During the last three years, CT and MRI brain scans of 40 patients revealed falx cerebri partial ossification as an incidental finding. The patients had been admitted for brain CT and MRI for several reasons. In most cases, there was no problem in the differential diagnosis of falx cerebri ossification during interpretation of the cases. In a few cases, the lesion should be distinguished from calcified meningioma, small hematoma in the interhemispheric fissure and in one case there was also meningeal infiltration of breast cancer. In these cases both CT and MRI scans of the brain were evaluated and a definite diagnosis was made.
Biliary obstruction due to impaction of hydatid material into the biliary tree frequently occurs when complex intrabiliary rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst develops. In our experience, the incidence of intrabiliary rupture causing biliary obstruction totals to 1.1%.The effectiveness of ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the preoperative diagnosis of cyst rupture into the biliary tree has been demonstrated only in case reports or in a series with a few number of cases. In this study we report nine additional cases with CT and MRI findings, together with magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography which established the preoperative diagnosis.
METHODSOver a period of 5 years we studied nine cases with proven intrabiliary rupture of the hepatic hydatid cyst and jaundice using CT, MRI and MR cholangiography. In all cases the diagnosis of the rupture was made by CT, MRI and MR cholangiography and the confirmation of the diagnosis was made at surgery in four cases and with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in five cases. The age of the patients at the time of diagnosis ranged between 43 and 74 years. There were seven males and two female patients.Each abdominal CT study was performed with 100 mL of contrast material (Imagopaque, Nycomed) administered Digestive Endoscopy (2001) 13, 7-12 Background: One of the most common and very serious complications of a hepatic echinococcal cyst is the intrabiliary rupture of the cyst and, in some cases, the obstruction of the biliary system. The effectiveness of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated for the preoperative diagnosis of hydatid cyst into the biliary tree. Methods: The techniques of CT, MRI and magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography were used to examine nine cases of intrabiliary rupture of the hepatic hydatid cyst. The confirmation of the diagnosis was made at surgery in four cases and with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in five cases. Results: By using CT and MRI, the intrabiliary rupture of an echinococcal cyst was diagnosed readily and accurately in all cases. In eight cases, we found a dilated intrahepatic biliary vessel near the ruptured echinococcal cyst, without any evidence of communication between the cyst and the biliary system. Also in six cases there was an abnormal configuration of the terminal part of the biliary radicle. Conclusion: This study suggests that a dilated biliary radicle with conical configuration of its end-part and in close proximity with hydatid cyst is strong evidence of previous or active rupture of hydatid cyst into the biliary system. A combined study of CT or MRI and MR cholangiography is mandatory for proper preoperative evaluation of the intrabiliary rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst.
We report two patients with persistent falcine vein associated with atretic parietal cephaloceles. Two children, aged two and eight months, were admitted to our department for MRI examination of the brain because of palpable parietal subscalp lesions. MRI study of the brain and MR-venography revealed a falcine sinus joining the superior sagittal sinus in a vertical position. The straight sinus was absent in its normal position. The parietal subscalp lesions were cyst-like formations under the skin associated with a small calvarial defect. The lesions were assumed to be atretic cephaloceles.
The perivascular spaces are normally microscopic. Even in normal brain some Robin-Virchow spaces are usually seen in the area of substantia innominata at the level of anterior commissure. Many pathologic states result in abnormal dilatation with an increased number of spaces visible on MRI imaging. Dilatation is most commonly associated with anterior abnormalities that arise due to aging, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, hypertension and other vascular risk factors. The precise etiology of dilatation is currently unknown.
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