SLE is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology with the potential of affecting virtually all organ systems. Cardiovascular involvement occurs frequently, although it is often mild enough not to cause clinical concern. Pericarditis is most commonly subclinical, noted only on echocardiogram. Pericardial fluid, which can accumulate rapidly enough to cause tamponade, is inflammatory in nature a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ulcerated plaques in the aortic arch are frequent autopsy findings in patients with cerebral infarctions, particularly those of unknown cause. It has been suggested that they could be a source of cerebral emboli. Using transesophageal echocardiography, we prospectively studied 12 consecutive patients with cerebral infarction of undetermined cause after noninvasive workup ...

Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is one of the intra-arterial therapeutic approaches of diseases. With the development of interventional radiology, the applications of PSE in clinical practice are greatly extended, while various materials are developed for embolization use. Common indications of PSE include hypersplenism with portal hypertension, hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia, autoimm...

The Amplatzer® Vascular Plug (AVP) can be used to embolize medium-to-large high-flow vessels in various locations. Between 2009 and 2012, 41 AVPs (device size, 6-22 mm in diameter) were used to achieve occlusion in 31 patients (24 males, seven females) aged 9-92 years (mean age, 54.5 years). The locations and indications for embolotherapy were as follows: internal iliac artery embolization befo...

HYPOTHESIS Old age predicts reliably the presence of pelvic bleeding, requiring angiographic embolization (AE) among blunt trauma patients with major pelvic fractures. DESIGN Four-year prospective observational study (April 1, 1999, to May 31, 2003). SETTING Academic level I trauma center practicing AE liberally. PATIENTS Regardless of hemodynamic stability or the absence of a blood trans...

PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the potentiality of atelocollagen, a new embolic agent which is collagen type I in a porcine experimental model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three pigs underwent transcatheter embolization of lower interlobular arteries of the renal artery (n=6) and one branch of the hepatic artery (n=3) with collagen type I. Angiography was performed prearterial, during, and postart...

Abstract Background Chyle leak/fistula is a rare complication of oesophageal surgery, usually consequent on an unintended breach the thoracic duct, its tributaries, or cisterna chyli. For high volume persistent leaks further surgery has been traditional approach, however two cases have resulted in new management approach at this Centre. Case Series The first patient, 49-year-old, developed drai...

We present a case of a 54-year-old patient with cirrhosis, progressive dyspnea, and platypnea. Thoracic computed tomography (CT) showed multiple pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM), confirming the diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). Besides precisely identifying the number and location of PAVM, CT also demonstrated a striking mosaic pattern of the lung parenchyma, characterize...

PURPOSE To draw attention to pseudoaneurysms within ruptured arteriovenous malformations and to consider their diagnostic and therapeutic features, including pitfalls and precautions needed for safe embolization. METHODS Radiologic and clinical charts of 189 patients who bled from intracranial arteriovenous malformations were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Fifteen of the 189 (8%) were fo...

Fungal infections of the paranasal sinus are increasingly recognized entity both in normal and immunocompromised individuals. Aspergillosis and Mucormycoses being the commonest of all the fungal infections involving maxillary sinus manifests as two distinct entities, a non-invasive and invasive infection. It is important to distinguish the invasive disease from the non-invasive as the treatment...