Pediatric ovarian torsion: a diagnostic challenge
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Malformation of the brainstem accompanied by cortical dysplasia
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Intraventricular ganglioglioma with dissemination of cerebrospinal fluid
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
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Differential diagnosis of pathological intracranial calcifications in patients with microcephaly related to congenital Zika virus infection
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Poorly differentiated large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the paranasal sinus
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Pneumorrhachis as a complication of bronchial asthma: computed tomography findings
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Spectrum of central nervous system involvement in rheumatic diseases: pictorial essay
Abstract The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Beh çet's disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, with multiple manifestations. In those diseases, there can be involvement of the peripheral or central nervous system, and that involvement can be primary, presenting as a major feature of the clinical presentation, or secondary, as an effect of the drugs used in order to control a given disease or its complications. Knowledge of the wide variety of imaging findings is crucial to the diagnosis of a rheumatic di...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Ultrasound evaluation of the penis
Abstract Ultrasound is an excellent method for the study of penis. In this article, using a critical review of the literature and teaching files, we present examples of the major findings in the ultrasound routine, focusing on trauma, priapism, Peyronie's disease, and erectile dysfunction.Resumo A ultrassonografia é um excelente método para a avaliação peniana. Neste artigo, com base em uma análise crítica da literatura e arquivos didáticos, apresentamos exemplos das principais alterações encontradas na rotina ultrassonográfica, destacando-se o traumatismo, o priapismo, a doença de Peyronie e a dis função eré...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Small but troublesome: accessory ossicles with clinical significance
The objective of this study was to describe the radiological aspects of a series of accessory ossicles and to review the evolution of their various descriptions, in order to revive discussion of the subject.Resumo Oss ículos acessórios são estruturas extranumerárias, inconstantes e não originadas de fraturas. Derivam de centros de ossificação não fusionados, foram descritos pela primeira vez por Vesalius em 1543 e por séculos acreditou-se que eram desprovidos de manifestações clínicas. Entretanto, com o avanço da radiologia, atualmente muitos desses ossículos estão sendo associados a síndromes dolorosas. E...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Facebook as a tool to promote radiology education: expanding from a local community of medical students to all of South America
Conclusion: Creating a Facebook page and posting weekly clinical cases proved to be an effective method of promoting radiology education.Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar a viabilidade do Facebook em promover um projeto de educa ção em radiologia da nossa comunidade universitária de estudantes para um público ampliado. Materiais e Métodos: Um grupo de 12 estudantes de medicina criou uma página no Facebook em junho de 2015, como forma de contribuir para a educação em radiologia na nossa universidade. A partir de ago sto de 2015, casos clínicos semanais foram postados, incluindo uma breve explicação dos achados clínicos...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Extravasation of iodinated contrast medium in cancer patients undergoing computed tomography
Conclusion: The incidence of ICM extravasation in cancer patients submitted to CT in the present study was similar to that reported for the general population, according to other studies in the literature. The vast majority of cases of extravasation were considered mild, and no severe cases were observed in the study sample.Resumo Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a taxa de incid ência de extravasamento do meio de contraste iodado (MCI) no local de injeção intravenosa em pacientes oncológicos submetidos a tomografia computadorizada (TC). Materiais e Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo, descritivo, unicêntrico...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Minimally invasive treatment of complex collections: safety and efficacy of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator as an adjuvant to percutaneous drainage
Conclusion: The use of once-daily, low-dose r-TPA for up to three consecutive days, as an adjunct to percutaneous drainage of thick collections, with or without loculation, appears to be an effective technique.Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a efic ácia da injeção do agente fibrinolítico ativador tissular de plasminogênio (r-TPA) na evolução da drenagem percutânea de coleções espessas. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo unicêntrico com análise retrospectiva de pacientes internados submetidos a drenagem percutânea de coleções espessas , superficiais ou intracavitárias, seguida da injeção de agente fibrinolítico (r-...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Prognostic value of focal scintigraphic findings in clinically suspected cases of tibial stress fracture
Conclusion: In our sample of athletes, determining the bone scintigraphy uptake indices provided an objective method to estimate the appropriate recovery time after a tibial stress fracture.Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a correla ção entre a captação da cintilografia óssea e o tempo para recuperação de pacientes com fraturas de estresse na tíbia. Materiais e Métodos: Foram avaliados 21 atletas com suspeita clínica e o diagnóstico radiológico de fratura por estresse na tíbia (grupo 1) e 10 atletas assintomático s (grupo 2). Todos os sujeitos submeteram-se a cintilografia óssea e ressonância magnética com inte...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Prevalence of pancreatic cystic neoplasms on imaging exams: association with signs of malignancy risk
Conclusion: The prevalence of pancreatic cysts was 4.5%. Signs of malignancy risk were observed in 26.3% of the cystic neoplasms identified.Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a preval ência de lesões císticas do pâncreas em exames de imagem e sua associação com sinais de risco de malignização. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo observacional e transversal em que foram incluídos, sequencialmente, 924 exames de tomografia computadorizada e ressonância magnética abdominais. Fo ram revisados os dados demográficos disponíveis nos prontuários e as imagens de todos os pacientes incluídos no estudo. Resultados: Verificou-se a p...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Computed tomography with a stomach protocol and virtual gastroscopy in the staging of gastric cancer: an initial experience
Conclusion: Multidetector computed tomography with a stomach protocol, used in conjunction with virtual gastroscopy, shows good accuracy in the tumor and lymph node staging of gastric adenocarcinoma.Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar a acur ácia da tomografia computadorizada multidetectores com protocolo gástrico no estadiamento do câncer de estômago. Materiais e Métodos: Entre setembro de 2015 e dezembro de 2016, foram incluídos 14 pacientes com diagnóstico de adenocarcinoma gástrico que realizaram exame de tomografia computa dorizada de 16 canais para estadiamento. As imagens foram analisadas por um mesmo radiologista, c...
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - September 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
