Microwave Thermal Ablation in an Unusual Case of Malignant and Locally Advanced Rare Tumor of Pancreas in ASA IV Old Male Patient and Literature Review by Francesco D’Amico, Michele Finotti, Chiara Di Renzo, Alessio Pasquale, Alessandra Bertacco, Giorgio Caturegli, Gabriel E. Gondolesi, Umberto Cillo

“…The patient had a total response at the imaging of 10 months. One year later, a CT scan follow-up showed progression of the pancreatic disease. …”
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Lack of Adjuvant Radiotherapy May Increase Risk of Retropharyngeal Node Recurrence in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck after Transoral Robotic Surgery by Waleed F. Mourad, Dukagjin M. Blakaj, Rafi Kabarriti, Rebekah Young, Rania A. Shourbaji, Jonathan Glanzman, Shyamal Patel, Ravindra Yaparpalvi, Shalom Kalnicki, Madhur K. Garg

“…He was offered radiotherapy which he declined and opted to TORS and right neck dissection. Follow-up PET-CT scan showed recurrence in left RPN for which he underwent salvage concurrent chemoradiotherapy to 70 Gy. …”
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SURVEY OF MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGING. ALGORITHMS AND TECHNOLOGIES by Marius Eremia Vlaicu POPA, Mihai CRUCERU, Bogdan DIACONU

“…A literature survey was conducted attempting to report usage of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in processing and interpretation of medical images (X-ray, CT scan, MRI, DEXA, etc.) for the purpose of diagnosing orthopedic disorders. …”
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Metastatic Chordoma: A Diagnostic Challenge on Fine Needle Aspiration by Ghassan Tranesh, Aziza Nassar

“…We report the cytologic findings of a metastatic chordoma sampled through CT-scan guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of lower lobe lung nodule in a 54-year-old man diagnosed with recurrent chordoma involving the lumber spine and paraspinal region.…”
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Ectopic Thoracic Kidney and End-Stage Renal Disease in a 38-Year-Old Nigerian by U. E. Ekrikpo, E. E. Effa, E. E. Akpan

“…This patient is a 38-year-old housewife who presented with a one-month history of difficulty, in breathing, chest pain and bilateral leg swelling and had a blood pressure of 260/150 mmHg, features of malignant hypertension and hypertensive heart disease. Chest CT scan revealed a chest location of the left kidney. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Congenital Lobar Emphysema by Daniel Arnaud, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani

“…Chest radiograph findings lead to the suspicion of congenital lobar emphysema, which was then confirmed by a computed tomography (CT) scan. This condition is most commonly identified in newborns, with very few cases being reported in adults. …”
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Isolated Cysticercosis of Sternocleidomastoid Muscle: Role of Ultrasonography by Subash Thapa, Norman Lamichhane, Santosh Joshi

“…We report a 20-year-old female with isolated cysticercosis of right sternocleidomastoid muscle presenting as a right neck swelling and mild pain for 4 months, whose diagnosis was established by ultrasonography (USG) and computed tomogram (CT) scan. She was managed conservatively with oral albendazole therapy for four weeks resulting in complete resolution.…”
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Acute Renal Failure after Abdominal Trauma: Renal Artery Spasm Hypothesis in Ischemic Infarction in a 12-Year-Old Girl by Aphaia Roussel, Jean-Daniel Delbet, Tim Ulinski

“…In our patient, a 12-year-old girl with acute anuric renal failure requiring hemodialysis after severe abdominal trauma, no vascular lesion or thrombosis was identified. Nevertheless, CT-scan and renal biopsy showed typical lesions of diffuse bilateral renal ischemic necrosis. …”
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Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease by M. Malekmohammad, A. Emamifar

“…This report describes a 36-year-old man with recurrent fever, nonmassive hemoptysis, and persistent cough with lung nodules in CT scan who had undergone open lung biopsy. On the basis of morphological findings, BD was suggested and more precise evaluation confirmed the diagnosis.…”
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Conservative Management of Segmental Infarction of the Greater Omentum: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Ramawad Soobrah, Mohammad Badran, Simon G. Smith

“…SOI produces characteristic radiological appearances on CT scan; hence, correct diagnosis using this form of imaging may prevent unnecessary surgery. …”
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Aural Myiasis, a Rare Cause of Earache by Ibrahim Al Jabr

“…Further management included assessment of hearing, computed tomography (CT) scan, and outpatient follow-up.…”
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Pleomorphic Adenoma of the External Auditory Canal: A Rare Presentation by Samir Jaber, Milan Rudic, Ivan James Keogh

“…Examination demonstrated complete obstruction of the outer 1/3 of the external auditory canal by a firm, pink, rubbery mass. CT scan of the temporal bone showed tumor mass with no evidence of bone destruction. …”
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Chylothorax and Chylopericardium: A Complication of Long-Term Central Venous Catheter Use by James Livesay, Isaac Biney, J. Francis Turner

“…Further imaging with CT scan of the thorax revealed stenosis of the superior vena cava leading to recurrent chylothorax and chylopericardium.…”
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Evaluating pre-processing and deep learning methods in medical imaging: Combined effectiveness across multiple modalities by Thien B. Nguyen-Tat, Tran Quang Hung, Pham Tien Nam, Vuong M. Ngo

“…These datasets include two X-ray collections: the COVID-19 Pneumonia Normal Chest PA Dataset and the Osteoporosis Knee X-ray Dataset; two CT scan datasets: the Chest CT-Scan Images Dataset and the Brain Stroke CT Image Dataset; two MRI datasets: the Breast Cancer Patients MRI and the Brain Tumor MRI Dataset; and two ultrasound datasets: the Ultrasound Breast Images for Breast Cancer and the MT Small Dataset. …”
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Incidental Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma in a Patient with Bone Sarcoma: A Case Report by Zanndor Jacob del Real-Romo, Carlos Montero-Cantú, Oscar Villegas-Cabello, José Antonio Díaz-Elizondo, Danae Reyes-Salas, Rene Palomo-Hoil, Guillermo Peralta-Castillo, David Martínez-Sánchez, Eduardo Flores-Villalba

“…Conservative surgery of pelvic limb was achieved. A new CT scan reported pulmonary nodules that remained in relation to the previous CT. …”
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Intraoperative Conversion to ALPPS in a Case of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by F. Oldhafer, K. I. Ringe, K. Timrott, M. Kleine, W. Ramackers, S. Cammann, M. D. Jäger, J. Klempnauer, H. Bektas, F. W. R. Vondran

“…In contrast to the preoperative CT-scan, the known lesion showed further progression in a macroscopically steatotic liver. …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

“…Contrast-enhanced chest CT scan was highly suspicious for a posttransplant lymphoma or thymoma. …”
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Internal Jugular Vein Injury by Fishbone Ingestion by Armin Amirian, Hamed Ghoddusi Johari, Mohamadreza Karoobi, Reza Shahriarirad, Keivan Ranjbar

“…A linear foreign body with horizontal orientation was seen in CT scan at the superior part of the pharynx along with a collection around it which caused a laceration on the medial aspect of internal jugular vein and thrombosis inside the internal jugular vein.…”
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Malignant Transformation of Endometriosis in the Ischioanal Fossa by Jordan S. Klebanoff, Shivani K. Shah, Mark G. Cadungog

“…Initially, patient presented to an emergency department and underwent a CT scan of the appendix to rule out appendicitis. …”
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Perinephric Hematoma with Active Arterial Hemorrhage following Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy by Edward Assaf, Rawad Abou Zahr, Elie Ghabi, Imad Ghantous

“…A 49-year-old male presented with acute onset right flank pain two hours following ESWL. CT scan with contrast revealed active contrast extravasation consistent with arterial bleeding. …”
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