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ABSTRACT: Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers and one of the most frequent causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Early detection and accurate preoperative staging of early gastric cancer (ECG) offers the best prognosis and is essential for planning optimal therapy such as endoscopic mucosal resection or gastric resection. Recent advances in computed tomographic technology and three-dimensional imaging software have enabled more accurate gastric imaging. Virtual gastroscopy (VG) is helpful in the detection and evaluation of EGC in the same way as gastroscopy. VG has a wider field of view than conventional gastroscopy, the angle of the virtual cancer can be adjusted omnidirectionally, and it has no blind point because retrospective reconstruction is available. Thus, VG is a promising method for evaluating gastric lesions despite its limitations. This report describes the clinical usefulness of VG with multidetector row computed tomography for EGC and axial computed tomography.
Abdominal Imaging 04/2012; 31(5):507-13. · 1.73 Impact Factor
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Abdominal Imaging 02/2011; · 1.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To assess the computed tomographic (CT) features of abdominopelvic actinomycosis involving the gastrointestinal tract.
CT scans were analyzed in 18 patients with pathologically proved abdominopelvic actinomycosis involving the gastrointestinal tract. Eight patients had a history of using intrauterine contraceptive devices. Bowel site, wall thickness, length, bowel involvement patterns, inflammatory infiltration, and features of peritoneal or pelvic mass, if present, were evaluated at CT.
Of the gastrointestinal tract, the sigmoid colon was most commonly involved (50%). All patients showed concentric (n = 15) or eccentric (n = 3) bowel wall thickening, with a mean thickness of 1.2 cm and a mean length of 8.3 cm. The thickened bowel enhanced homogeneously in nine patients and heterogeneously in the other nine. Inflammatory infiltration was mostly diffuse and severe. In 17 patients, a peritoneal or pelvic mass (mean maximum diameter, 3.2 cm) was seen adjacent to the involved bowel and appeared to be heterogeneously enhanced in most cases; infiltration into the abdominal wall was seen in four patients.
Actinomycosis should be included in the differential diagnosis when CT scans show bowel wall thickening and regional pelvic or peritoneal mass with extensive infiltration, especially in patients with abdominal pain, fever, leukocytosis, or long-term use of intrauterine contraceptive devices.
Radiology 08/2001; 220(1):76-80. · 5.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Technetium-99m red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy is a very specific method to differentiate a hemangioma from other hepatic masses. The authors report a case of hepatocellular carcinoma that showed a focal area of increased uptake on Tc-99m RBC SPECT in a 60-year-old man. Dynamic computed tomography and angiography revealed features of both hemangioma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathologic examination showed that the portion of the hepatocellular carcinoma that showed increased uptake on Tc-99m RBC scintigraphy had peliosis, which is the likely cause of the radiotracer avidity.
Clinical Nuclear Medicine 02/2001; 26(1):33-5. · 3.67 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE. We describe the CT and pathologic features of malignant papillary neoplasms of the intrahepatic bile ducts in 15 patients. CONCLUSION. CT is a useful technique for revealing intraductal lesions, although the findings are nonspecific and variable. When intraductal masses or nodules are seen with localized dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts on CT scans, malignant papillary neoplasms of the intrahepatic bile ducts should be included in the differential diagnosis.
American Journal of Roentgenology 11/2000; 175(4):1135-9. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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American Journal of Roentgenology 08/2000; 175(1):129-31. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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K N Jee,
H K Ha,
I J Lee,
J K Kim,
K B Sung,
K S Cho,
P N Kim,
M G Lee,
H K Lim,
C S Choi, Y H Auh
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiographic and imaging findings of seven patients with polyarteritis nodosa involving the abdomen. CONCLUSION: Vasculitis should be considered when multiple abdominal organs have abnormal radiologic findings; however, angiography is necessary to specifically diagnose polyarteritis nodosa.
American Journal of Roentgenology 07/2000; 174(6):1675-9. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: CT and MR imaging have an important role in establishing the diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia. However, without specific signs such as thromboembolism in the mesenteric vessel, intramural or portal venous gas, and the absence of bowel wall enhancement, mesenteric ischemia can be confused with inflammatory or neoplastic gastrointestinal diseases. Arterial or venous occlusion or low-flow state are the main direct causes of mesenteric ischemia. Delayed diagnosis in equivocal cases can be avoided through an understanding of the patholophysiological aspects of mesenteric ischemia as they occur in a variety of other conditions, including: thromboembolism, bowel obstruction, neoplasm, vasculitis, inflammatory diseases, trauma, and drug or radiation therapy.
Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI 03/2000; 21(1):40-55. · 1.24 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: We examined the CT features of 22 patients with metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum. CONCLUSION: Metastatic linitis plastica to the rectum should be considered when CT shows a long segment of circumferential rectal wall thickening, especially in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer. In such patients, CT helps avoid unnecessary extensive surgery.
American Journal of Roentgenology 03/2000; 174(2):463-6. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The pathophysiology of strangulating small bowel obstruction and the limitations of known CT criteria of strangulation are
reviewed. The concept of coronal mapping of the course of the superior mesenteric vessels based on axial abdominal CT in order
to aid the radiologic diagnosis of intestinal strangulation is introduced.
Emergency Radiology 01/2000; 7(1):47-55.
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American Journal of Roentgenology 12/1999; 173(5):1266-8. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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K H Yoon,
H K Ha,
J S Lee,
J H Suh,
M H Kim,
P N Kim,
M G Lee,
K J Yun,
S C Choi,
Y H Nah,
C G Kim,
J J Won, Y H Auh
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ABSTRACT: To correlate computed tomographic (CT) features of inflammatory pseudotumors of the liver with histopathologic results in patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis.
CT features of 13 cases of inflammatory hepatic pseudotumor in 10 patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis were reviewed. Diagnosis was made by means of surgical resection in all patients. CT scans were analyzed for the appearance of masses and ancillary findings in correlation with the histopathologic findings in each resected specimen.
The masses were 2.0-7.0 cm (mean, 3.5 cm). At nonenhanced CT, the masses appeared as ill-defined, hypoattenuating lesions. At contrast material-enhanced CT, the masses exhibited central hypoattenuating areas with an iso- or hyperattenuating thickened periphery in four cases and a multiseptate appearance with hyperattenuating internal septa and periphery in nine cases. CT-histopathologic correlation showed that the central hypoattenuating area indicated the presence of chronic inflammatory infiltrates with foamy histiocytes, plasmacytes, and lymphocytes, while iso- or hyperattenuating areas in the periphery and internal septa of the mass represented fibroblastic proliferation. All patients had CT features of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, such as hepatolithiasis, intrahepatic duct stricture and dilatation, common bile duct calculi, pneumobilia, or parenchymal atrophy.
Although CT features are not specific, inflammatory pseudotumor should be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis and a hepatic mass detected at CT.
Radiology 06/1999; 211(2):373-9. · 5.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the CT features of intraperitoneal manifestations with parasitic infestation in nine patients. CONCLUSION: The CT features of intraperitoneal manifestations of parasitic infestation were single or multiple multiseptated cystic masses in the peritoneal cavity, hazy omental infiltration, or both. Recognizing these features is important to establish an early diagnosis that leads to rapid treatment and helps avoid unnecessary surgery.
American Journal of Roentgenology 06/1999; 172(5):1289-92. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To report on the efficacy of percutaneous hot saline injection therapy (PSIT) in the treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Twenty-nine patients with 31 HCCs underwent PSIT. Physiologic saline was mixed with contrast medium and Lipiodol; this mixture was boiled and injected into the tumor. Mean tumor diameter was 7.0 cm. Initial regression rates were evaluated at 3-month interval with computed tomography (CT) and alpha-fetoprotein level measurement. Cumulative survival rates were calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method. Multivariate analysis using Cox's proportional hazard regression model was performed to determine the significant prognostic factors.
Initial regression rate for all tumors at a 3-month interval was 42% (13 of 31 tumors) and the median survival was 10.0 months (range, 3.0-36.0 months). The significant prognostic factors were encapsulated tumors, tumors less than 10 cm in diameter, tumors with even saline dispersion, tumors with initial regression at 3-month follow-up, and TNM stage II or III rather than IV.
PSIT is a feasible alternative treatment for a large HCC when transcatheter arterial chemoembolization is not feasible or has failed.
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 05/1999; 10(4):477-82. · 2.08 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To evaluate the efficacy of barium suspension prepared in methylcellulose (MC) in modified small-bowel follow-through (SBFT).
The authors evaluated 155 patients who underwent modified SBFT with oral administration of MC after ingesting barium suspension. Of these patients, 52 received 40% suspension in MC, 46 received 40% suspension in water, and 57 received 70% suspension in water. Patients were divided into normal (n = 74) and abnormal (n = 81) groups according to the final results. The image quality, transit time to the cecum, and time to and frequency of flocculation were compared for both groups.
In the normal group, the quality of the images in patients receiving 40% suspension in MC or 70% suspension in water was superior to that of images in patients receiving 40% suspension in water. In the abnormal group, the best image quality was achieved for the patients who received 40% suspension in MC. In the normal group, the difference in transit time between the three preparations was not substantial. In the abnormal group, however, the 40% suspension in MC showed the fastest transit time. Use of the 40% suspension in MC helped lower the frequency of flocculation in the normal group.
Use of 40% barium suspension in MC is effective for improving the image quality in modified SBFT.
Radiology 05/1999; 211(1):197-201. · 5.73 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to histologically classify intramural nodules associated with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and to evaluate the radiologic findings for each type of nodule.
Pathologic slides and radiologic studies including 14 sonographic and 16 CT examinations in 19 patients (12 men, seven women; mean age, 61 years) with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis were reviewed. Radiologic findings were correlated with the histologic type of intramural nodule: abscess, xanthogranuloma, or a combination of the two. The duration of symptoms for each type of intramural nodule was also evaluated.
Histologically, all patients had intramural nodules that were either abscesses (n = 11), xanthogranulomas (n = 5), or a combination of the two (n = 3). Radiologic studies revealed nodules in 10 patients (52.6%; four abscesses, four xanthogranulomas, and two combinations). For abscesses, the mean interval from onset of symptoms to surgery was 25 days; for xanthogranulomas, 70 days (p = .0057). Abscesses were associated with more complications of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
Intramural nodules in patients with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis were found to represent abscesses or xanthogranulomas at histology. Xanthogranulomas were more often revealed radiologically than were abscesses. Abscesses caused more clinical complications. Because symptoms lasted longer for xanthogranulomas, we hypothesized that abscesses may become xanthogranulomas.
American Journal of Roentgenology 05/1999; 172(4):949-53. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report a case of fetus-in-fetu located in the scrotal sac of a newborn male infant. Plain radiography (including specimen radiography), ultrasonography and MRI clearly demonstrated vertebral column, ribs, skull, pelvic bones, femurs and a portion of tibiae and humeri. The diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination.
European Radiology 02/1999; 9(5):945-7. · 3.22 Impact Factor
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H K Ha,
B S Shin,
S I Lee,
K H Yoon,
J H Yook,
S E Rha,
C S Yu,
J C Kim,
M G Lee,
P N Kim, Y H Auh
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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of CT in determining the causes of intestinal obstruction in patients who have undergone abdominal surgery for malignancy.
We analyzed the CT scans of 55 patients with benign (n = 26) or malignant (n = 29) intestinal obstruction that developed after abdominal surgery for malignancy. After calculating the diagnostic accuracy of interpretations by three radiologists, we compared CT findings for benign and malignant intestinal obstructions with respect to peritoneal involvement patterns and other ancillary findings. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the diagnostic performance of CT in revealing causes of obstruction.
Diagnostic accuracies of the three radiologists were 67%, 75%, and 78%. CT findings indicating malignant obstruction were a mass at the site of obstruction or prior surgery, lymphadenopathy, or an abrupt transition zone and irregular bowel wall thickening at obstructed sites (p < .05). Conversely, the chance for benign obstruction increased when CT revealed mesenteric vascular changes, a large amount of ascites, or a smooth transition zone and smooth bowel wall thickening at the obstructed site (p < .05). With multivariate logistic regression analysis using two variables (a mass at the site of obstruction or prior surgery and lymphadenopathy), we calculated the overall accuracy of CT as 84% (46/55 patients).
CT is useful in differentiating benign from malignant intestinal obstructions in patients who have undergone abdominal surgery for malignancy. However, CT has limitations in patients not having a demonstrable peritoneal mass.
American Journal of Roentgenology 01/1999; 171(6):1587-93. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this study, we compared the single-shot rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) sequence with the multislice half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) sequence to assess the ability of each technique to show various pancreaticobiliary diseases using MR cholangiopancreatography.
MR cholangiopancreatography was performed using both the single-shot RARE and the multislice HASTE pulse sequences in 80 consecutive subjects in whom we had proof of a range of diagnoses. The study population included healthy subjects (n = 9), patients with benign lesions (n = 41), and patients with malignant lesions (n = 30). We analyzed each image using the following criteria: the cause of the lesions, the image quality (i.e., the amount of artifact and the sharpness of anatomic structures such as the right and left hepatic ducts, the extrahepatic bile duct, and the main pancreatic duct), and the reviewers' preference of images. The images were evaluated independently by two radiologists who were unaware of the results of the other cholangiopancreatographic sequence and of the diagnosis.
Artifacts were less prominent in images that were obtained using the single-shot RARE sequence (p = .0192); however, the sharpness of anatomic structures was the same using either sequence (p = .1673). For images that were obtained using the single-shot RARE technique, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in distinguishing malignant from other abnormalities were 83%, 78%, and 80%, respectively; for the multislice HASTE technique, these values were 77%, 72%, and 74%, respectively (p > .05). Disease-specific accuracy in determining the correct diagnosis was 54% and 59%, respectively (p > .05). In patients in whom all the ducts needed to be defined, the single-shot RARE technique was preferred to the multislice HASTE technique (p < .01).
The single-shot RARE technique shows fewer artifacts and is preferred to the multislice HASTE technique. However, both techniques show the same degree of sharpness of anatomic structures, both are able to reveal malignant diseases, and both provide enough information to determine a specific diagnosis.
American Journal of Roentgenology 01/1999; 171(6):1539-45. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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H K Ha,
H J Lee,
S K Yang,
W W Ki,
K H Yoon,
Y M Shin,
H Y Jung,
E Yu,
S I Lee,
K W Kim, Y H Auh
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ABSTRACT: To analyze the computed tomographic (CT) features of intestinal Behçet syndrome and to determine the usefulness of CT in detecting complications.
The CT scans of 28 patients with intestinal Behçet syndrome were retrospectively reviewed. Five patients had bowel perforation, and two had peritonitis. Patterns of bowel involvement, patterns of contrast enhancement, and ancillary findings were compared in patients with complications (n = 7) and patients without complications (n = 21).
Ten patients had polypoid lesions, nine had a thickened bowel wall, and nine had both findings. Lesion enhancement was mild in eight patients (29%) and marked in 20 (71%). Polypoid lesions were more commonly seen in patients without complications (P = .020); a thickened bowel wall was more commonly seen in patients with complications (P = .030). Seventeen of 18 patients (94%) with minimal perienteric infiltration did not have complications (P = .0003), whereas all five patients with severe perienteric infiltration did have complications.
In patients with known intestinal Behçet syndrome, CT can be useful in determining the extent of the lesions and in identifying cases in which complications are likely to occur.
Radiology 12/1998; 209(2):449-54. · 5.73 Impact Factor
