Fatal Liver Abscess and Tumor Rupture after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma SHU-HANG NG YUN-CHUNG CHEUNG SHEUNG-FAT KO HO-FAI WONG KOON-KUAN NG YUNG-LIANG WAN SIU CHENG CHAN

Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma Complicated with Bleeding: CT Features ALEX MUN-CHING WONG YAO-LIANG CHEN SIU-CHEUNG CHEN CHIH-FENG TAN MIN-LUN TSAI KOON-KWAN NG YUN-CHUNG CHEUNG

Diagnostic efficacy of ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in evaluating salivary gland malignancy.

BACKGROUND Salivary gland masses constitute a diagnostic challenge in daily clinical practice and tissue sampling is required to establish a diagnosis. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (UGFNAB) in the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions. METHODS From January 2007 to September 2010, a total of 158 patients who underwent both UGFNAB and s...

Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability as a prognostic marker in patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases--relationships and comparisons with vascular markers of atherosclerosis.

BACKGROUND Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability (BPV) is a simple surrogate marker for the development of atherosclerotic diseases, cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Nevertheless, the relative prognostic value of BPV in comparison with other established vascular assessments remain uncertain. METHODS We prospectively followed-up 656 high-risk patients with diabetes or established ca...

Development of a safety index of transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma to prevent acute liver damage.

BACKGROUND Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the most effective palliative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but may cause acute liver damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and ninteen patients with unresectable HCCs, undergoing TACE, were studied prospectively. A safety index to prevent acute liver damage was developed by using logistic regression. RESULTS Acute liv...

Sonographic demonstration of hyperechoic fibrin coating of rice bodies in trochanteric bursitis: the "fried rice" pattern.

ntra-articular rice body formation is generally related to synovial inflammatory conditions such as tuberculous, pyogenic, rheumatoid, or seronegative inflammatory diseases.1,2 Occasionally, it does not have any underlying disorder.3,4 Various mechanisms of pathogenesis of rice bodies have been proposed, including sloughing from the microinfarcted synovium, de novo formation in the synovial flu...