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Iliac Bone (iliac + bone)
Selected AbstractsFine needle aspiration of a huge pelvic mass involving the iliac boneCYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 1 2009A. Gupta No abstract is available for this article. [source] Quantitative assessment of fetal bowel echogenicity: Comparison of harmonic, compound, and fundamental sonographic imagesJOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND, Issue 6 2003Hak Jong Lee MD Abstract Purpose The aims of this study were to assess normal fetal bowel echogenicity quantitatively and to compare the levels of bowel echogenicity observed with the use of 3 different sonographic image-processing techniques,harmonic plus compound imaging, harmonic imaging alone, and fundamental imaging,and 2 different broadband transducers. Methods Women with normal singleton second-trimester fetuses underwent sonographic scanning with both a 2,5-MHz and a 4,7-MHz transducer. The use of the 3 imaging techniques and the 2 transducers resulted in 6 types of images: 2,5-HC (harmonic plus compound images), 2,5-H (harmonic images), and 2,5-F (fundamental images), and 4,7-HC, 4,7-H, and 4,7-F images. The relative echogenicities (brightness) of the fetal bowel and iliac bone were measured, and bowel echogenicity ratios (bowel echogenicity/iliac bone echogenicity × 100) were calculated using graphics software. The resulting data were analyzed to evaluate differences in echogenicity ratios between the 6 types of images. Results We examined 37 fetuses during the study period. The bowel echogenicity ratios were highest on the images obtained with harmonic and compound,imaging techniques (2,5-HC, 84.7 ± 23.4%; 4,7-HC, 98.5 ± 36.4%). The bowel echogenicity ratio for the 2,5-HC images was significantly higher than those for the 2,5-H and the 2,5-F images (p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively), and those for the 4,7-HC and 4,7-H images were higher than that for the 4,7-F images (p < 0.01 for both comparisons). Conclusions A sonographic finding of echogenic fetal bowel should be interpreted cautiously because the use of special image-processing techniques can artificially enhance the apparent level of echogenicity of the bowel. We recommend rescanning without the use of those techniques if the fetal bowel appears to have an increased level of echogenicity. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 31:302,307, 2003 [source] Intractable recurrent cervical cancer with pelvic bone involvement successfully treated with external hemipelvectomyJOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2008Junzo Hamanishi Abstract The indication of external hemipelvectomy for lateral recurrent cervical cancer involving the pelvic bone is controversial. We report the second longest surviving patient of recurrent cervical cancer successfully treated by external hemipelvectomy. A 38-year-old woman who had undergone conization for stage Ia1 cervical cancer six years earlier had severe right inguinal pain. A large multicystic recurrent tumor was identified in the right obturator region. After chemotherapy and chemoradiation, the tumor regressed, but soon relapsed. The patient's symptoms flared and the tumor was enlarged involving the right iliac bone. We performed right external hemipelvectomy with amputation of the right lower extremity, right iliac wing and ischiopubic bone. There was no major complication after the operation and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 48. After 27 months of follow-up, she has no complaints and is without evidence of recurrence. In selected cases of intractable lateral recurrent cervical cancer with pelvic bone involvement, relief from tumor-related pain and a possibility of prolonged survival can be expected by external hemipelvectomy. [source] Rehabilitation by means of osseointegrated implants in oral cancer patients with about four to six years follow-upJOURNAL OF ORAL REHABILITATION, Issue 3 2006J. SEKINE summary, This paper describes the reconstruction of mandibular defects in four oral cancer patients using iliac crest bone grafts and osseointegrated implants. In three patients, reconstructive surgery using a reconstruction plate and free forearm skin flap was performed following tumour and segmental mandibular resection. After 7,9 months, mandibular reconstruction with a free iliac bone graft was carried out. In one patient, reconstructive surgery was performed with vascularized iliac bone grafting with an anterolateral thigh flap at the same time as the tumour resection. Fixtures were placed in the transplanted bone, and abutments were connected 6,9 months later together with vestibuloplasty. Gingival grafts were used to replace the skin flap around abutments. All implants survived throughout the approximately 4,6 years observation time. Marginal bone loss of the graft was originally several millimetres but less than 1·5 mm. Bone loss as well as management of peri-implant soft tissue was also discussed. [source] | ||||||||||