MR Imaging of Cord Transection without Skeletal Injury: A case Report

Spinal cord transection in children may occur following severe trauma such as a motor vehicle accident, and often without evidence of underlying skeletal injury. We report one case which showed cervical cord transection, where no evidence of underlying skeletal injury was seen on MR imaging, four weeks after trauma. When a neurologic deficit is present despite normal routine plain radiographs, further MR imaging is warranted to exclude a cord transection, as demonstrated in our patient.

Retreatment Experience in Recurred Congenital Renal A-V Fistula after Intra-arterial Selective Embolization by Gianturco Steel Coil / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Although rare, renal arteriovenous fistulas have been discovered with increasing frequency since they were first described by Varela in 1923. Arteriovenous fistulas are classified as either congenital or acquired. The diagnosis of this condition is usually made by use of renal angiograms. In case of hematuria and/or hypertension either intra-arterial embolization or surgical excision and clipping of the arterial branch can be done. Intra-arterial superselective embolization seems to cause less functional loss of the renal parenchyme, whereas excision often leads to heminephrectomy or even total nephrectomy. Herein, we describe a case treated successfully in recurred renal A-V fistula after transcatheter embolization by Gianturco steel coil and reviewed the literature of renal A-V fistulas.