Eosinophilic abscess and eosinophilic pseudotumor presenting as bile duct masses: a report of 2 cases.
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R L Soulen
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Milk of calcium fluid collections in juvenile dermatomyositis: MR characteristics.
Children with dermatomyositis may have extensive subcutaneous and intermuscular calcium-laden fluid collections referred to as "milk of calcium." The distinctive MR appearance of such collections in an upper extremity of a 16-year-old girl is presented. MR can differentiate these collections from abscesses and guide appropriate therapy.
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Pulse waveform analysis of arterial compliance: relation to other techniques, age, and metabolic variables.
To assess the physiologic and clinical relevance of newer noninvasive measures of vascular compliance, computerized arterial pulse waveform analysis (CAPWA) of the radial pulse was used to calculate two components of compliance, C1 (capacitive) and C2 (oscillatory or reflective), in 87 normotensive (N1BP, n = 20), untreated hypertensive (HiBP, n = 21), and treated hypertensive (HiBP-Rx, n = 46) subjects. These values were compared with two other indices of compliance, the ratio of stroke volume to pulse pressure (SV/PP) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based aortic distensibility; and were also correlated with demographic and biochemical values. The HiBP subjects displayed lower C1 (1.34 +/- 0.09 v. 1.70 +/- 0.11 mL/mm Hg, significance [sig] = .05) and C2 (0.031 +/- 0.003 v 0.073 +/- 0.02 mL/mm Hg, sig = .005) than N1BP subjects. This was not true for C1 (1.64 +/- 0.08 mL/mm Hg) and C2 (0.052 +/- 0.005 mL/mm Hg) values in HiBP-Rx subjects. The C1 (r = 0.917, P < .0001) and C2 (r = 0.677, P < .0001) were both closely related to SV/PP, whereas C1 (r = 0.748, P = .002), but not C2, was significantly related to MRI-determined aortic distensibility. Among other factors measured, age exerted a strong negative influence on both C1 (r = -0.696, P < .0001) and C2 (r = -0.611, P < .0001) compliance components. Positive correlations were observed between C1 (r = 0.863, P = .006), aortic distensibility (r = 0.597, P = .19) and 24-h urinary sodium excretion, and between C1- and MR spectroscopy-determined in situ skeletal muscle intracellular free magnesium (r = 0.827, P = .006), whereas C2 was inversely related to MRI-determined abdominal visceral fat area (r = -0.512, P = .042) and fasting blood glucose (r = -0.846, P = .001). Altogether, the close correspondence between CAPWA, other compliance techniques, and known cardiovascular risk factors suggests the clinical relevance of CAPWA in the assessment of altered vascular function in hypertension.
Adipose Tissue↗
Musculoskeletal complications of neutron therapy for prostate cancer.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause of hip complaints following conformal neutron therapy delivered by opposed lateral and oblique anterior ports to treat prostate cancer. Twenty-seven patients with hip complaints following neutron or mixed neutron and photon therapy for prostate cancer had 34 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies 3-39 (mean 15.3) months following treatment; for comparison, 13 similarly treated patients without hip complaints were imaged 1-32 (mean 13.8) months post-treatment; 25/40 imaged patients received concurrent nonsteroidal hormone therapy. Coronal and axial images of the hips/pelvis were obtained utilizing T1 weighted spin echo and fat suppressed inversion recovery (STIR) sequences. Signal amplitude (SA) of involved muscles was measured on the STIR images and normalized to that of the psoas outside the treatment field. Hip complaints ranged from mild soreness or motion limitation to severe pain and limitation of ambulation; presence and severity of symptoms (sx) were significantly related to neutron dose (P = 0.020 and 0.0001) but not to hormone therapy (each P > 0.17). Normalized SA of the obturator muscles differed significantly with neutron dose (P = 0.013), the presence, and the severity, of sx (P = 0.0002 and 0.0007); estimated extent of abnormal muscle also differed significantly with neutron dose (P = 0.039), presence, and severity, of sx (P = 0.00004 and 0.0007); [hormone treatment had a profound effect on SA (P = 0.0001) and extent (P = 0.005) which was independent of sx (P = 0.10 and 0.14, respectively) and neutron dose (P = 0.33 and 0.32, respectively)]. Subcutaneous changes localized lateral to the greater trochanter were seen in all, and edema of the subjacent gluteus muscles in many, symptomatic hips; only 4/13 asymptomatic hips showed subcutaneous changes, 6 had mild gluteus edema. Avascular necrosis of the femoral head was seen in 5 symptomatic hips, with marked acetabular necrosis in 3 of these; small joint effusions were seen in 8 symptomatic hips; asymptomatic hips had no significant bone or joint abnormalities. Neutron therapy for prostate cancer designed to spare the rectum results in significant dose-dependent, musculoskeletal complications which are well demonstrated by MRI. SA abnormalities of irradiated muscle correlate significantly with neutron dose and both presence and severity of hip sx. Protocol modifications have been implemented to reduce these complications. MRI provides an objective means to assess both complications and the success of new protocols in ameliorating them. Concurrent hormone therapy has a profound effect on muscle changes on MRI which is independent of neutron dose and sx.
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Direct magnetic resonance determination of aortic distensibility in essential hypertension: relation to age, abdominal visceral fat, and in situ intracellular free magnesium.
To investigate the contribution of vascular compliance to essential hypertension (EH), we developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to directly measure aortic distensibility (AD) in the ascending and descending thoracic and abdominal aorta of fasting normal (n= 10) and EH (n=20) subjects. These results were compared with concurrent MR-based measurements of left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat and with 31P-MR spectroscopic measurement of in situ intracellular free magnesium levels (Mgi) in brain and skeletal muscle. Aortic distensibility in EH was consistently and significantly reduced at all measured sites (2.5+/-0.4, 2.2+/-0.4, 2.3+/-0.4 versus 7.0+/-1.6, 5.1+/-0.3, 7.3+/-0.8 mm Hg(-1) x 10(-3), P<.05), as was Mgi in the brain (284+/-22 versus 383+/-34 micromol/L, P<.05) and skeletal muscle (397+/-10 versus 527+/-36 micromol/L, P<.05). For all subjects, systolic blood pressure (r=-.662, P<.0001) and LVMI (r=-.484, P<.01) were inversely related to AD. AD and brain Mgi were inversely related to age (AD, r=-.792, P<.0001; brain Mgi: r=-.673, P<.05). AD was inversely related to fasting blood glucose (r=-.413, P<.05) and to abdominal visceral fat (r=-.416, P<.05) but not to body mass index (BMI: r=-.328, P=NS) or subcutaneous fat (r=-.157, P=NS). AD was also significantly and positively related to in situ Mgi, both in the brain and skeletal muscle (brain: r=.712, P<.01; skeletal muscle: r=.632, P<.01). We conclude that (1) MR techniques can be used to coordinately and noninvasively assess cardiac, vascular, metabolic, and ionic aspects of hypertensive disease in humans; (2) increased systolic blood pressure and LVMI in EH may at least in part result from decreased AD; (3) decreased Mgi contributes to arterial stiffness in hypertension and may help to explain the characteristic age-related decreases in AD; and (4) decreased AD may be one mechanism by which abdominal visceral fat contributes to cardiovascular risk.
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Magnetic resonance imaging of massive bone allografts with histologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to better understand the MRI appearance of massive bone allografts. DESIGN: The MRI findings of three massive bone allografts imaged in vivo were correlated with the histologic findings following removal of the allografts. A fourth allograft, never implanted, was imaged and evaluated histologically. PATIENTS: Allografts were placed for the treatment of primary or recurrent osteosarcoma. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The in-vivo allografts have a heterogeneous appearance on MRI which we attribute to the revascularization process. Fibrovascular connective tissue grows into the graft in a patchy, focal fashion, down the medullary canal from the graft-host junction and adjacent of the periosteum. The marrow spacers are initially devoid of normal cellular elements and occupied by fat and gelatinous material. This normal postoperative appearance of massive bone allografts must be interpreted as recurrent neoplasm or infection in the allograft. Recognition of these complications rests on features outside the marrow.
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Magnetic resonance imaging in the critical care setting.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) permits noninvasive multiplanar imaging with a large field of view, better soft tissue differentiation than is possible with CT, and assessment of both vascular lumen and wall without administration of contrast media or exposure to x-rays. Patients with renal or cardiac failure or allergy to radiographic contrast agents can be imaged safely. In the critical care setting, MRI is particularly useful in evaluating the major arteries and veins of the trunk, detecting and differentiating masses within skeletal muscle, detecting and characterizing subacute and chronic stroke or intracranial trauma, evaluating the spinal cord, and evaluating suspected CNS infection and CNS complications of AIDS. Limitations of MRI relate to bore size, examination time, and, above all, constraints of a high magnetic field environment.
Cardiovascular Diseases↗
Confirmation of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with magnetic resonance imaging.
Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva is a rare but clinically significant congenital abnormality, difficult to diagnose angiographically. We describe a patient in whom magnetic resonance imaging was used to delineate the anomalous course of the right coronary artery following angiographic demonstration limited by technical considerations.
Cardiac Catheterization↗
Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with bone marrow disorders.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a non-invasive means to evaluate a large fraction of marrow in less than one hour. Marrow disorders produce non-specific changes in marrow signal intensities which primarily reflect changes in proportions of fat and cellular elements. The pattern of these signal changes narrows the differential diagnosis, and the combination of these features with the clinical context allows interpretations which are clinically useful in many ways. These include: 1) the diagnosis of avascular necrosis (and its distinction from other causes of joint pain), 2) detection of osteomyelitis, 3) differential diagnosis of hypoplastic disorders, 4) staging of lymphomas and myeloma, 5) selection of patients for autologous bone marrow transplant, 6) objective measures of marrow response to therapy, 7) detection of leukemic transformation, and 8) improved detection of marrow disease (primary or secondary) in patients with otherwise unexplained bone pain.
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MRI of the knee: practical imaging techniques and abnormalities.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the structures of the knee joint can be performed rapidly with current commercially available instruments. This article outlines methods for obtaining comprehensive clinical imaging studies within a 30-min time frame and reviews the MR appearance of knee joint disorders.
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Gelatin sponge mimicking a pelvic neoplasm on MR imaging.
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Magnetic resonance imaging of great vessel, myocardial, and pericardial disease.
The outstanding ability of magnetic resonance imaging to provide anatomic information over a large field of view in any plane in patients of all sizes and body habitus has made it the current modality of choice for evaluating the thoracic aorta and for differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy. The lack of radiation exposure makes it particularly advantageous for patients requiring serial studies. It serves as an important clinical adjunct to ultrasound in evaluating diseases of the abdominal aorta, other great vessels, the myocardium, and the pericardium. Myocardial function, thickness, and mass can be assessed without geometric assumptions. Myocardial tagging offers a unique way to study cardiac biomechanics. The combination of anatomic and quantitative functional information becoming available in clinically reasonable acquisition times makes magnetic resonance imaging an increasingly attractive noninvasive tool. The contribution of tissue characterization has been disappointing, but may improve with utilization of contrast agents; that of in vivo spectroscopy remains investigational.
Aorta, Abdominal↗
Quantification and validation of left ventricular wall thickening by a three-dimensional volume element magnetic resonance imaging approach.
We have developed a method to quantify and map regional wall thickening throughout the left ventricle (LV) with magnetic resonance imaging. In contrast to methods that measure planar wall thickness and thickening, this method uses the three-dimensional (3D) geometry of the left ventricle to calculate the perpendicular thickness of the wall. We tested this method at three levels of increasing complexity using 1) phantom studies, 2) in vivo experiments in dogs with normal cardiac function, and 3) in vivo studies in dogs during acute ischemia. Experiments were conducted in 15 open-chest dogs imaged by a 0.38 T iron core magnet. Five short-axis images at end diastole and end systole were obtained with the spin echo technique by use of the QRS as a trigger for end diastole and the second heart sound, S2, to time end systole. After acquisition of preischemic images, acute ischemia was induced by either coronary artery ligation (n = 5) or intracoronary dental rubber injection (n = 5), which produced severe transmural ischemia. By use of computer-aided contouring of the endocardial and epicardial borders, each image was divided into 16 segments with radial lines originating from the midwall centroid. A 3D volume element was defined as that generated by connecting two matched planar segments in two adjacent image planes. This defined 64 volume elements comprising the entire left ventricle. Thickness and thickening before and during ischemia were then calculated by using the planar segments and the 3D volume elements. In phantom studies, the 3D method was accurate, independent of the angle of inclination of the image plane to the phantom wall, whereas the planar method showed considerable overestimation of thickness when the image plane was oblique to the phantom wall. In the dogs before induction of ischemia, the 3D method demonstrated the well-established normal taper in end-diastolic wall thickness from 1.10 +/- 0.02 cm at the base to 1.05 +/- 0.11 cm at the apex (p less than 0.01). By contrast, the planar method did not detect the decrease in thickness toward the apex (1.13 +/- 0.07 cm at the base vs. 1.16 +/- 0.14 cm at the apex, p = NS). During acute ischemia, thickening was calculated by both methods at the center of the ischemic zone defined by Monastral blue nonstaining and compared with the preischemic values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Acute Disease↗
Determination of left ventricular mass by magnetic resonance imaging in hearts deformed by acute infarction.
Measurement of left ventricular (LV) mass by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is accurate in normal hearts. Because determination of mass by MRI does not require assumptions about ventricular shape, this method may be well suited for evaluating hearts distorted by infarction. To test this hypothesis, gated MRI was performed in 15 dogs before and after acute myocardial infarction. The LV mass of each dog was calculated from five short-axis images acquired at end systole, when shape distortion is greatest, at end diastole, and also from slices at varying phases of the cycle with a multiphase mode that required only one acquisition. Correlation was excellent between actual mass and end-systolic mass before infarction (p less than 0.001, r = 0.98, and SEE = 5.1 g) and after infarction (p less than 0.001, r = 0.97, and SEE = 6.6 g). Likewise, values correlated closely at end diastole before (p less than 0.001, r = 0.96, and SEE = 6.7 g) and after infarction (p less than 0.001, r = 0.94, and SEE = 8.7 g). Surprisingly, measurements of mass by a multiphase mode were also very accurate before (p less than 0.001, r = 0.98, and SEE = 5.1 g) and after (p less than 0.001, r = 0.95, and SEE = 6.49 g) infarction. Therefore, at the same phase and at multiphases of the cardiac cycle, MRI permits accurate determination of LV mass in distorted hearts.
Animals↗
MRI demonstration of pulmonary sequestration.
The preoperative evaluation of pulmonary sequestration requires delineation of the arterial supply and venous drainage of both the sequestered segment and the neighboring lung. In this case magnetic resonance imaging was the sole modality which demonstrated all components of the arterial and venous circulations of a sequestration and the remainder of the ipsilateral lung.
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration↗
Metabolic changes preceding functional and morphologic indices of rejection in heterotopic cardiac allografts. A 31P nuclear magnetic resonance study.
Eight beagles receiving heterotopic (cervical) cardiac allografts from outbred donors were evaluated by serial 31P NMR, septal endocardial biopsy, and left ventricular pressure measurements for signs of rejection. Early postoperative myocardial energy levels, as assessed by ratios of phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate (PCr/Pi) and phosphocreatine to beta-ATP (PCr/B-ATP), were acceptable in all recipients. In these nonimmunosuppressed animals, the mean ratios of PCr/Pi and PCr/B-ATP progressively decreased, with a greater than 25% reduction noted by postoperative day two and greater than 50% reduction by day three. In sharp contrast, left ventricular end-diastolic pressures remained stable and at baseline levels for the first three postoperative days, and only then markedly increased. Likewise, histologic evidence of rejection did not become prominent until postoperative day four. These results suggest that metabolic abnormalities significantly precede either functional or histologic changes in rejecting allografts. The early detection of these metabolic changes by 31P NMR appears to have important potential for the noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac allograft rejection.
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Cardiovascular MRI: current role in patient management.
The role of cardiovascular MRI in patient management is still evolving. Its capability to demonstrate anatomy without risk has made it an important supplement to ultrasound and a replacement for CT and angiography in many settings. In vivo metabolic studies of congenital and acquired diseases may be the most important future developments.
Aortic Aneurysm↗
Evaluation of balloon angioplasty of coarctation restenosis by magnetic resonance imaging.
Eight patients treated by balloon angioplasty for coarctation restenosis have been followed for 4 to 54 months (mean 40) by physical examination using Doppler pressures and by magnetic resonance imaging in a superconducting magnet operating at 0.6 tesla. Image analysis was performed by inspection and by measurement of the aorta, with particular attention to the angioplasty site and its relation to the ascending aorta at the same axial level. Similar measurements were made from immediate postangioplasty angiograms. Residual pressure gradients were 0 to 12 mm (mean 2), reflecting persistent absence of a gradient in 1 patient and further gradient reduction in 7. Images showed no aneurysm formation, mild residual or recurrent stenosis in 4 patients, minimal focal periaortic soft tissue thickening in 1 patient and an interval increase in the ratio of ballooned segment diameter to ascending aortic diameter in the 7 patients in whom it could be measured. Thus, intermediate-term results of balloon dilatation of coarctation restenosis are excellent and magnetic resonance imaging is well suited to the serial studies required in these patients.
Angioplasty, Balloon↗