[en] Sixty-six cases of acute appendicitis were proved by surgery during the period from May 1969 to May 1971. The present study was designated to elucidate the findings of roentgen examination in acute appendicitis. The results obtained were summarized as follows: 1. Over 90 percent of cases of acute appendicitis showed significant radiographic findings. 2. Distension and fluid level in cecum and terminal ileum were disclosed approximately 75 percent of cases. It believe diagnostically significant in acute appendicitis. 3. About 10 percent of cases were found extra-alimentary free air. 4. The roentgen findings of the fluid interposed between colonic contents and frank stripesin the right lower quadrant was another interesting findings to suspect acute appendicitis

[en] Authors compared early phase scan of the IV bolus CT (two phase incremental bolus dynamic CT) with late enhanced scan similar to the conventional contrast enhance CT for evaluation of the advantages of the IV bolus CT with two viewpoints of the pancreatic or peripancreatic mass and peripancreatic lymphadenopathy in 68 patients-28 cases of the pancreatic cancer, 6 cases of the pancreatitis and 34 cases of the pancreatic or peripancreatic metatasis. On the diagnosis of the pancreatic or peripancreatic mass, IV bolus CT could show thelesion(s) more easily in 41% (Grade II; 13/31) and much more easily in 34% (Grade III; 10/31) when compared with conventional contrast CT scan. The diagnosis of the peripancreatic lymph node involvement was also easy in 51% (Grade II: 20/39) and much easier in 37% (Grade III; 14/39). We thought that these differences were orignated from the increase of the contrast between thelesionand normal portion because the early enhanced scans reflected the active blood flow change more exactly. Therefore IV bolus CT has advantage in comparison with the conventional drip infusion contrast CT in the diagnosis of the presence and pathologic extension of the pancreatic and peripancreatic leison

[en] Congenital agenesis of the right lobe of liver is a rare anomaly and only 33 cases have been reported. CT showed absence of the right lobe of liver and compensatory hypertrophy of the other lobe. We report the CT findings a new case of this anomaly with a review of the literatures

[en] Recently, therapeutic embolization has been advocated as the treatment of choice for spinal AVM(arteriovenous malformations). The authors review our experience with two cases of spinal AVM treated by embolization using coaxial Tracker-18 microcatheter with Latvian. The patients included a 10 year old male with glomus type and a 14 year old female with juvenile type spinal AVM revealed recanalization 5 month later. Embolization provides curative or temporary treatment for spinal AVM. After embolic occlusion, delayed reassessment with arteriography is indicated, particularly if symptoms persist or recur

[en] We retrospectively analyzed the ultrasonographic findings of 34 cases of breast carcinoma that were confirmed by histopathologic examinations. Most of breast carcinoma have been described with lobulated hypoechoic solid masses, and frequent attenuation of the sound beam on ultrasonogram. In the present study, breast carcinoma showed lobulated or spiculated margin in 91%, in homogenous internal echogenicity in 88%, hypoechogenicity in 79%, smallT/AP ratio (T/AP<1.4) in 88%, disruption of superficial layer in 74%, posterior sonic attenuation in 38%, and echogenic rim in 76%. Although these ultrasonographic findings were rather characteristic for the breast carcinoma, they had been described to be found also in benign lesion in the previous studies. Therefore, we conclude that the ultrasonographic diagnosis of breast carcinoma should be made in connection with the careful physical examination and other imaging techniques

[en] While most intracranial meningiomas have characteristic CT findings, atypical CT features can give a source of error in the diagnosis of meningioma, and the significance of them has scarcely been reported. The authors reviewed records of a consecutive series of 23 patients with meningioma who underwent operation and pathologically proven, from January 1984 to December 1986. Among them 7 cases were analyzed as having atypical CT features of meningioma and CT findings were as follows: focal non-enhancing lucency within tumor (5 cases), focal lucency adjacent to tumor (1 case) and focal hyperdensity (1 case) and these CT findings were closely correlated with pathological findings

[en] A study on branching patterns of middle hepatic artery was performed in 109 patients with A-P and oblique view hepatic angiogram, which refereed to size and location of quadrate lobe in CT and SMA photography. We could analyze the branching patterns of middle hepatic artery (MHA) in 100 among 109 patients. MHA arising as a first branch of left hepatic artery was the most common pattern (50%), and MHA arising from proper hepatic artery separately on from left hepatic artery was the next common pattern (35%). MHA originating from left gastric artery, or from anterior or posterior of the right hepatic artery was not seen. MHA was not found as an accessory or replaced artery except as replaced common hepatic artery

[en] With the recent introduction and development of the detachable balloon system, it has become the treatment of choice in the management of carotid cavernous fistulas(CCFs). But, since most delivery systems for embolization of CCF mainly depend on flow guidance for balloon delivery, in case of small fistula, pseudo aneurysm and arterialized venous collaterals, failure of balloon embolization can occur. To overcome these limitation, the authors designed and used a new versatile, steerable, and flow-guided detachable balloon system by using a Tracker catheter system with silicone or latex balloons. Using this maneuver, we could get successful fistula occlusion in 7 out of 8 patients (silicone balloon). But in one case, we had to occlude the internal carotid artery at the fistula site, proximal and distal cervical portions of the internal carotid artery. This balloon delivery system proved to provide high selectivity for fistula and relatively ease of handing

[en] We compared 87 portographic filling defects detected by portal CT in 64 patients were compared with those obtained by indirect portography. The indirect portography could visualize portogram only in anterior-posterior view. But the portal CT could visualize both portogram and hepatogram. We examined the portal CT and indirect portography and compared the accuracy of the both methods to evaluate the limitation and significance of the indirect protography. The mass shape lesions were seen on the portal CT which means portal flow defects of the mass lesions only could not depict totally in indirect portography (0%, 0/41). And the larger defects than real mass lesion were seen in portal CT means mass with associated portal flow defect and find portal vein invasion around the mass in 52% (24/46) of the indirect portography. Among them, only 66% of mass were detected correctly in the indirect portography comparing with mass lesion in portal CT. In summary, indirect portogram could not detect small filling defects which detected in portal CT and could not depict the extent of large filling defects. It also could not visualize correctly the portal flow in non-lesion side of the liver parenchyma

[en] Isolated hepatic tuberculous granuloma with no coexistent tuberculosis elsewhere in the body is extremely rare. We report a case of pathologically proven tuberculous granuloma in the liver followed with both IV bolus and portal CT scans. The lesion on pre enhanced CT scan showed undefinable isodensity. After IV bolus injection, it showed poor enhancement with central low-density and surrounding hyperdenity due to compensatory hyper vascularity of the left lobe of liver in early phase. It showed peripheral rim enhancement in late phase and in delayed phase showed relatively homogeneous but slightly decreased contract enhancement. On portal CT scan, it showed a hypodense portal defect similar to other hepatic mass lesions. During follow-up studies, it was a slowly growing mass which was more easily detectable by portal CT scans than bolus CT scans