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HKAK Sadana, TA Lim

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:190-3

A case of symptomatic pontine capillary telangiectasia detected by susceptibility-weighted imaging is reported. The lesion was inconspicuous on diffusion-weighted imaging. To our knowledge there is only limited literature emphasising the diagnostic utility of

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M George, S Nadarajah, CL Ong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:186-9

Unilateral twin ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition and only about 100 cases have been reported in the literature. In this article, we present a case of twin ectopic pregnancy in the left fallopian tube. A 38-year-old woman who had in-vitro fertilisation came to our

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PD Chan, K Rahmat, N Ramli, KA Kadir

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:182-5

The presence of moyamoya disease with a brain arteriovenous malformation is extremely rare. The high incidence of morbidity in such cases suggests that this combination of features confers an ominous outlook, whilst the association between these two entities remains

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DD Rasalkar, WCW Chu, BK Paunipagar

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:178-81

Coats’ disease and retinoblastoma are the two common types of orbital pathology in young children. These two conditions are prognostically different but have overlapping imaging features. We present a case of proven Coats’ disease to illustrate the specific

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HT Tam, WH Ng, KC Wong, JF Griffith

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:174-7

A 15-year-old boy presented with a 6-month history of painful wrist swelling. Radiographs, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a heavily calcified extra-osseous soft tissue mass considered to be a benign chondroma. In view of the

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KY Kwok, SSM Lo, TK Tsang, TW Fan, TL Kwan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:170-3

Congenital interruption of the pulmonary artery is a rare condition. We present a case of isolated interruption of the right pulmonary artery in a young girl and a case of interruption of the left pulmonary artery associated with Tetralogy of Fallot in an adult male. The

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U Pua

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:166-9

We describe a patient with inadvertent perithrombus deployment of an inferior vena cava filter and illustrate the use of the double-filter technique in affording pulmonary embolism protection during retrieval of the malpositioned filter.

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DD Rasalkar, WCW Chu, DYW Siu, BK Paunipagar, HT Wong, XL Zhu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:162-5

A 14-month-old boy underwent suboccipital craniotomy for cerebellar tumour. Magnetic resonance screening of the spine a day after the craniotomy revealed striking spinal subdural enhancement in the thoraco-lumbar region. The differential diagnosis included

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TJ Galloway, RJ Amdur, CG Morris, AR Yeung, WM Mendenhall

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:154-61

Objective: To determine if the use of more complex technology in the form of 3-dimensional treatment planning improved outcomes after primary radiotherapy for early-stage cervical cancer.

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JYH Hui, AXN Lo, AWS Au Yeung, MKW Yang, SWW Chan, SH Lam, NWF Yuen, JCS Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;12:147-53

Objective: To evaluate potential benefits and patient acceptance of the one-stop breast imaging service in a regional hospital in Hong Kong.

Methods: A total of 87 patients referred from the new-case surgical breast clinic for one-stop breast imaging were prospectively

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ESK Ma, CLP Wong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S42-50

Cancer biomarkers have evolved from assays based on proteins, hormones and enzymes to molecular assays based on DNA or RNA. These molecular cancer biomarkers have broad clinical applications in disease screening, diagnosis, classification, offering a

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RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S33-41

The GOG111 and OV-10 were pivotal studies published in 1996 and 2000 respectively which established paclitaxel / cisplatin as standard postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancers. A second major breakthrough in the ensuing

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J Tsang

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S29-32

Glioblastoma multiforme is a highly invasive and aggressive brain tumour. It is the most commonly seen glioma with fast-growing features, being a devastating disease with no clear causation and no means of early detection. Less than 10% of glioblastoma

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W Yeo

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S25-8

Gastric cancer is the fourth commonest cancer worldwide, with nearly a million new patients being diagnosed with this disease per year, of whom 55% are in East Asia. Regrettably, despite the availability of potentially curative resection, between 50 and 90% of

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E Tse, YL Kwong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S22-4

Malignant lymphoma is a common neoplasm and some are potentially curable if appropriate therapy is given. The use of the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab in the management of follicular lymphoma has improved the outcome of patients.

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VHF Lee

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S16-21

Systemic chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for advanced / metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer, particularly in those who do not harbour an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation. In the last decade, there was no established evidence to justify

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ML Zhuo, J Wang

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S10-5

The epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including gefitinib and erlotinib, have been proven to provide significant benefit in progression-free survival and overall survival in patients who have received at least one line of prior

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Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13(Suppl):S3-9

J Cassidy

Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in the world. In spite of recent advances in chemotherapy, the prognosis for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer remains poor. The last decade of ground-breaking research on molecular

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DD Rasalkar, C Tong, FWT Cheng, CK Li, BK Paunipagar, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:46-51

Objective: To review the intracranial manifestations and role of imaging in Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis.

Methods: This is a retrospective institutional review of clinical data and radiological findings of Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis patients

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HHL Chau, APY Tang, GM Tse, TKF Ma, SK Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:43-5

A case of mammary schistosomiasis revealed by breast microcalcifications detected by mammography is reported. Although schistosomiasis can involve almost any organ, involvement of the breast is very rare. This case was diagnosed by stereotactic-guided

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J Joseph, H Narayanan, H Babu, A Praveen

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:40-2

We report a rare manifestation of tuberculosis of the prostate and seminal vesicles without involvement of the rest of the genito-urinary tract. A 27-year-old male initially presented with clinical and laboratory evidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. Two weeks later, the

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HA Hassan, SA Hamid

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:36-9

Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma presenting with spinal cord compression is rare. We describe a 69-yearold woman who initially presented with gradual onset of bilateral lower limb weakness and numbness for 3 months. Her magnetic resonance image revealed

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RJ Amdur, PR Sandow, A Yeung, WM Mendenhall

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:32-5

Several of our patients developed patches of melanotic hyperpigmentation (black spots) in the mucosa of the tongue during radiotherapy for brain tumours. The purpose of this report was to describe a representative case with a literature review. A

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DD Rasalkar, BK Paunipagar, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:29-31

We report a unique case of segmental pulmonary artery dissection in a 48-year-old female, with confirmed systemic lupus erythematosus and pulmonary hypertension. Several cardiopulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus have been

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J Joseph, H Narayanan, H Babu, A Praveen

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:26-8

In patients with superior vena caval obstruction, computed tomography of the liver in its arterial or early portal phase may show abnormal hyperattenuation in segment IV of the left hepatic lobe. This abnormal enhancement is due to porto-systemic venous

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HA Hassan, SA Hamid

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:23-5

Retroperitoneal intramuscular haemangiomas are quite rare. Interruption of the muscle layer by intramuscular cavernous haemangioma raised the suspicion of a soft tissue sarcoma. We discuss the radiological characteristics of a haemangioma compared to soft tissue

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AKC Leung, KH Au, HY Yiu, YL Kwok, VC Sin, WL Leung, KC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:12-22

Objective: To study the clinico-pathological characteristics and outcome of germ cell tumours treated in the Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.

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WSW Chan, SS Chiu, DHY Cho, SK Kei, WL Poon, SH Luk, CC Cheung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:3-11

Objective: This study evaluated the clinical, biochemical, and imaging characteristics to identify pre-ablative prognostic factors for the survival of patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiofrequency ablation has now been

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DD Rasalkar, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:161-70

Conventional imaging studies such as ultrasonography, intravenous urography, micturating cystourethrography, and radionuclide scintigraphy are the basic investigations used in daily clinical practice for the diagnosis and monitoring of obstructive uropathy in

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BK Paunipagar, DD Rasalkar, P Lonikar, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:158-60

We reported on a patient with a cystic neoplasm of the pancreas with situs inversus totalis that showed the typical imaging features of serous cystadenoma in an anatomically inverted pancreas. The possible coexistence of malformations of transposed organs and