed tomography (CT) evaluation of the sinonasal spaces. Specifically, MRI can provide insight through better depiction of the anatomy of certain sinonasal sub-sites including the olfactory structures.