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Abdominal manifestations of IgG4-related disease

Abdominal manifestations of IgG4-related disease

In the last decade, autoimmune pancreatitis has become recognised as part of a wider spectrum of IgG4-related disease, typically associated with elevated serum IgG4 levels and demonstrating a response to corticosteroid therapy. Radiologically, there is imaging overlap...
Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system

Fasciae of the musculoskeletal system

The fascial system is a three-dimensional continuum of connective tissues present everywhere throughout the body, from the head to the toes and from the skin to the bone. The current article aims to review the normal anatomy of the fasciae of the musculoskeletal...
Imaging in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Imaging in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a tick-borne spirochetal infection with a broad spectrum of imaging pathology and it should be considered among differential diagnoses when clinical manifestations from the nervous system occur. Imaging is used to rule out other reasons...
The ESR Audit Tool (Esperanto)

The ESR Audit Tool (Esperanto)

In 2017, the ESR published a Clinical Audit Tool booklet (Esperanto), consisting of an explanation of clinical audit, guidance on how to start a program in a radiology department, and 17 sample audit templates which could guide departments through the process of...
Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer

Imaging of urgencies and emergencies in patients with lung cancer

Lung cancer patients often experience potentially life-threatening medical urgencies and emergencies. Since early diagnosis is important for adequate patient management and prognosis, radiologists have a crucial role in recognising and communicating these urgencies...
Elucidating early CT after pancreatico-duodenectomy

Elucidating early CT after pancreatico-duodenectomy

Pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD) is the standard surgical treatment for resectable malignancies of the pancreatic head, distal common bile duct, periampullary region and duodenum, and is also performed to manage selected benign tumours and refractory chronic...
Xantogranulomatous pyeloneprhritis in children

Xantogranulomatous pyeloneprhritis in children

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XPN) is an unusual and severe form of chronic inflammatory lesion of the kidney. It is characterised by the destruction of the renal parenchyma and the presence of multinucleated giant cells and lipid-laden macrophages, inflammatory...
Postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging (PMFMRI) is a technique that is increasingly used thanks to its good overall concordance with histology paralleling the rising incidence of parental refusal of autopsy. However, before it could become a routine clinical...
Differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions

Differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions

Due to the challenging nature of diagnosing intramedullary spinal cord abnormalities, magnetic resonance imaging is becoming the modality of choice for diagnosis and preoperative assessment of patients with spinal cord abnormalities. This article provides a systematic...