ncapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, also known as abdominal Cocoon syndrome (ACS) is a rare condition presenting with small-bowel obstruction due to a thick fibrous membrane encasing portions of the intestine. We present the case of a 29-years-old pregnant woman referring to abdominal pain in the last three days. Her past medical and surgical history was unremarkable, and she had never complained of similar symptoms ever before; she had no history of previous abdominal operations or medication. On clinical examination, the abdomen was tender and distended; the patient was pregnant; the US was ordered, and analysis revealed a 13-weeks old fetus.This report aimed to evaluate the radiological and clinical characteristic of ACS in a pregnant patient using MRI.
One of the most widely applied methods for evaluating a research paper's quality is the impact factor (IF). The term JUMPS was applied to the IF in an article published in PubMed in 2021, describing an increase of more than 40% of IF. In this study, we aimed to compare the growth rate of IF JUMPS in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging in the last 6 years. This retrospective study calculated the growth rate (JUMP) in IF from 2015 to 2020. We used the Friedman and Wilcoxon signed ranks tests to calculate the statistically significant difference in IF from 2015 to 2020 and the 2019 to 2020 difference. We classified JUMPS in negative growth rate, quartiles, and journals with >100%. Three journals had more than 100% IF growth rate during 2020 (Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik, Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, and Ultrasound Quarterly). A 76% to 100% growth rate was observed in another 4 journals (3.2%), and 8 journals (6.3%) depicted a 51% to 75% percentage of change. Repeated measures analyses showed a significant difference ( P < 0.001). During the COVID-19 pandemic, several journals in the Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging category increased their IF by 50%. Knowing the growing trends in this category might supplement the assessment of target journals for authors looking to submit their works.
rimary breast angiosarcoma is an extremely rare tumour type (0.05% of primary breast cancers with an incidence of 4.5 cases per million in the USA), so diagnosis can be difficult. They arise within the breast parenchyma and generally present as a breast mass. This report presents the case of a 45-year-old woman who attended the imaging department to participate in the screening program of early detection of breast cancer. A core needle biopsy revealed an angiosarcoma.This case points to the subtle imaging findings in a lesion smaller than one centimeter (mammogram and ultrasound) that led the radiologist to perform a biopsy to find malignant breast cancer in a patient with no history of any known risk factors.
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