Gayatri Joshi

Prompt and accurate diagnosis of traumatic pancreatic injury relies on knowledge of the relevant anatomy, injury mechanisms, clinical and imaging findings, and injury grade, which can be used in co... Traumatic injuries of the pancreas are uncommon and often difficult to diagnose owing to subtle imaging findings, confounding multiorgan injuries, and nonspecific clinical signs. Nonetheless, early...

The range of complications of renal transplantation can be organized temporally in relation to the time since surgery and/or according to disease categories, including immunologic (rejection), surg... The kidney is the most commonly transplanted solid organ. Advances in surgical techniques, immunosuppression regimens, surveillance imaging, and histopathologic diagnosis of rejection have allowed ...

Familiarity with the US spectrum of disease processes outside the gallbladder that may manifest with right upper quadrant pain, including hepatic, pancreatic, adrenal, renal, gastrointestinal, vascular, and thoracic causes, can guide early diagnosis and rapid appropriate management. Acute cholecystitis is the most common diagnosable cause for right upper quadrant abdominal (RUQ) pain in patients who present to the emergency department (ED). However, over one-third of patients initially thought to have acute cholecystitis actually have RUQ pain attributable to other causes. Ultrasonography (US) is the primary imaging modality of choice for initial imaging assessment and serves as a fast, cost-effective, and dynamic modality to provide a definitive diagnosis or a considerably narrowed list of differential possibilities. Multiple organ systems are included at standard RUQ US, and a variety of ultrasonographically diagnosable disease processes can be identified, including conditions of hepatic, pancreatic, adrenal, renal, gastrointestinal, vascular, and thoracic origin, all of which may result in RUQ pain. In certain cases, subsequent computed tomography, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, MR cholangiopancreatography, or cholescintigraphy may be considered, depending on the clinical situat...

This online presentation reviews the mechanisms of traumatic urinary bladder injury, with case illustrations of the types of urinary bladder injury according to the commonly used radiologic classification system, discusses optimal CT cystographic protocol and technique, and highlights potential diagnostic and interpretive pitfalls to aid in accurate diagnosis of traumatic urinary bladder injury.

Introduction:High-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may require brief periods of apnea for image acquisition. In adults, this may be done by voluntary breath holding. In infants and children, such studies are generally performed under general anesthesia using a laryngeal mask airway with maintenance of spontaneous ventilation.Methods:We report a...