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Introduction. Mycotic aneurysms, characterized by vessel wall dilation resulting from infections including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, are a rare but severe consequence of systemic infections. The term 'mycotic' was coined by William Osler to describe the first instance of a fungal-induced infected aneurysm. These aneurysms, accounting for 0.6% of aneurysms in Western countries, carry a higher risk of rupture compared to uninfected aneurysms. While the femoral artery, aorta, and intracranial arteries are commonly affected, pathogens causing mycotic aneurysms vary across regions. Diagnostic challenges arise from nonspecific symptoms such as fever, and discomfort. To prevent the substantial morbidity and mortality associated with mycotic aneurysms, timely identification and treatment are paramount. We present a case series highlighting mycotic aneurysms caused by some rare pathogens - Salmonella Paratyphi A, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methods. This case series involves three patients diagnosed with mycotic aneurysms due to unusual pathogens. We describe each patient's clinical presentation, medical history, physical examination findings, laboratory results, imaging studies, and the diagnostic process leading to the identification of the causative pathogens. Results. The first patient is a 70-year-old gentleman who presented with a ruptured infra-renal abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by Salmonella Paratyphi A. The second patient is a 66-year-old gentleman with a Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated descending thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm. The third patient is a 70-year-old gentleman with a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm with an occult aorto-oesophageal fistula due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. The description highlights unique clinical features, laboratory findings, imaging results, and the management approaches undertaken in each patient. Conclusion. Mycotic aneurysms, pose diagnostic challenges due to their nonspecific symptoms. Early identification and intervention are essential to mitigate the severe complications associated with these aneurysms. The presented cases underscore the need for a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and management, ensuring optimal outcomes for patients affected by mycotic aneurysms.
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Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia is a subset in which it becomes imperative to use an artificial conduit in most cases. The atresia of the pulmonary artery can occur at various levels and be of variable lengths. For long segment pulmonary atresia, a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit is unavoidable in patients otherwise suitable for complete bi-ventricular repair with no major aortopulmonary collaterals, based on McGoon and Nakata indices. However, for patients with membranous pulmonary atresia and short segment atresia of the main pulmonary artery, we describe an alternative technique that avoids the use of handmade conduits or bovine jugular vein grafts and utilizes the concept of a monocusp with restoration of continuity from the right ventricular infundibulum to the distal main pulmonary artery. A seven-year-old girl diagnosed with TOF and pulmonary atresia underwent a right ventriculotomy with ventricular septal defect closure. The narrowed outflow tract was widened, and an anastomosis was made directly between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. A monocusp was fashioned from autologous pericardium, and the pulmonary artery was reconstructed using bovine pericardium. In TOF with pulmonary atresia, conventional surgery typically uses a valved conduit to connect the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to the pulmonary artery. However, in cases like ours, direct anastomosis is possible due to a long confluent pulmonary segment. This alternative technique eliminates the need for an artificial conduit and may prevent associated problems. It also allows for potential growth of the neo-annulus and pulmonary segment. The risk of reoperation remains due to possible monocusp failure.
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Anatomic variations of the iliofemoral arterial system are rare. We describe the pattern of a complete arterial loop (360 degree) of the external iliac artery detected incidentally in a lady who presented with abdominal pain.
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Variação Anatômica , Artéria Ilíaca , Humanos , Artéria Ilíaca/anormalidades , Artéria Ilíaca/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Achados Incidentais , Dor Abdominal/etiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Angiografia por Tomografia ComputadorizadaRESUMO
Background Trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide among children. Nonoperative management is the standard of care in hemodynamically stable children with blunt abdominal solid organ injury. Embolization is a potential pathway, which has shown increasing evidence for benefit in adult trauma patients. However, the data in children is limited. Materials and Methods A retrospective analysis of hospital data of all children (<18 years of age), presenting to a tertiary-care trauma center in India, with history of blunt trauma from January 2021 to June 2023, was performed. Preprocedural imaging, angiographic and embolization details, number of blood transfusions, and length of hospital stay were assessed. Results Two hundred and sixteen children (average age: 11.65 years) presented with a history of abdominal trauma during the study period. Eighty four children were FAST positive, out of whom, 67 patients had abdominal solid organ injury on computed tomography. Liver was the most commonly injured solid organ ( n = 45), followed by the spleen and kidney. Ten children had solid abdominal organ arterial injuries for which eight children underwent embolization. The average length of hospital stay in embolization group ( n = 8) was 4 days, as compared to 11 days in children undergoing operative management ( n = 2). At 6 months follow-up, all children were asymptomatic. Conclusion Superselective embolization is a safe and feasible procedure in appropriately selected children with abdominal injury.
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Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of quantification of calcified coronary stenoses using virtual non-calcium (VNCa) images in coronary CT angiography (CCTA) with photon-counting detector (PCD) CT compared with quantitative coronary angiography (QCA). Materials and methods: This retrospective, institutional-review board approved study included consecutive patients with calcified coronary artery plaques undergoing CCTA with PCD-CT and invasive coronary angiography between July and December 2022. Virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) and VNCa images were reconstructed. Diameter stenoses were quantified on VMI and VNCa images by two readers. 3D-QCA served as the standard of reference. Measurements were compared using Bland-Altman analyses, Wilcoxon tests, and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Results: Thirty patients [mean age, 64 years ± 8 (standard deviation); 26 men] with 81 coronary stenoses from calcified plaques were included. Ten of the 81 stenoses (12%) had to be excluded because of erroneous plaque subtraction on VNCa images. Median diameter stenosis determined on 3D-QCA was 22% (interquartile range, 11%-35%; total range, 4%-88%). As compared with 3D-QCA, VMI overestimated diameter stenoses (mean differences -10%, p < .001, ICC: .87 and -7%, p < .001, ICC: .84 for reader 1 and 2, respectively), whereas VNCa images showed similar diameter stenoses (mean differences 0%, p = .68, ICC: .94 and 1%, p = .07, ICC: .93 for reader 1 and 2, respectively). Conclusion: First experience in mainly minimal to moderate stenoses suggests that virtual calcium removal in CCTA with PCD-CT, when feasible, has the potential to improve the quantification of calcified stenoses.
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Atresia of the aortic valve is usually associated with hypoplasia of the mitral valve and the left ventricle. In very rare cases, a ventricular septal defect may be associated with aortic atresia, when left ventricle and mitral valve are normal-sized, due to the presence of an outflow for the left ventricle through the ventricular septal defect. We present the multi-modality imaging findings of an adolescent girl who presented with breathlessness and was later found to have aortic valvar atresia with a normal-sized left ventricle.
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Comunicação Interventricular , Ventrículos do Coração , Feminino , Humanos , Adolescente , Ventrículos do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Valva Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagem , Valva Aórtica/anormalidades , Valva Mitral , DispneiaRESUMO
"Cases of SCMR" is a case series on the SCMR website (https://www.scmr.org) for the purpose of education. The cases reflect the clinical presentation, and the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease. The 2022 digital collection of cases are presented in this manuscript.
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Doenças Cardiovasculares , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Humanos , Doenças Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Cardiovasculares/terapia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Feminino , Masculino , Idoso , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Adulto , Prognóstico , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Renovascular hypertension (RVH) contributes close to one-fourth of the secondary etiologies of hypertension in children and a delay in diagnosis can result in adverse clinical outcomes. RVH in children is clinically silent with elevations in blood pressure measurements sometimes as its sole manifestation. Only a high index of suspicion by the clinician can prompt its detection. Despite the availability of other imaging modalities like ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, digital subtraction angiography is still considered the gold standard to make a diagnosis of RVH. Angioplasty is considered the treatment of choice in appropriately selected patients. In this article, we shall focus on the various imaging findings, and management of RVH in children, which requires a multidisciplinary approach with a special focus on the role of interventional radiology.
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Coronary fistulas are unusual finding in coronary angiography (CAG) with coronary bronchial fistula (CBF) being a rarer one. Here, we represent a case of CBF which was diagnosed incidentally on CAG. These anomalous connections can be percutaneously treated.
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Fístula Brônquica , Doença da Artéria Coronariana , Anomalias dos Vasos Coronários , Humanos , Fístula Brônquica/diagnóstico por imagem , Fístula Brônquica/etiologia , Fístula Brônquica/cirurgia , Achados Incidentais , Anomalias dos Vasos Coronários/complicações , Anomalias dos Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Angiografia CoronáriaRESUMO
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Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common presentation in the emergency department. A spectrum of uterine vascular abnormalities can lead to potentially fatal hemorrhage. Radiology plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis of the cause of bleeding with the role of an interventional radiologist being pivotal in the management of these cases. This article provides a pictorial review of angiographic appearance of various uterine vascular abnormality and their management by endovascular technique.
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Procedimentos Endovasculares , Hemorragia Uterina , Angiografia , Procedimentos Endovasculares/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Hemorragia Uterina/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemorragia Uterina/etiologia , Hemorragia Uterina/terapiaRESUMO
Double drainage of the confluence of all four pulmonary veins is extremely rare. We present the image findings in a child with double drainage of the pulmonary venous confluence into the coronary sinus and left superior caval vein with co-existent right superior caval venous stenosis.
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Seio Coronário , Veias Pulmonares , Criança , Humanos , Veia Cava Superior/diagnóstico por imagem , Veia Cava Superior/anormalidades , Veias Pulmonares/diagnóstico por imagem , Veias Pulmonares/anormalidades , DrenagemRESUMO
Anomalous drainage of pulmonary veins into the coronary sinus is an uncommon variety of anomalous pulmonary venous return. Rarely, anomalously draining pulmonary veins may show "dual" drainage. We present the imaging findings of an infant who had dual drainage of a cardiac type of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return in the setting of unroofing of the coronary sinus which has not previously been described.
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Seio Coronário , Veias Pulmonares , Síndrome de Cimitarra , Seio Coronário/anormalidades , Seio Coronário/diagnóstico por imagem , Seio Coronário/cirurgia , Drenagem , Coração , Humanos , Lactente , Veias Pulmonares/anormalidades , Veias Pulmonares/diagnóstico por imagem , Veias Pulmonares/cirurgia , Síndrome de Cimitarra/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome de Cimitarra/cirurgiaRESUMO
Ilio-caval arteriovenous fistula is a rare sequel of lumbar disc surgery or penetrating injury. We report a case of 40-year gentleman presenting with symptoms of congestive heart failure and continuous murmur heard over right iliac fossa. His past history was significant for lumbar disc surgery done twice 1 year back. Computed tomography angiogram confirmed a large fistulous communication between right common iliac artery and inferior vena cava. Open surgical repair was performed as the fistula was not well suited for endovascular repair. We successfully managed this case by open surgical ligation of right common iliac artery proximal and distal to fistula and continuity restored with interposition Dacron graft. He was relieved of symptoms and performing well on follow-up.