Showing papers in "Clinical Radiology in 1990"

TL;DR: Thirty-one patients with intracranial tuberculomas were diagnosed on the basis of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and three types of response are described to the treatment with anti-tuberculous drugs.

TL;DR: The results justify the use of angioplasty in the treatment of intermittent claudication and in poor risk patients with threatened limb loss.

TL;DR: The prognosis is poor when the bowel becomes obstructed; before this happens the offending 'sclerotic' membrane may be amenable to surgical removal.

TL;DR: The pulmonary arterial anatomy in 44 patients with Takayasu's arteritis was examined by intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IV-DSA) on an outpatient basis using centrally delivered, small-volume, bolus injections of an ionic, water soluble contrast medium without complication.

TL;DR: Early experience suggests colour Doppler may be useful in the assessment of proximal calf vein patency, and the sensitivity and specificity for detection of lower limb venous thrombosis, including calf vein assessment, were 93% and 100% respectively.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that ultrasound is a reliable method for detecting non-radiopaque foreign bodies and makes a significant contribution to patient management.

TL;DR: The use of a single axial slice through the mid calf in the differential diagnosis of a swollen leg is described and a honeycomb pattern is seen as a result of increase in the interstitial tissue due to fibrosis.

TL;DR: The CT appearances of renal and perirenal lymphoma detected in 26 patients are presented, and forty-three per-cent of all patients with renal lymphoma had no retroperitoneal lymph node involvement.

TL;DR: In this article, 15 adults with obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) were investigated with computed tomography (CT) and CT was considered abnormal in 13/15 patients (87%) showing widespread areas of increased attenuation of a patchy nature and variable proportion.

TL;DR: The findings on barium follow through, ileoscopy and biopsy of the terminal ileum in 46 children with suspected chronic inflammatory bowel disease have been compared to the final clinical diagnosis, and a pronounced lymphoid hyperplasia pattern was present radiologically.

TL;DR: MRI should be used as the primary investigation in this patient group as it can lead to a marked reduction in the number of disc levels requiring injection, particularly in those with multi-level degenerative disc disease.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that erosions in EOA are associated with more severe hand disease but are not apparently a marker of a separate disease entity.

TL;DR: Transcatheter embolisation-should be the treatment of choice for splenic artery aneurysms because it carries less morbidity than surgery and more importantly allows preservation of the spleen and its function.

TL;DR: Saline irrigation of the bile ducts for inspissated bile or its removal via the endoscope were effective measures in the management of biliary obstruction but percutaneous balloon dilatation and endoscopic stent insertion for biliary strictures were found to have a limited role.

TL;DR: A gossypiboma (a retained surgical sponge) usually has the characteristic appearance on CT of a soft tissue mass with air-bubbles and a whirl-like pattern and should include a retained pad, in the differential diagnosis.

TL;DR: The clinical and radiological features, and outcome of 30 patients including 22 females, with the aneurysmal form of aortoarteritis were analysed and should be useful to the clinician in the diagnosis and management.

TL;DR: A radiological technique using a combination of video-fluoroscopy and static or spot films to assess the anatomy and function of the reconstructed pharynx of post-laryngectomy patients was devised and 46 of the 55 patients treated to date have developed effective alaryngeal speech.

TL;DR: One hundred and seventy-three patients operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism over a four year period by one experienced surgeon are reviewed and an overall success rate of 98.8% was achieved with information from pre-operative localisation using ultrasound and parathyroid venography with sampling.

TL;DR: MRI proved an excellent technique for the assessment of bone marrow changes in Type I Gaucher disease and for assessing avascular complications, but was not able to differentiate between pseudo-osteomyelitis and pyogenic osteomyeelitis without clinical correlation.

TL;DR: The best predictors of acute osteomyelitis were poorly defined soft tissue planes, absence of cortical thickening, and a poor interface between normal and diseased marrow, while chronic osteomyELitis was suggested by the presence of well-defined soft tissue abnormality, thickened cortex and a relatively good interface betweennormal and disease marrow.

TL;DR: A study of patients' subjective experiences of MRI was conducted and these were compared with those of patients undergoing computed tomography (CT); no significant differences were found between those factors identified as unpleasant in MRI and those of CT, with the exception of the confined space of MRI.

TL;DR: This study reviews 14 cases of mandibular asymmetry and concludes that symmetrical radionuclide uptake in the condylar regions on the bone scintigram excludes a continuing asymmetrical growth focus.

TL;DR: MRI was accurate in predicting resectability in all six patients who had surgery and a post-contrast study demonstrating diffuse tumour enhancement was of value in assessing tumour extent in two patients.

TL;DR: Duplex Doppler ultrasound was used to examine 50 breast lesions in 45 patients and the sensitivity was 91%, the specificity 89%, and the positive predictive value was 87% and the negative predictive value 93%.

TL;DR: It is concluded that fine needle aspiration under ultrasound guidance is simple, safe and useful in the management of ultrasonically benign unilocular ovarian cysts in pre-menopausal women.

TL;DR: Four cases of rupture of the right hemidiaphragm secondary to blunt trauma are presented and the value of ultrasound as a simple, non-invasive and direct means of imaging the diaphragms is emphasized.

TL;DR: MRI findings suggest that MRI may eliminate the need for other diagnostic examinations in the investigation of patients with EH, and there was good correlation between the MRI findings and the CT appearance of the EH masses.

TL;DR: Splenic vein thrombosis following pancreatitis should be considered in all patients with pancreatic disease as this complication is increasingly recognised as a cause of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage from varices.