10.1055/b-0040-177992 4 Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis: Sporadic and CompressiveKyle Cooper, Minhaj S. Khaja, and Bill S. Majdalany Summary Acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) may be sporadic, or can result from…
10.1055/b-0040-177993 5 Pulmonary EmbolismRonald S. Winokur and Akhilesh K. Sista Summary Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a management challenge for the interventional radiologist. There is a spectrum of severity in patient…
10.1055/b-0040-177994 6 Inferior Vena Cava FiltersRobert King and Matthew Johnson Summary Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are commonly employed in contemporary medical practice in the management of patients with deep…
10.1055/b-0040-177990 2 Venous ThromboembolismMatthew T. Rondina and Hanadi Farrukh Summary Venous thromboembolism has been increasingly recognized as a significant contributor to patient morbidity and mortality, and there has been rapid…
10.1055/b-0040-177991 3 Cerebral Venous ThrombosisNitish Dhingra and Kieran Murphy Summary While relatively uncommon, cerebral venous thrombosis is a potentially catastrophic condition. Management requires a multidisciplinary expert team and, in rare…
Blunt trauma accounts for more than 95% of traumatic renal injury and results from shear forces from rapid acceleration or deceleration and/or collision against the spine or ribs. The use…
Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the renal parenchyma and collecting system. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings of fever, flank pain, and urinary tract infection. Computed tomography findings…
An introduction to the expanding modality of contrast-enhanced ultrasound is provided, along with basics on contrast agents and technique. The contrast ultrasound findings of multiple renal tumors are reviewed with…
Based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results studies, most renal cancers are low grade and slow growing. Long-term, single-center studies show excellent outcomes for T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC), comparable…
Given the incidence of small renal masses, from benign cysts to malignancy, most radiologists encounter these lesions multiple times during their career. Radiologists have an opportunity to provide critical data…
