Co-occurrence of a Mullerian anomaly and Kallmann syndrome: A case report by Lea C. George, Rebecca Gendelman, Anat Chemerinski, Pierre Lespinasse, Inessa A. Goldman, Sara Morelli

“…Her workup revealed concern for uterine didelphys with OHVIRA syndrome on MRI. Surgical exploration revealed a normal-appearing vagina and cervix communicating with the left uterine horn and fallopian tube, a separate, contralateral, obstructed, and engorged right uterine horn with cervix and obstructed vagina, and normal ovaries bilaterally. …”
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Case Report: First use of dental bisphenol A-glycidyl methacrylate composite without UV light polymerization for repair of iatrogenic CSF leak following a frontal craniotomy plus t... by Haman Nassourou Oumarou, Haman Nassourou Oumarou, Ndome Toto Orlane

“…A high-resolution cerebral CT scan and MRI revealed a bilateral fronto-ethmoidal osteo-meningeal breach and a hyperintense T2 signal in the ethmoidal sinus interrupting the hypo-intensity of the bone, respectively. …”
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Macroprolactinemia in a Patient with Invasive Macroprolactinoma: A Case Report and Minireview by Atanaska Elenkova, Zdravka Abadzhieva, Nikolai Genov, Vladimir Vasilev, Georgi Kirilov, Sabina Zacharieva

“…An invasive pituitary macroadenoma was visualized on MRI, and cabergoline therapy was initiated. Disappearance of clinical signs and symptoms, normalization of gonadotropin levels, and restoration of regular ovulatory menstrual cycles after 1 year of treatment are arguments in favor of preserved-macroprolactin bioactivity in this case. …”
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Severe IgG4-Related Disease in a Young Child: A Diagnosis Challenge by Susana Corujeira, Catarina Ferraz, Teresa Nunes, Elsa Fonseca, Luísa Guedes Vaz

“…Laboratory tests revealed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and elevated serum IgG and IgG4 with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. Thoracic CT and MRI showed multiple mediastinal lymphadenopathies and a nodular posterior mediastinal mass in right paratracheal location with bronchial compression. …”
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Anatomy of the sacroiliac joint with relation to the lumbosacral trunk: Is there sufficient space for a two-hole plate? by Michał Kułakowski, Karol Elster, Paweł Reichert, Aleksandra Królikowska, Joanna Jerominko, Paweł Ślęczka, Magdalena Grzonkowska, Michał Szpinda, Mariusz Baumgart

“…Sixty patients, who underwent an MRI of the lumbar spine were included in our study. …”
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Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma in a Patient without Endocrine Disorder: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Yoshifumi Nakayama, Nobutaka Matayoshi, Masaki Akiyama, Yusuke Sawatsubashi, Jun Nagata, Masanori Hisaoka, Keiji Hirata

“…Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen revealed an uneven tumor surrounding the stomach, spleen, pancreas, and left kidney, which was 20 × 18 × 10 cm in size. …”
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Therapeutic strategy and efficacy evaluation of chronic empyema after total pneumonectomy: individualized analysis of six patients by Lei Wang, Yunjie Lv, Guoxue Zhao, Guangjian Li, Zhongliang He, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao

“…Re-examination using chest computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that the empyema residual cavity had either completely disappeared or had significantly reduced. …”
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The Time Course of Markers of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Patients Undergoing Revascularisation for Acute Myocardial Infarction or Stable Angina Pectoris by Ragnhild Helseth, Svein Solheim, Harald Arnesen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Trine Baur Opstad

“…DsDNA correlated with peak troponin T and creatine kinase MB (CKMB) at day 5 (r=0.48, p=0.03, both) and with MRI-measured infarct size at days 5 and 7 (r=0.61, p=0.01 and r=0.52, p=0.04, resp.), while nucleosomes correlated with infarct size at day 5 (r=0.58, p=0.02). …”
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage triggered by spinal cord vascular malformation in a pediatric patient: case report and review of literature by Ye Zhang, Liaoyuan Zheng, Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jing Feng

“…However, thoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) identified an abnormal signal, and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) confirmed the diagnosis of SCVMs. …”
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Surgical management of a lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocele: 2-Dimensional operative video by Ryan W. Sindewald, Michael G. Brandel, Arvin R. Wali, Carol H. Yan, David R. Santiago-Dieppa

“…Intraoperative video demonstrating an extended sphenoidotomy approach to correcting a lateral recess sphenoidal encephalocele has not previously been published.Here we present a case of a 41-year-old female who presented with meningitis, a cerebrospinal fluid leak, and an incidental sphenoid mass. Brain MRI redemonstrated the mass in the sphenoid sinus consistent with an encephalocele occupying Sternberg's Canal. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Associated with FOLFOX Chemotherapy by Luiz Carlos Porcello Marrone, Bianca Fontana Marrone, Tharick Ali Pascoal, Lucas Porcello Schilling, Ricardo Bernardi Soder, Sheila Schuch Ferreira, Giovani Gadonski, Jaderson Costa da Costa

“…Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiologic entity characterized by headaches, altered mental status, seizures, visual loss, and characteristic imaging pattern in brain MRI. The cause of PRES is not yet understood. We report a case of a 27-year-old woman that developed PRES after the use of FOLFOX 5 (oxaliplatin/5-Fluoracil/Leucovorin) chemotherapy for a colorectal cancer.…”
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The Development of Simple Scoring System to Predict Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Patients with Stroke by In-Hui Pak, Se-Ryong Han, Chol-Ho Sin, Hyo-Song Kim, Un-Ryong Rim

“…The patients were diagnosed with confirmed CT and MRI. Urinary tract infection (UTI) was diagnosed through urine culture: more than 100,100 colony-forming units per millimeter in patients with signs and symptoms. …”
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A Challenging Case of an Ectopic Cushing Syndrome by Joana Menezes Nunes, Elika Pinho, Isabel Camões, João Maciel, Pedro Cabral Bastos, Conceição Souto de Moura, Paulo Bettencourt

“…Blood hormone analysis showed increased levels of ACTH and urinary free cortisol and nonsuppressibility to high- and low-dose dexamethasone tests. Pituitary MRI showed no lesion and no central-to-peripheral ACTH gradient was present in bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling. …”
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Lactococcus garvieae: An Uncommon Human Pathogen Causing Infective Endocarditis in a Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Diego H. González-Bravo, Sergio Alegre-Boschetti, Richard Silva-Cantillo, Joshua Mercado-Maldonado, Reyshley Ramos-Márquez, Gabriel Torres-Rivera, Carlos Cortés, Josue Mercado-Crespo

“…Consequently, clinicians should pursue further this diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiogram and/or alternative imaging modalities (e.g., PET-CT scan and MRI) regardless of an initial negative transthoracic echocardiogram. …”
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A multimodal characterization of low-dimensional thalamocortical structural connectivity patterns by Alexandra John, Meike D. Hettwer, H. Lina Schaare, Amin Saberi, Şeyma Bayrak, Bin Wan, Jessica Royer, Boris C. Bernhardt, Sofie L. Valk

“…Here, we study how low-dimensional axes of thalamocortical structural connectivity relate to intrathalamic microstructural features, functional connectivity, and structural covariance. Using diffusion MRI, we compute a thalamocortical structural connectome and derive two main axes of thalamic organization. …”
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Functional Connectivity Changes in Multiple-Frequency Bands in Acute Basal Ganglia Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Machine Learning Approach by Jie Li, Lulu Cheng, Shijian Chen, Jian Zhang, Dongqiang Liu, Zhijian Liang, Huayun Li

“…Several functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have investigated the resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) changes in the primary motor cortex (M1) in patients with acute basal ganglia ischemic stroke (BGIS). …”
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Identification of Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Stages Using Topological Measures of Resting-State Functional Connectivity Networks: A Comparative Study by Zhanxiong Wu, Jinhui Wu, Xumin Chen, Xun Li, Jian Shen, Hui Hong

“…Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) has been widely employed to examine brain functional connectivity (FC) alterations in various neurological disorders. …”
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胸椎良性脊索细胞瘤临床病理及文献复习

“…【结果】 本院就诊患者男性，５９岁，无明显诱因背痛１年。ＭＲＩ显示胸１１椎体内Ｔ１ＷＩ低信号和Ｔ２ＷＩ高信号影，边缘清楚，无软组织肿块。因穿刺结果提示可能为脊索瘤，遂行胸１１椎体切除及胸椎重建术。…”
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Laminoplasty and In‐Site Regrafting for the Treatment of Thoracic Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: A Surgical Technique by Hu Qian, Xiuqian Wang, Ting Lei, Jun Ao, Jianpu Qin

“…Pre‐ and post‐operative data including x‐ray, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association score (mJOA), the visual analog scale (VAS), and complications were collected to evaluate the outcome. …”
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Research progress of femoral head necrosis in HIV-infected patients by Youhan Yang, Futao Ke, Zhengqi Pan, Liaobin Chen

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilitates the early diagnosis of the condition, and the recommended treatment is total hip arthroplasty. …”
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