Malrotación-vólvulo intestinal: hallazgos radiológicos / Intestinal malrotation - volvulus: imaging findings

El radiólogo debe ser capaz de reconocer los signos de la malrotación intestinal en la imagen al tratarse de una entidad patológica con complicaciones potencialmente letales, como el vólvulo de intestino medio. Para diagnosticarla correctamente, es tan importante que exista un índice de sospecha clínica elevado como que el radiólogo sepa reconocer los signos específicos de malrotación y las variantes de la normalidad que pueden conducir a un diagnóstico erróneo. Aunque la posición no retroperitoneal de la tercera porción duodenal en ecografía, TC o RM parece ser un signo fiable para el diagnóstico, el tránsito gastrointestinal continúa siendo el estándar de referencia para ver la unión duodeno-yeyunal en una posición anómala. Nuestro objetivo es revisar los principales signos radiológicos de esta enfermedad y hacer hincapié en el papel de la ecografía para diagnosticar el vólvulo de intestino medio (AU)

Radiologists must be able to recognize the imaging signs of intestinal malrotation because this condition can lead to potentially lethal complications such as midgut volvulus. The correct diagnosis depends on both high clinical suspicion and the radiologist's ability to recognize the specific signs of malrotation and the normal variants that can lead to the wrong diagnosis. Although the location of the third portion of the duodenum outside the retroperitoneal area on ultrasonography, CT, or MRI seems to be a reliable sign of malrotation, the gold standard for determining whether the duodenojejunal flexure is in an abnormal location continues to be the upper gastrointestinal series. In this article, we review the most important imaging signs of malrotation and emphasize the role of ultrasonography in diagnosing midgut volvulus (AU)

Intestinal malrotation--volvulus: imaging findings.

Radiologists must be able to recognize the imaging signs of intestinal malrotation because this condition can lead to potentially lethal complications such as midgut volvulus. The correct diagnosis depends on both high clinical suspicion and the radiologist's ability to recognize the specific signs of malrotation and the normal variants that can lead to the wrong diagnosis. Although the location of the third portion of the duodenum outside the retroperitoneal area on ultrasonography, CT, or MRI seems to be a reliable sign of malrotation, the gold standard for determining whether the duodenojejunal flexure is in an abnormal location continues to be the upper gastrointestinal series. In this article, we review the most important imaging signs of malrotation and emphasize the role of ultrasonography in diagnosing midgut volvulus.

Sarcoma fibromixoide de bajo grado intracraneal: a propósito de un caso / Low-grade intracranial fibromyxoid sarcoma: a case report

El objetivo de esta comunicación es ilustrar los hallazgos por resonancia magnética y tomografía computarizada del sarcoma fibromixoide de bajo grado de localización intracraneal extraaxial del que solo existen tres casos descritos en la literatura médica previamente. Para ello presentamos el caso de una mujer de 18 años con una historia de hipoacusia, acúfenos, cefalea occipital y paresia facial izquierda de 5 meses de evolución. En la tomografía computarizada se objetivó una gran lesión expansiva homogénea en el ángulo pontocerebeloso izquierdo que erosionaba el peñasco y afectaba al agujero rasgado posterior; en la resonancia magnética se comportaba como una lesión homogénea e isointensa en T1 y heterogénea e hipointensa en T2 en relación con el parénquima cerebral con realce de forma intensa y homogénea con la administración de contraste. El diagnóstico definitivo se estableció con la anatomía patológica y la inmunohistoquímica (AU)

The aim of this report is to show the MRI and CT findings for an extra-axial intracranial low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. To our knowledge, only three similar cases have been reported to date. We present the case of an 18-year-old woman who presented with a five-month history of hypoacusia, tinnitus, occipital headache, and left facial paresis. CT showed a large, homogeneous, expansive lesion in the left pontocerebellar angle that was eroding the promontory and affecting the posterior jugular foramen. At MRI, the lesion was homogeneous and isointense with respect to the cerebral parenchyma on T1-weighted sequences and heterogeneous and hypointense on T2-weighted sequences; after the administration of contrast material, it showed intense, homogeneous enhancement. The definitive diagnosis was established by histopathologic and immunohistochemical study (AU)

[Low-grade intracranial fibromyxoid sarcoma: A case report]. / Sarcoma fibromixoide de bajo grado intracraneal: a propósito de un caso.

The aim of this report is to show the MRI and CT findings for an extra-axial intracranial low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. To our knowledge, only three similar cases have been reported to date. We present the case of an 18-year-old woman who presented with a five-month history of hypoacusia, tinnitus, occipital headache, and left facial paresis. CT showed a large, homogeneous, expansive lesion in the left pontocerebellar angle that was eroding the promontory and affecting the posterior jugular foramen. At MRI, the lesion was homogeneous and isointense with respect to the cerebral parenchyma on T1-weighted sequences and heterogeneous and hypointense on T2-weighted sequences; after the administration of contrast material, it showed intense, homogeneous enhancement. The definitive diagnosis was established by histopathologic and immunohistochemical study.