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Bone metastases are the most common cause of pain in cancer patients. Pain management in cancer patients, often revealing the disease and always present at advanced stages, is an important and difficult task. Pain is not always properly controlled by high doses of specific medication, radiation therapy or chemotherapy. When these therapies do not provide adequate pain relief, percutaneous neurolysis, infiltrations, alcoholizations and cementoplasty may be considered. More recently RF ablation has been proposed. On weight-bearing bones, RF can be combined with acrylic cement injection. The authors present here this very effective new technique which is complementary to classical pain management techniques.
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Cementos para Huesos/uso terapéutico , Neoplasias Óseas/secundario , Ablación por Catéter , Radiología Intervencionista , Resinas Acrílicas/uso terapéutico , Anciano , Neoplasias Óseas/cirugía , Ablación por Catéter/efectos adversos , Ablación por Catéter/instrumentación , Ablación por Catéter/métodos , Fracturas Óseas/prevención & control , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Osteólisis/terapia , Dolor/prevención & control , Radiografía Intervencional , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Vertebroplastia/métodosRESUMEN
We report a case of sigmoid volvulus. CT findings are presented. The value of CT compared to abdominal plain radiographs and contrast enema is described.
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Obstrucción Intestinal/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades del Sigmoide/diagnóstico por imagen , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Anciano , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
A rare cause of small bowel obstruction due to a phytobezoar is reported. CT demonstrated an ovoid intraluminal mass with mottled gas pattern within the small bowel and intestinal obstruction signs. We believe that these CT findings are pathognomonic of this condition.
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Bezoares/diagnóstico por imagen , Obstrucción Intestinal/diagnóstico por imagen , Intestino Delgado/diagnóstico por imagen , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Anciano , Bezoares/complicaciones , Humanos , Obstrucción Intestinal/etiología , MasculinoRESUMEN
We report a case of surgically confirmed strangulation of small bowel through a defect in the greater omentum. Computed tomography demonstrated the presence and the location of this very unusual internal abdominal hernia. Those findings are presented.