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RSNA JOURNALS 36 RSNA NEWS O CTOBER 2009 Journal Highlights The following are highlights from the current issues of RSNA’s two peer-reviewed journals. Imaging patients with acute abdominal pain BECAUSE acute abdominal pain may be caused by myriad diagnoses, the added value of imaging after clinical evaluation—particularly its effect on diagnostic accuracy and certainty and patient treatment—is important. Except in patients suspected of having cholecystitis, CT can be considered the primary imaging technique for the diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. In a review article published in the October issue of Radiology (RSNA. org/Radiology), Jaap Stoker, M.D., of • Acute cholecystitis the Academic Medical Center at the • Bowel obstruction University of Amsterdam in the Neth- • Perforated viscus erlands, and colleagues discuss the role • Bowel ischemia of ultrasound, CT and MR imaging “Because ultrasound and CT in adults presenting in the emergency are widely available, radiography is department with acute abdominal pain. rarely indicated for the examination Authors also address other frequently of patients with acute abdominal pain, encountered urgent diagnoses: with the exception of select patients • Acute appendicitis groups—for example, patients with • Acute diverticulitis bowel obstruction,” the authors con- Use of 3.0T MR Imaging for Evaluation of the Abdomen ALTHOUGH it has some noteworthy technical limitations, 3.0T MR imaging is uniquely beneficial for evaluating the abdomen, especially for applications such as enhanced and nonenhanced hepatic imaging, diffusionweighted imaging, angiography, MR pancreatography and colonography. In an article in the October special issue of RadioGraphics (RSNA.org/ RadioGraphics), Sukru Mehmet Erturk, M.D., from the Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, and colleagues discuss and illustrate the technical Continued on Page 38 Coronal contrast-enhanced reformatted CT image in 28-year-old man clinically suspected of having appendicitis shows inflamed appendix (straight arrow). Inflammation is more pronounced at the appendiceal tip, and discontinuity of the appendiceal wall is suggested. Small amounts of fluid (curved arrow) adjacent to the appendix are present. Adjacent fat inflammation (arrowheads) is more pronounced at the appendiceal tip. Surgery and histopathologic analysis results proved the presence of perforated retrocecal appendicitis. (Radiology 2009;253:31-46) © RSNA, 2009. All rights reserved. Printed with permission. clude. “CT is an effective examination with results that have a positive effect on the treatment of many patients with acute abdominal pain.” This article is accompanied by a “How I Do It” video that can be downloaded at Radiology.RSNA.org/site/ video/index.xhtml. High-resolution Maximum Intensity Projection image from 3.0T abdominal MR angiographic data obtained in a 53-year-old woman with a suspected renal mass in the right kidney provides excellent SNR and vascular detail. The image was acquired during a single 19-second breath hold using parallel imaging techniques (acceleration factor R = 3). Note the contrast material in the collecting system of the kidney, which is from a previous test bolus that was injected to determine the exact delay of the arterial phase for the subsequent MR angiogram of the abdominal vessels. (RadioGraphics 2009;29:1547-1563) © RSNA, 2009. All rights reserved. Printed with permission.
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