CHEST AND ABDOMEN

Oncologic PET/MRI, part 1: tumors of the brain, head and neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis.

In oncology, staging forms the basis for prognostic consideration and directly influences patient care by determining the therapeutic approach. Cross-sectional imaging techniques, especially when combined with PET information, play an important role in cancer staging. With the recent introduction of integrated whole-body PET/MRI into clinical practice, a novel metabolic-anatomic imaging techniq...

Case of Penetrating Wound of the Chest and Abdomen, with Protrusion Ofo Mentum, Simulating Pancreas

7th of July, 1862. About ten days previously he had been attacked in his boat by dacoits, and wounded by the discharge of a musket close to his body. On the lateral aspect of the left side of the thorax, he liad a circular wound firmly plugged by a piece of omentum, which, from congestion and exposure, had become converted into a fleshy mass of a pale pink colour, about the size of the fore-fin...

Perforation of the lower thoracic oesophagus following crush injury to the chest and abdomen.

We report a case of perforation of the lower thoracic oesophagus following a crush injury to the chest and upper abdomen. A laparotomy was performed for abdominal injuries, and appropriately placed drains resulted in complete resolution of the oesophageal leak, 21 days following the injury. This case report demonstrates that a conservative approach to lower thoracic oesophageal perforations can...

Multiphase contrast-enhanced MRI for control of subacute trauma of abdomen and chest in children

Dynamic behaviour of the chest and of the abdomen in anaesthetized piglets during rapid insufflation.

Three piglets were ventilated with a TVM-ventilator, which releases predetermined volumes of compressed gas into the airways. The inspiratory flow depends on the pressure and volume of the compressed gas and compliance, resistance and inertia of the lungs, thorax and abdomen of the subject. The time for half filling of the chest was less than that of the abdomen and the difference increased wit...