{"title":"Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus: report of two cases.","authors":"L H Javid, S I Schabel, G M Rittenberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Carcinosarcomas are malignant tumors containing both epidermal and mesodermal components. They are rare in the esophagus, but when present frequently have a characteristic radiographic appearance presenting as a bulky, intraluminal, polypoid filling defect. Although capable of metastatic spread, their usual indolent nature offers a relatively favorable prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"193-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751184","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":"[Modern urography].","authors":"G Morillo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An IVP optimum quality should be tailored to the particular needs of a given case and consequently most be supervised by the radiologist when it is being performed. The most meticulous technique is needed, the adequate amount of contrast medium should be used, compression of the ureters should be performed and under optimum conditions tomography during the nephrographic phase should be performed whenever the circumstances should require it. With only very few exceptions no significant differences between different contrast media exist. The use of medium speed high contrast x-ray films as well as the use of rare earth intensifiers screens avoid the need for extremely powerful generators that are very costly. Film processing is a critical step in obtaining a good study and should be automatic.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"161-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751178","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":"An analysis of the dosimetry for mantle field therapy using 4 MV X-rays and its routine application.","authors":"R Nair, D E Wrede, M Kartha, F Batley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are several different methods in vogue at present in determining patient midplane doses in the \"mantle\" treatment for Hodgkin's disease and malignant lymphomas. A method of determining midplane doses in individual cases using thermoluminescent dosimetry is presented. It shows excellent agreement with the midplane doses measured in an Alderson-Rando phantom treated as a hypothetical \"mantle\" patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"169-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751179","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":"Submucosal tumors of the stomach and duodenum.","authors":"M A Garcés, B B Edelstein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present several cases from our teaching file of submucosal lesions of the stomach and duodenum with emphasis upon the differential diagnosis between the extramural, intramural submucosal, and mucosal location. Difficulty is sometimes found with intraluminal masses. Differential diagnosis has been presented with possible hints to narrow the differential diagnosis for an intramural submucosal mass.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"185-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751182","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":"Duodenal pseudolesions: the key hole sign.","authors":"E Q Seymour","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pseudolesions in the duodenal bulb are produced by barium surrounding and entrapped in contiguous parallel duodenal folds. A typical defect with a \"key hole\" sign identifies the majority of these pseudolesions allowing for the radiological exclusion of true polypoid masses in the duodenal cap. The filling defects disappear with peristalsis or with distention of the duodenal bulb with air.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"189-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751183","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":"Circumscribed eosinophilic gastroenteritis.","authors":"D Rochester, C S Winans, R H Riddell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis with peripheral blood eosinophilia and typical histology is described. The location, radiographic appearance, and gross pathologic appearance of the lesion were unique in that they resembled eosinophilic granuloma of the stomach. Also unique was the fact that the distal esophagus as well as the stomach was involved. This case demonstrates that eosinophilic gastroenteritis may involve any portion of the gastrointestinal tract and that the radiologic distinction between eosinophilic gastroenteritis and eosinophilic granuloma may not be as clear cut as previously thought.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 4","pages":"195-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751185","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":"Secondary achalasia in esophagogastric carcinoma:re-emphasis of a difficult differential problem.","authors":"D J Ott, D W Gelfand, W C Wu, R M Kerr","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Six cases of esophagogastric junction carcinoma are reviewed, with emphasis placed on differential diagnosis between achalasia and carcinoma. All six had abnormal motility with aperistalsis being the most common finding. Three patients demonstrated tapering of the distal esophagus simulating achalasia. Patients over 40 with recent onset of esophageal symptoms and radiographic signs suggesting achalasia should be suspected of harboring carcinoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 3","pages":"135-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751175","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":"Hazards of straight catheter aortography in the tortuous abdominal aorta.","authors":"A J Gerlock, V Goncharenko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Twenty abdominal aortograms utilizing a straight-tipped catheter were evaluated for catheter tip motion during the injection of contrast media. The catheter tips were stable in 15 patients but showed downward recoil in the remaining 5 patients. These 5 patients had marked tortuosity of their abdominal aortae which was felt to be the etiology of the catheter tip instability. Based on this finding, the use of a straight-tipped catheter is to be discouraged in patients with extreme tortuosity of the abdominal aorta.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 3","pages":"131-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751174","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":"Malignant polypoid lesions of the esophagus: review and case reports.","authors":"H J Smith, W J Kilman, D B Corbett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Polypoid lesions of the esophagus occur infrequently and may be benign or malignant. Polypoid pedunculated malignancy of the esophagus is still a rare lesion. We report three additional cases in this paper, two associated with tumor-related hypercalcemia, and review the recent literature on malignant polypoid lesions of the esophagus.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 3","pages":"141-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751176","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}
C A Muhletaler, L De Soto, A J Gerlock, H P Pendergrass
{"title":"Radiographic manifestations of gastrointestinal tuberculosis.","authors":"C A Muhletaler, L De Soto, A J Gerlock, H P Pendergrass","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Barium studies of a gastrointestinal tract and chest radiographs of 109 patients with gastrointestinal tuberculosis were investigated. The type and site of the tuberculous lesions in the bowel, as well as its association with pulmonary tuberculosis and surgical complications, were reviewed. The ileocecal region is the portion of the gastrointestinal tract most frequently involved. The ulcerohypertrophic type of tuberculous lesion was the most common. Thirty-two percent of the patients had a normal chest radiograph. Nineteen patients had a significant surgical complication. Fistulous tracts and intestinal perforation are rare. The radiographic differential diagnosis with regional enteritis and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":76463,"journal":{"name":"Revista interamericana de radiologia","volume":"4 3","pages":"123-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11751173","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}