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Procedural Dictations in Image-Guided Intervention: Non-Vascular, Vascular and Neuro Interventions

Al-Kutoubi, Aghiad; Taslakian, Bedros; Hoballah, Jamal J. (Springer, )

This book is designed to provide the practicing interventionist with a comprehensive list of procedural reports that covers the vast majority of the currently performed interventional procedures outside the cardiac system. ...
Imaging of Parasitic Diseases.

Haddad, Maurice C.; M. E. Abd-el-Bagi (Springer, )
Imaging of Back Pain in Children and Adolescents

Khoury N.J.; Hourani M.H.; Arabi M.M.S.; Abi-Fakher F.; Haddad M.C. (, 2006)

Purpose: To present the imaging findings of the wide spectrum of musculoskeletal diseases causing back pain in children and adolescents. Discussion: Back pain in children is a rare condition but may denote a serious health ...
Imaging findings of familial Mediterranean fever

Ishak G.E.; Khoury N.J.; Birjawi G.A.; El-Zein Y.R.; Naffaa L.N.; Haddad M.C. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2006)

Purpose: The aim of this study was to study the imaging findings of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Materials and methods: We performed a retrospective review of the medical records and imaging studies of 38 patients ...
Pseudoaneurysms of Hepatic Artery Branches: Treatment with Self-expanding Stent-grafts in Two Cases

Moukaddam H.; Al-Kutoubi A. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2007)

Pseudoaneurysms of the hepatic artery or its branches are rare complications with several potential causes. Herein, the authors report two cases of pseudoaneurysms of hepatic artery branches, one secondary to laparoscopic ...
Alternative diagnoses of acute appendicitis on helical CT with intravenous and rectal contrast

Karam A.R.; Birjawi G.A.; Sidani C.A.; Haddad M.C. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2007)

At our institution, helical CT of the abdomen and pelvis with intravenous and rectal contrast (CTRC) has become the modality of choice for investigation of patients with right lower quadrant pain and clinical suspicion of ...
The value of contrast-enhanced helical CT scan with rectal contrast enema in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Naffaa L.N.; Ishak G.E.; Haddad M.C. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2005)

Background: The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the accuracy of single slice helical CT scan with intravenous, and rectal contrast (CTRC) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) in patients with suspected ...
Modified GTX as second-line chemotherapy in advanced pancreatic cancer

Dbouk H.; Ajouz H.; Shamseddine A.; Mukherji D.; O'Reilly E.M.; Haydar A.; Kelsen D.; Naghy M.; Eloubeidi M.; Geara F.; Saltz L.; Abou-Alfa G.K. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Don't forget to report simple finding on CT: The hypodense eye lens

Taslakian B.; Hourani R. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2013)

Traumatic eye injuries are associated with significant visual impairment and are a major cause of monocular blindness. Rapid assessment and examination following trauma to the eye is crucial. A thorough knowledge of potential ...
Management of a patient diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and myelodysplastic syndrome

Won E.; Yu K.H.; Shamseddine A.; Saltz L.; Mukherjee D.; Haydar A.; El-Olayan A.; Temraz S.; Naghy M.; Makanjoula D.; O'Reilly E.M.; Abou-Alfa G.K. (, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Caudocranial scan direction and patient-specific injection protocols optimize ecg-gated and non-gated thoracic CTA

Saade C.; Bourne R.; Wilkinson M.; Evanoff M.; Brennan P.C. (PHILADELPHIA530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA, 2013)

OBJECTIVES: Caudocranial scan direction and contrast injection timing based on measured patient vessel dynamics can significantly improve artery opacification and reduce contrast dose in the assessment of acute aortic ...
An optimised patient-specific approach to administration of contrast agent for CT pulmonary angiography

Saade C.; Bourne R.; El-Merhi F.; Somanathan A.; Chakraborty D.; Brennan P. (NEW YORK233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA, 2013)

Objectives: To investigate pulmonary vasculature opacification during CTPA using an optimised patient-specific protocol for administering contrast agent. Methods: CTPA was performed on 200 patients with suspected PE. ...
Mammography of breast calcifications

Itani M.; Griffin A.T.; Whitman G.J. (, 2013)

Calcifications are commonly encountered on mammography. Calcifications are assessed according to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS ®) lexicon. Calcifications may be categorized as benign, of intermediate ...
Cardiovascular CTA applications: Patient-specific contrast formulae

Saade C.; Bourne R.; Wilkinson M.; Brennan P. (, 2013)

Clear visualisation of the vertebral arteries is of substantial clinical importance, yet optimisation of contrast administration has not been developed in tandem with recent technological developments in computed tomography ...
Sequential development of Wilms Tumor and Medulloblastoma in a child: An unusual presentation of fanconi anemia

Rizk T.; Taslakian B.; Torbey P.-H.; Issa G.; Hourani R. (LONDONTELEPHONE HOUSE, 69-77 PAUL STREET, LONDON EC2A 4LQ, ENGLAND, 2013)

[No abstract available]
Secondary displacement of distal radius fractures treated by bridging external fixation

Farah N.; Nassar L.; Farah Z.; Schuind F. (SAGE Publications Ltd; LONDON1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2014)

Loss of reduction remains an important problem after treatment of distal radius fractures, whatever the type of bone fixation. We assessed retrospectively the rate of secondary displacement after external fixation of distal ...
Solitary fibrous tumor of the scalp in a child: Case report

Rizk T.; Awada A.; Sebaaly A.; Hourani R. (, 2013)

Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms that arise most commonly in the pleura but have been increasingly reported in extrapleural sites. The authors report the case of an SFT of the scalp that ...
Evolving treatment approaches for the management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer - Role of radium-223

Mukherji D.; Dika I.E.; Temraz S.; Haidar M.; Shamseddine A. (Dove Medical Press Ltd.; ALBANYPO BOX 300-008, ALBANY, AUCKLAND 0752, NEW ZEALAND, 2014)

Radium-223 is a first-in-class alpha particle-emitting radiopharmaceutical approved for the treatment of bone metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Radium-223 is administered intravenously with no requirement ...
Calcaneal osteosarcoma: a rare cause of heel pain in the paediatric population.

Taslakian B.; Issa G.; Saab R.; Jabbour M.N.; Khoury N.J. (, 2013)

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary non-haemopoietic malignant bone tumour in children and adolescents. However, it rarely occurs in the calcaneus with only a few case reports in the literature. We report a case of a ...
Left-sided appendicitis in children with congenital gastrointestinal malrotation: a diagnostic pitfall in the emergency department.

Taslakian B.; Issa G.; Hourani R.; Akel S. (, 2013)

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common conditions requiring emergency surgery. However, acute appendicitis presenting with left lower quadrant abdominal pain is extremely rare. Imaging, particularly CT , plays an ...

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