ABSTRACT
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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Bone Cements/therapeutic use , Bone Neoplasms/secondary , Catheter Ablation , Radiology, Interventional , Acrylic Resins/therapeutic use , Aged , Bone Neoplasms/surgery , Catheter Ablation/adverse effects , Catheter Ablation/instrumentation , Catheter Ablation/methods , Fractures, Bone/prevention & control , Humans , Middle Aged , Osteolysis/therapy , Pain/prevention & control , Radiography, Interventional , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Vertebroplasty/methodsABSTRACT
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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Intestinal Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Sigmoid Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Aged , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
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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Bezoars/diagnostic imaging , Intestinal Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Intestine, Small/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Aged , Bezoars/complications , Humans , Intestinal Obstruction/etiology , MaleABSTRACT
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.