RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2023.03.007
S. Groff , G. Barbiero , M. Battistel , A.C. Frigo , G. De Conti
{"title":"Efecto de la embolización transarterial de pseudoaneurismas yatrógenos de la arteria renal con o sin fístula arteriovenosa sobre la función renal a los 6 meses de seguimiento","authors":"S. Groff , G. Barbiero , M. Battistel , A.C. Frigo , G. De Conti","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.03.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Transarterial embolization (TAE) is the gold standard treatment for iatrogenic renal artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) and pseudoaneurysms with arteriovenous fistula (PSA<!--> <!-->+<!--> <!-->AVF), but its impact on renal function has not been sufficiently investigated. The aim of the study is to assess the impact on of TAE on renal function and its technical and clinical effectiveness.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>Sixty-seven embolization procedures in 61 consecutive patients from December 2006 to October 2020 in two centers were retrospectively reviewed for the following parameters: technical and clinical success and failure, embolization materials, type and dimensions of vascular injuries, percentage of post-procedural ischemic renal parenchyma and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) values before and 1<!--> <!-->day after the surgical, percutaneous or endoscopic (SPE) procedure and before, 1<!--> <!-->day after and 6<!--> <!-->months after TAE.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We identified 44 PSA and 23 PSA<!--> <!-->+<!--> <!-->AVF. Technical success was 95.5%, primary clinical success was 90.2% and secondary clinical success was 96.7%. Different embolization materials were used. A significant decrease of the eGFR was found after the SPE procedure. No significant difference was found between eGFR before and after TAE. A minimal significant improvement of the eGFR was found 6<!--> <!-->months after TAE. Embolization of larger lesions resulted in larger post-procedural ischemic areas. PSA<!--> <!-->+<!--> <!-->AVF were significantly larger (<em>P</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->.0142) and determined a larger post-procedural ischemic area. No correlation was found between dimensions, kind of vascular injury or post-procedural ischemic area and eGFR.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>TAE has high technical and clinical success rates and does not affect renal function negatively, regardless of dimensions or kind of vascular injuries or post-procedural ischemic area.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 3-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122258727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2024.03.006
S. Kalantari , M. Soltani , M. Maghbooli , F.S. Khoshe Mehr , Z. Kalantari , S. Borji , B. Memari , A. Hossein Heydari , R. Elahi , M. Bayat , H. Salighehrad
{"title":"Alteraciones del flujo sanguíneo cerebral medidas con RM-ASL como predictor de demencia vascular en la enfermedad isquémica de pequeño vaso","authors":"S. Kalantari , M. Soltani , M. Maghbooli , F.S. Khoshe Mehr , Z. Kalantari , S. Borji , B. Memari , A. Hossein Heydari , R. Elahi , M. Bayat , H. Salighehrad","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Cerebral small vessel ischemic disease (SVID) as a common age-related morbidity is the key mechanism of vascular cognitive impairment (V<span>C</span>I). This study uses Cerebral blood flow (CBF) measured by pseudo-continuous ASL MRI in SVID patients with and without cognitive impairment to differentiate VCI from normal aging.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and Methods</h3><div>In this cross-sectional study, 74 SVID patients, including 35 with diagnosed VCI and 39 without cognitive impairment(control) underwent pCASL-MRI in the resting state. ROI-based approach pre-processing, denoising techniques, and correction for partial volume effects were performed. Regional CBF was compared between severe cognitive impairment (SCI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and SVID patients without cognitive impairment.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Total and regional CBF values in the thalamus, left cortex, hippocampus, post cingulate cortex, precuneus, insula, putamen, and middle temporal lobe was lower in VCI compared to SVID, also in SCI compared MCI group. There was a linear correlation between the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) z score and CBF in the thalamus region in SVID participants and between the MMSE z score and CBF in the medial temporal region in MCI participants. The medial temporal atrophy)MTA (z score was significantly correlated with CBF values in the hippocampus and medial temporal regions in SCI and MCI. Also a significant correlation was seen between total CBF and Fazekas score.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Due to the growing prevalence of dementia and the role of CBF as a predictive biomarker, ASL-MRI as a non-invasive method can be easily added to diagnostic tools of cognitive impairment in individuals with SVID to recognize the initiation of VCI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 28-37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143164480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.006
A. Ezponda , F.M. Caballeros Lam , G. Bastarrika Alemañ
{"title":"TC-perfusión y FFR-TC en la valoración de la enfermedad coronaria","authors":"A. Ezponda , F.M. Caballeros Lam , G. Bastarrika Alemañ","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>CT coronary angiography is the most reliable non-invasive imaging technique for ruling out coronary artery disease. However, its specificity is not high. Thus, when coronary stenosis of uncertain functional significance is detected, the recommendation is to perform complementary imaging tests to assess myocardial ischemia. CT myocardial perfusion imaging and CT fractional flow reserve provide added diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value to CT coronary angiography, by increasing its predictive value and facilitating therapeutic decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 101-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140282236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2023.05.007
A. Gomes Lima Junior , M.F. Lucena Karbage , P.A. Nascimento
{"title":"Una actualización sobre aspectos éticos en la investigación clínica: el abordaje de cuestiones sobre el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas de IA en radiología","authors":"A. Gomes Lima Junior , M.F. Lucena Karbage , P.A. Nascimento","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The analysis of ethical aspects in clinical research has always been a challenge and has required constant updates.</div><div>In short, research ethics is the set of specific principles, rules, and norms of behavior that a research community has decided are appropriate and fair under the premise that research must be valid, reliable, legitimate, and representative.</div><div>This non-systematic review brings some ethical concerns that should be considered within the scientific community. Many studies and the development of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools, especially in radiology, make it necessary for the radiology research community to promote debates and establish ethical standards for the practice and development of new AI tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135606859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2023.11.005
A. Aranaz Murillo, S. Cruz Ciria, A. García Barrado, C. García Mur
{"title":"Biomarcadores en resonancia magnética y su correlación con el test Oncotype","authors":"A. Aranaz Murillo, S. Cruz Ciria, A. García Barrado, C. García Mur","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Breast cancer (BC) has high rates of incidence and prevalence, causing significant impact in our society. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a crucial role in its detection and staging. The Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score (ODXRS) test can be used to guide decision making regarding adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) in early-stage luminal BC to allow for more tailored cancer treatment. The aim of this article is to review knowledge regarding MRI biomarkers to date according to the BI-RADS® classification and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in this imaging technique to establish its correlation with the ODXRS test. The latest studies published on AI and MRI present promising findings, and their standardisation could mark a turning point in breast radiology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 54-60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139538486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2023.09.002
F.D. Choque-Chávez , A. Jareño-Badenas , D. Benítez-Ribas , L. Oleaga
{"title":"Evaluación mediante resonancia magnética de la afectación del sistema nervioso central en pacientes sometidos a terapia de células T con receptores quiméricos de antígenos","authors":"F.D. Choque-Chávez , A. Jareño-Badenas , D. Benítez-Ribas , L. Oleaga","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2023.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Chimeric antigen receptor-engineered (CAR) T-cell therapy is an effective immunotherapy for aggressive hematologic cancers. However, it can lead to complications such as immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), or complications related to the immunosuppressive status of these patients. The role of imaging in this context is essential to help in ICANS diagnosis and to rule out other potential diagnosis, such as central nervous system infections. Two cases are presented to illustrate this clinical problem.</div><div>Case 1: describes a 38-year-old patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who developed ICANS after CAR T-cell therapy. MRI revealed signs of leukoencephalopathy. Case 2:involves a 57-year-old patient with mantle-cell lymphoma who presented neurologic symptoms -clinically suggestive of ICANS- after CAR-T therapy. MRI showed signs indicative of limbic encephalitis.</div><div>These two cases highlight the importance of MRI in clinical practice after CAR T-Cell Therapy underscoring the role of MRI in the diagnosis of complications in patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 91-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135850242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
RADIOLOGIAPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.005
A.M. Mazza Rapagna , P. Bas Alcolea , N. Martínez Arnau , M.L. Monreal , C. García Mur , A. Romeo Tris
{"title":"Manifestaciones radiológicas del sarcoma sinovial","authors":"A.M. Mazza Rapagna , P. Bas Alcolea , N. Martínez Arnau , M.L. Monreal , C. García Mur , A. Romeo Tris","doi":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rx.2024.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a rare malignant neoplasm of the soft tissue adjacent to joints. It is the most commonly diagnosed non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) in childhood (30%). Its most frequent location is the knee and ankle, and it is the most common STS to affect the foot. Unlike other STS, it has slow growth and an earlier age at diagnosis (adolescents and young adults), which is why many cases are initially misdiagnosed as benign processes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is key due to its characterisation capabilities as SS shares features with other STS. Definitive diagnosis is achieved through a pathological study that shows the pathognomonic translocation t(x;18)(p11;q11) with the fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) technique. The objective of this article is to highlight the key characteristics that are useful for diagnosing SS, fundamentally through the use of radiological imaging techniques, as well as nuclear medicine and pathological studies, illustrated with cases diagnosed in our centre.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":31509,"journal":{"name":"RADIOLOGIA","volume":"67 1","pages":"Pages 74-84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140280191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}