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Paladini A, Magarelli N, Beomonte Zobel D, Percivale I, Belmonte G, Coviello D, Carriero A, Guzzardi G. Minocycline hydrochloride versus triamcinolone acetonide as miniinvasive treatment in symptomatic baker cysts: a prospective study. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2019; 33:1921-1926. [PMID: 31960659 DOI: 10.23812/19-355-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- A Paladini
- Radiology Institute, Services Diagnosis and Therapies Department, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont - UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Radiology Institute, Services Diagnosis and Therapies Department, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont - UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Radiology Institute, Services Diagnosis and Therapies Department, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont - UPO University, Novara, Italy
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- Radiology Institute, Services Diagnosis and Therapies Department, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont - UPO University, Novara, Italy
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Paladini A, Vallati G, Beomonte Zobel D, Paladini L, Annovazzi A, Sciuto R, Cappelli F, Borzelli A, Pane F, Negroni D, Cernigliaro M, Galbiati A, Del Sette B, Spinetta M, Guzzardi G, Carriero A, Pizzi G. Delivery of selective internal radiation therapy complicated by variant hepatic vascular anatomy. Radiol Case Rep 2019; 14:662-672. [PMID: 30956745 PMCID: PMC6434105 DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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“Difficult vascular anatomy” is a challenge for Interventional Radiologists especially in liver directed therapies such as trans arterial radio embolization. Trans arterial radio embolization is a long and difficult procedure in which the basic knowledge of hepatic and gastro-enteric vascularization, with its high degree of variations, is very important in order to correctly administer the therapeutic drug selectively. In this report, we present a case of an atypical patient affected by an unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, candidate for Radio-embolization treatment. His vascular anatomy was very difficult to manage, but the Interventional Radiologist was not only able to go over the “difficult anatomy,” but also to take advantage of it.
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Borzelli A, Amodio F, Paladini A, de Magistris G, Giurazza F, Silvestre M, Corvino F, Corvino A, Frauenfelder G, Pane F, Coppola M, Zobel DB, Paladini L, Amodeo E, Cavaglià E, Niola R. Successful endovascular treatment of a recurrent giant celiac artery aneurysm. Radiol Case Rep 2019; 14:723-728. [PMID: 30988864 PMCID: PMC6447743 DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Visceral artery aneurysms are very rare and aneurysms of the celiac trunk are the rarest ones: they are in most cases asymptomatic and their detection is frequently incidental. In this article we report the case of a man affected by severe abdominal pain with a huge aneurysm of the celiac trunk, first successfully treated with coil embolization, but, after 10 months, another endovascular embolization was required for deployment of the metallic coils previously released, ahead into the fund of the sac with recanalization of the aneurysm. A second endovascular treatment was performed with other coils and Amplatzer-Plug. The high risk of rupture makes treatment of such aneurysms mandatory and surgery is still considered the gold standard therapy of VAA, but, due to its high morbidity and mortality risks, in the last years, it has been widely replaced by endovascular embolization. An effective endovascular embolization requires not only the complete filling of the aneurysmal sac, but also the complete vascular exclusion of its in-flow and out-flow tracts, to reduce the risk of its anterograde or retrograde reperfusion.
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- A. Borzelli
- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Services Diagnosis and Therapies, Radiology Institute, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Eastern Piedmont - UPO University, Corso G. Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di scienze biomediche avanzate, Università degli studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Via S.Pansini, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Campus Bio-medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di scienze biomediche avanzate, Università degli studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Via S.Pansini, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di scienze biomediche avanzate, Università degli studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Via S.Pansini, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, IFO Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome- Fondazione Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome- Fondazione Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, AORN ``A. Cardarelli'', Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Beomonte Zobel D, Dell'Atti C, Magarelli N, Coviello D, Belmonte G, Saccomanno MF, Paladini A, Milano G, Leone A, Colosimo C. Magnetic resonance arthrography accuracy in the detection of labral tears in young patients with chronic unstable shoulder: correlation with arthroscopy. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2019; 33:581-586. [PMID: 30887797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic performance of Magnetic Resonance Arthrography (MRA) in evaluating lesions of the glenoid labrum, in young active patients with chronic unstable shoulder, compared to shoulder arthroscopy. We retrospectively considered 65 MRA examinations, performed between December 2011 and January 2018. Among them, thirty-five patients (31 men, 4 women; mean age, 27.3 years; range, 16-53 years; 4 patients with a previous arthroscopy of the same shoulder) underwent shoulder arthroscopy after MRA. Arthroscopic reports were collected and analyzed for the correlation with MRA results.
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- D Beomonte Zobel
- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- SCDU Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Paladini A, Lucatelli P, Cappelli F, Pizzi G, Anelli V, Amodeo EM, Beomonte Zobel D, Paladini L, Biagini R, Attala D, Zoccali C, Vallati GE. Osteoid osteoma treated with radiofrequency ablation in non-operating room anesthesia. A different way of approaching ablative therapy on osteoid osteoma. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22:5438-5446. [PMID: 30229814 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201809_15803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to verify the effectiveness and complications occurrence of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in the treatment of osteoid osteoma (OO) in non-operating room anesthesia (N.O.R.A.). PATIENTS AND METHODS From 2014 to 2017, 61 patients affected by OO (40 men and 21 women) with an age of 20.7 years on average (range, 4-51 years; 12 patients aged 20 years or younger) underwent computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in N.O.R.A. (Non-Operating Room Anesthesia). Lesion sites treated were: femur (27), tibia (22), pelvis (2), talar bone (3), distal radius (1), and humerus (6). Mean follow-up time was 36 months. In each case, anesthesiologic support followed a new protocol (N.O.R.A. protocol), approved by our Institute. Primary success rate, complications, symptom-free intervals, and follow-up results were evaluated. RESULTS Pain relief (evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale - VAS) was significant in 97% of patients; it disappeared within 24 hours of the procedure in 44 patients, within 3 days in 10 patients, and within 7 days in 7 patients. After 6 months of observation time, 60 of 61 patients were successfully treated and had no more complaints. In 2 patients, two major complications were found: infection of the site treated, healed with antibiotics, and a nerve lesion, healed with steroid therapy. No other complications were observed. CONCLUSIONS RFA is a highly effective, efficient, minimally invasive and safe method for the treatment of OO following N.O.R.A. PROTOCOL
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- A Paladini
- Diagnostic Imaging Area, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Gemelli Foundation, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
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We studied variations in water relations and drought response in five Himalayan tree species (Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. (chilaune) and Castanopsis indica (Roxb.) Miq. (dhale katus) at an elevation of 1400 m, Quercus lanata Smith (banjh) and Rhododendron arboreum Smith (lali gurans) at 2020 m, and Quercus semecarpifolia Smith (khasru) at 2130 m) at Phulchowki Hill, Kathmandu, Nepal. Soil water potential at 15 (Psi(s15)) and 30 cm (Psi(s30)) depths, tree water potential at predawn (Psi(pd)) and midday (Psi(md)), and leaf conductance during the morning (g(wAM)) and afternoon (g(wPM)) were observed from December 1998 to April 2001, except during the monsoon months. There was significant variation among sites, species and months in Psi(pd), Psi(md), g(wAM) and g(wPM), and among months for all species for Psi(s15). Mean Psi(pd) and Psi(md) were lowest in Q. semecarpifolia (-0.40 and -1.18 MPa, respectively) and highest in S. wallichii (-0.20 and -0.63 MPa, respectively). The minimum Psi value for all species (-0.70 to -1.79 MPa) was observed in March 1999, after 4 months of unusually low rainfall. Some patterns of Psi(pd) were related to phenology and leaf damage. During leafing, Psi(pd) often increased. Mean g(wAM) and g(wPM) were highest in Q. semecarpifolia (172 and 190 mmol m(-2) s(-1), respectively) and lowest in C. indica (78 and 74 mmol m(-2) s(-1), respectively). Soil water potential (Psi) at 15 cm depth correlated with plant Psi in all species, but rarely with g(wAM) and not with g(wPM). Plant Psi declined with increasing elevation, whereas g(w) increased. As Psi(pd) declined, so did maximal g(w), but overall, g(w) was correlated with Psi(pd) only for R. arboreum. Schima wallichii maintained high Psi, with low stomatal conductance, as did Castanopsis indica, except that C. indica had low Psi during dry months. Rhododendron arboreum maintained high Psi(pd) and g(w), despite low soil Psi. Quercus lanata had low g(w) and low Psi(pd) in some months, but showed no correlation between tree Psi and g(w). Quercus semecarpifolia, which grows at the highest elevation, had low soil and plant Psi and high g(w).
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- K Poudyal
- Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Zobel DB, Riley L, Kitzmiller JH, Sniezko RA. Variation in water relations characteristics of terminal shoots of Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) seedlings. Tree Physiol 2001; 21:743-749. [PMID: 11470660 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/21.11.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We measured water relations attributes of the terminal shoots of 3-year-old Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.) seedlings that represented its geographic range. Pressure-volume curves were developed and osmotic potentials at full (psi(sf)) and zero turgor (psi(sz)), relative water content at zero turgor, and an index of tissue elasticity (IE) were calculated for 38 families during early, mid- and late summer at an inland nursery, and for 12 of these families during mid- and late summer at a coastal nursery. Compared with other conifer species, psi(sz) was high (-1.4 to -1.5 MPa) and declined in seedlings at both nurseries as the season progressed. Both IE and osmotic amplitude (psi(sf)-psi(sz)) increased during the season. Osmotic potential at zero turgor was lower and osmotic amplitude greater in seedlings at the inland nursery than at the coastal nursery. Correlations of water relations attributes with geographic location of the seed sources were weak and usually not significant. High elevation southern sources exhibited smaller differences in psi(sz) between nurseries than low elevation northern sources. The small differences in water relations attributes among sources and between nurseries suggest that some may be of marginal physiological importance; however, sources that produced larger seedlings appeared to be less desiccation tolerant. We conclude that, when moving genotypes during reforestation, decisions based on patterns in tree size and timing of growth will account for these small differences in water relations.
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- D B Zobel
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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