Spinal Hematomas: What a Radiologist Needs to Know

[US-guided interventional procedures: what a radiologist needs to know].

US has important advantages in guiding interventional procedures: it is economical and widely available, it does not use ionizing radiation, and it requires less time than other techniques. US guidance can be provided using devices adapted to probes or using the freehand technique (holding the needle in one hand and the probe in the other). US-guided procedures require careful planning, adequat...

Imaging in laparoscopic cholecystectomy--what a radiologist needs to know.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment option for cholelithiasis. In order to properly assess for the complications related to the procedure, an understanding of the normal biliary anatomy, its variants and the normal postoperative imaging is essential. Radiologist must be aware of benefits and limitations of multiple imaging modalities in characterizing the complications o...

Placental mesenchymal dysplasia: What every radiologist needs to know

Placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) is an uncommon vascular anomaly of the placenta characterized by placentomegaly with multicystic placental lesion on ultrasonography and mesenchymal stem villous hyperplasia on histopathology. Placental mesenchymal dysplasia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases of multicystic placental lesion such as molar pregnancy, chorioangioma, su...

Eosinophilic lung diseases - what the radiologist needs to know

Cecal volvulus: what the radiologist needs to know

Cecal volvulus is a quite rare pathologic condition and therefore sometimes misdiagnosed, but is indeed more common than thought. It occurs with aspecific acute onset abdominal pain associated to nausea and vomiting, so that it often poses a diagnostic challenge for the clinician who needs radiological consultation for further evaluation. As cecal volvulus represents a cause of intestinal obstr...