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CL Chiang, FAS Lee, YW Wong, CM Poon, CKK Choi, FCS Wong, WK Sze, SY Tung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:312-7

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716844

Objectives: To review the outcome of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who underwent short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCPRT) with delayed total mesorectal excision.

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A Zia, Z Bashir, P Tait

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:e21-7

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716903

Ectopic varices are uncommon but potentially life-threatening portosystemic venous collaterals. They are high variable and can occur anywhere across the gastrointestinal tract, except for the pathological sites for

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VWT Chan, DHS Fung, SKY Kwok, WK Wong, KW Tang

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:333-5

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716439

Mature cystic teratoma is the most common type of ovarian germ cell tumour. It is usually asymptomatic and

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BKH Lee, CY Chu, KYK Tang, Y Cheng, FKY Cheung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:330-2

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716435

Gastroduodenal intussusception is uncommon. Most such cases have an underlying condition as a lead point.

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CL Chiang, CSY Yeung, MYP Wong, VWY Lee, VHF Lee, FAS Lee, FCS Wong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:303-11

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716861

Despite advances in surgical, radiation and systemic therapy, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains poor. Most patients are not amendable to curative surgical resection at presentation. Chemo-radiotherapy

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MHC Lam, W Cheuk, TK Au Yong, HC Cheng, RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:292-302

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716443

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of malignancies that can arise in different organs. Although NETs account for only 0.5% of all malignancies, their incidence has significantly increased in recent

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CC Law

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:282-90

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716915

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by total mesorectal excision is the standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer. The mean pathological complete response rate following neoadjuvant

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BTY Yuen, EHY Hung, CCM Cho, SSF Hon, AWH Chan, HHL Chau

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:272-81

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716935

A rectal submucosal tumour is defined as a mass-like protrusion in the rectum covered by normal mucosa. It comprises a variety of benign and malignant tumours that originate from the rectal wall or outside the rectum.

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EHY Hung, EYL Dai, CCM Cho

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:259-71

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716937

Accurate staging by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is pivotal to the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer. Aside from tumour and lymph node staging, high-resolution MRI can identify

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WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:256-8

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716449

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PL Munk, TM Coupal, JF Griffith

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HF Chan, WH Luk, LF Cheng, JKF Ma

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:241-7

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716860

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) acquires three-dimensional volumetric images using a two-dimensional flat panel detector mounted on a C-arm that rotates around the patient.

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K Chin, YS Luk, J Khoo, YH Lui

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:237-40

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716436

Splenic metastasis is uncommon, and splenic rupture secondary to metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) is even rarer.

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R Chow, L Zhang, IS Soong, OWK Mang, LCY Lui, KH Wong, SWK Siu, SH Lo, KK Yuen, YSH Yau, KY Wong, C Leung, SY Wong, R Ngan, E Chow, R Yeung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:232-6

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716804

Objective: To analyse the inter-rater reliability of scores in the Palliative Medicine Oral Examination among examiners, among observers, and between examiners and observers.

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LCY Lui, KH Wong, R Ngan, SWK Siu, E Chow, SH Lo, KK Yuen, YSH Yau, KY Wong, R Yeung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:227-31

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716802

Purpose: To evaluate the Hong Kong College of Radiologists’ palliative medicine training programme from perspectives of three groups of clinical oncologists.

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AKC Cheng, M Cheung, EYL Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:220-6

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715377

Objectives: To review the outcome and procedure-related complications of patients who underwent ultrasound-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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YP Tai, CH Cheung, KM Cheung, HC Cheng, RKC Ngan, PCH Kwok

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:213-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716905

Purpose: To report the outcomes and prognostic factors of overall survival after selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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MHC Lam, HC Cheng, RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:205-12

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716902

Objective: To review the outcome and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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SC Wong, WT Ngai, FPT Choi

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:192-204

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716921

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is conventionally evaluated with ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.

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CCM Cho

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:175-91

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716871

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver and one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths.

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RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:172-4

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716448

No abstract available.

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G Aberdein, S Chokka, KK Lau

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:e18-20

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716814

The use of a subcostal (or sub-xiphisternal) approach to biopsy of the left lobe of the liver is less painful and causes lower rates of pneumothorax and damage to intercostal vessels and nerves, although necessitating a steeper needle angle and deeper hepatic penetration.

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JPK Tsang, MK Yuen

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:98-102

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716838

Gout is an inflammatory response to deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in soft tissues and joints, and is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in adults.

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MFT Chan, QYN Lam, VHF Lee, PPY Ho, HCK Sze, SWK Siu, PWK Kwong, TW Leung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:103-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715378

Objectives: The Roach formula can be used to calculate the risk of pelvic lymph node involvement in patients with prostate cancer.

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L Kropp, R Dagan, CG Morris, C Bryant, JW Werning, P Dziegielewski, WM Mendenhall, RJ Amdur

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:110-4

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715373

Objectives: To review the outcome of patients with positive / close margins and / or extracapsular extension (ECE) of lymph nodes who underwent radiotherapy (RT) with or without chemotherapy following radical surgery for laryngeal or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and to determine the factors associated with poor prognosis.

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M Zimmermann, M Das, CK Kuhl, S Keil

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:115-20

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716402

Objective: To assess the performance of a computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) software in detecting pulmonary embolism (PE) on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

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WH Chong, KL Siu, WS Wan, KY Chan, CB Tan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:121-5

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715388

Objective: To identify predictors of successful retrieval of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter by comparing patients with and without a retrieval request.

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YTA Lai, BMH Lai, H Chin, KP Fung, SF Shum, WK Kan, JLS Khoo

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:126-30

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716420

Objectives: To compare the single-bolus protocol with the split-bolus protocol in multidetector computed tomography urography in terms of image quality (opacification), radiation dose, and scan time.

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KKY Cheung, JK Ip, LY Ko, MWM Law, WWM Lam

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:131-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716399

Objectives: To review magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of neonates who underwent cerebral hypothermia for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and to correlate the MRI findings with neurodevelopmental outcomes.