{"title":"Computed tomography of abnormally shaped pediatric cranium.","authors":"R A Zimmerman, L T Bilaniuk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computed tomography is an important diagnostic procedure in evaluation of the pediatric patient with an abnormal cranial size and (or) shape. Differential diagnosis of cranial abnormalities based on two hundred and thirty-one computed tomograms is presented. It allows accurate assessment of ventricular size, cerebrospinal fluid pathways, brain substance, and calvarium. Frequently the abnormality demonstrated is so specific that an etiologic diagnosis is made.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"135-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080525","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}
E R Barajas González, J Saldaña Huerta, A Velazquez Aburto, J García Luna, H Angulo Canedo
{"title":"[Intracranial aneurysms. 12-year review].","authors":"E R Barajas González, J Saldaña Huerta, A Velazquez Aburto, J García Luna, H Angulo Canedo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In angiographic studies of the Pathology Department and Radiology Department of the \"20 of November Hospital\" of the I.S.S.S.T.E. (Mexico, D.F.) from 1962 to 1974, were reviewed and 178 intracranial aneurysms in 141 patients were found. There is a two to one ratio females over males. 16.8% of the cases show multiple aneurysms and they were found to be more common during the fifth decade of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"143-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080528","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}
{"title":"Post-voiding roentgenograms in routine intravenous urography.","authors":"J P Brown, M C Beachley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>57 patients were studied to determine the validity of post-voiding films in routine urography. It was discovered that if the post-voiding film was delayed by as much as five minutes after the patient had actually voided, a significant error was introduced. The post-voiding film must therefore be obtained immediately after voiding and even a short delay, which is not uncommon in busy Radiology Ddepartments, may result in a false impression of incomplete voiding.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"167-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080533","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}
{"title":"Craniopharyngiomas in children: neuroradiological evaluation.","authors":"K C Rao, C R Fitz, D C Harwood-Nash","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Craniopharyngiomas constitute one of the commonest tumors in the sellar and parasellar region in children. Most often total surgical removal is attempted. Prior knowledge of the extent of the tumor and adhesions to adjacent neurovascular structures is thus necessary prior to deciding the type of surgical intervention. This paper deals with the usefulness of multiple neuroradiographic studies in evaluating these bening neoplasms, based on nearly 50 cases of craniopharyngiomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"149-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11515769","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}
{"title":"Deep venous occlusion in the Sturge-Weber syndrome.","authors":"M Sarwar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Of the venous abnormalities in the Sturge-Weber syndrome, deep venous occlusion is an uncommon finding. As far as can be determined it has been described in only two previously recorded cases. Another such case is presented to illustrate the usefulness of this finding, in conjunction with other venous anomalies, in the diagnosis of the Sturge-Weber syndrome, especially before two years of age when calcifications in the brain may not have appeared.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"159-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080529","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}
A Formanek, W R Castaneda-Zuniga, L Knight, K Amplatz
{"title":"Three year experience with percutaneous introduction of inferior vena cava filter.","authors":"A Formanek, W R Castaneda-Zuniga, L Knight, K Amplatz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fifteen patients with recurrent pulmonary embolism were treated with a Mobin-Uddin umbrella filter (UF) introduced percutaneously via femoral vein. There were not technical difficulties, bleeding, or migration of the UF. The incidence of lower extremity edema or phlebitis was not higher than in patients with transjugular application of the UF or in patients with surgical inferior vena cava clipping. Two patients had fatal recurrent pulmonary embolism: in one of them the UF was positioned correctly in the vicinityof the renal veins; in the second the UF was placed too low and a large clot may have formed proximal to the UF. The transfemoral approach of the UF insetion represents a significant simplication of the inferior vena caval interruption, but it can only be used if thrombi are excluded by venography in the iliac vein and inferior vena cava. The UF should be placed as close as possible to the orifices of the renal veins to prevent a thrombus formation proximal to the filter.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"171-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080534","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}
{"title":"Accuracy of estimates of contrast media concentration.","authors":"G L Wolf, D D Shaw","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An animal model was used to prepare 18 experimental roentgenograms with differing dilutions of Conray 400 in each renal pelvis. Fifty radiologists were asked to estimate the iodine concentrations after they had been shown examples with known iodine concentrations. It was found there was a great deal of variation in the ability of individual subjects to accurately estimate the iodine concentration present. When the urinary iodine was less than 25 mg/ml, contrast estimations became grossly unreliable. At higher concentrations, the average performance of the sixty subjects was fairly clos to observed densotimetric readings. This study demonstrates that the ability to estimate iodine concentration is similar to other perceptive abilities in demonstrating both thereshold sensitivity and a near normal distribution among observes of the ability to judge perceptable differences in contrast media density.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"163-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080532","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}
{"title":"The association of ano-urethral and tracheo-esophageal fistulae (a report of two cases).","authors":"E K Lang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anorectal atresia with recto-urethral fistula is one of the most common congenital anomalies afflicting the hindgut (1,2). The \"H-type\" ano-urethral fistula, however, is relatively rare, similar to the \"H-type\" tracheo-esophageal fistula which is the least common such anomaly of that region. The association of an \"H-type\" tracheo-esophageal fistula and an \"H-type\" ano-urethral fistula and stricture of the anterior urethra is considered a rare combination of anomalies. Two cases of \"H-type\" ano-urethral fistula with stricture of the anterior urethra and associated in one instance with an \"H-type\" tracheo-esophageal fistula and the other with esophageal atresia and tracho-escophageal fistula are reported and comment is made on the interesting underlying embryologic defect.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"177-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080536","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}
{"title":"Recent advances in radiotherapy.","authors":"J E Munzenrider","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Significant recent achievement in radiotherapy are presented, with brief discussions of brachytherapy, clinical dose-rate effects, ultrafractionation, and total and half-body irradiation. Reports on radiation modifiers, including hyperbaric oxygen, chemical radiosensitizers, and normal tissue protective agents are briefly summarized, while the potential of local and systemic hyperthermia is discussed in greater detail. Recent reports of local tumor control in so-called \"radioresistant tumors,\" such as salivary gland tumors, adenocarcinomas of the breast, prostate and pancreas, malignant melanoma and malignant carcinoid, are summarized. Current status of heavy particle radiotherapy is discussed in detail. Results of initial clinical trials of neutron beam therapy are summarized, and a brief review of proton beam clinical trials and pion beam facilities is included. Recent reports defining the role of combined irradiation and surgery in rectal and breast cancer, and in soft tissue sarcomas, are discussed. Reports of enhanced radiation toxicity seen with concomitant or sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy are detailed, including CNS toxicity seen with methotrexate and cytosine arabinoside, cardiotoxicity with adriamycin, and pulmonary toxicity with bleomycin. New or improved diagnostic techniques with special relevance to radiotherapy treatment planning, including CT scanning, histerography, internal mammary lymphoscintigraphy, and upper extremity lymphangiography are described.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"123-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11616334","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}
{"title":"The meaning of metastatic lymphadenopathy, tumor size and histology as prognostic factors on survival.","authors":"A R Kagan, H A Gilbert, H Nussbaum, P Chan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"2 3","pages":"115-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12080523","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}