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SNA Rashid, SA Hamid, SM Saini, GC Gan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:105-9

Carcinoid tumours of the pancreas are extremely rare. We report a very unusual case of carcinoid tumour of the pancreas with extensive regional lymph node involvement and no liver metastasis in a patient with worsening jaundice;

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V Lau, R Lee, WK Tso, WM Lui, S Lee

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:101-4

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare, but potentially life-threatening, disease accounting for less than 1% of stroke.

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KL Siu, FNY Sin, WP Chu, AXN Lo, KFJ Ma

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:96-100

Objective: To retrospectively compare the complication rates of radiologically and surgically placed central venous catheters in a single tertiary centre over a four-year period.

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DD Rasalkar, RKL Lee, V Lee, A Leung, FWT Cheng, WWM Lam, CK Li, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:88-95

Objective: Myocardial haemosiderosis leading to cardiac dysfunction is a major complication in transfusiondependent thalassaemia.

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RKL Lee, K Wang, AWH Ng, CB Ip, JSY Lam, EHY Yuen, TCY Cheung, YYP Lee, TM Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:80-7

Objective: To determine the role of whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) in the diagnosis and work-up of suspected or confirmed brain metastasis and to assess its impact on clinical management and outcomes.

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TY Kew, M Zahiah, SZ Syed Zulkifli, A Noraidatulakma, S Hatta

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:71-9

Objective: Radiological investigations that use ionising radiation pose well-established risks to patients. Doses per patient from computed tomographic examinations constitute large radiation burdens, particularly with recurrent imaging and multidetector machines.

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PY Fung, CY Lui, YC Chu, CW Wong, HS Lam

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:64-70

Objective: To evaluate patient outcomes after screening mammograms graded as “probably benign”, and specifically to determine the corresponding frequency of false-negative diagnoses.

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R Botchu, M Heir, G Retnasingham, P Burli

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:57-8

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JWC Wai, JLF Chiu, TS To, KH Lai, CW Siu, KY Kwok, SCH Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:50-6

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and the third most common cause of cancer death in Hong Kong women. Ultrasound imaging and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging are useful adjuncts to mammography.

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SNA Rashid, SA Hamid, SM Saini, R Muridan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:47-9

Foreign body inhalation in children is not uncommon. Although the sensitivity of frontal chest radiography for radiopaque foreign bodies is high (84-95%), an inhaled radiolucent foreign body in the bronchus can still be missed.

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MYS Soo, T Ng

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:41-6

Paediatric cranial meningiomas are uncommon, constituting 4% of all intracranial tumours in early childhood to adolescent. They frequently show cellular atypia and anaplasia.

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PKT Hui, JYL Tung, MKT To, W Chow, WWM Lam, MT Chau

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:36-40

Osteogenesis imperfecta type V is a rare subtype of osteogenesis imperfecta with unique clinical, radiological, and histological features.

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HC Cheng, RKC Ngan, KH Au

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:29-35

Objective: To retrospectively study the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated concurrently with cetuximab and radiotherapy.

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JWC Wai, JLF Chiu, TS To, KH Lai, HHC Tsang, CW Siu, SCH Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:22-8

Objective: To retrospectively assess the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes for preoperative breast cancer staging, using histological findings as a reference standard.

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JHY Leung, KY Lai, MK Shing, CK Li, WCW Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:15-21

Objective: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is the most common tumour causing the superior mediastinal syndrome and superior vena caval obstruction in paediatric patients.

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WS Mak, CY Fong, CY Lui

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:10-4

Objective: To compare the outcome of fine-needle aspiration and core biopsy of solid breast lesions under ultrasound guidance and to evaluate if fine-needle aspiration should be replaced by core biopsy.

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JTH Yeung, JKF Ma, KKM Kwok, AWT Yung, RLF Cheng, KC To, MK Yiu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2012;15:4-9

Objective: To describe the radiographical features of patients with ketamine-related urological complications.

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YL Wu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S77-83

The treatment paradigm of advanced non–small-cell lung carcinoma has evolved considerably owing to advances in molecular targeted therapy and the approval of two new classes of therapeutic agents, namely, epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitors and angiogenesis inhibitors.

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AKW Lie

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S69-76

Recent advances in chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy have improved the outcomes of many lymphoma patients. However, patients with relapsed or refractory disease continue to have poor outcomes.

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YL Kwong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S63-8

The incidence of follicular lymphoma, a low-grade malignant B-cell lymphoma, is increasing in most Asian populations. Follicular lymphoma is generally considered to be indolent with a life expectancy of approximately 10 to 14 years.

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E Tse, H Singh Gill

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S56-62

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a disease that primarily affects the elderly and has a heterogeneous clinical course. The past decade has witnessed extensive progress in its management, owing to the generation of prognostic biological markers

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RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S46-55

Adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive breast cancers has evolved a long way from the time-honoured nonanthracycline regimen of six cycles of CMF (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil) to the historical standard of anthracycline-based regimens

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NC Tebbutt

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S37-45

Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in the world. In Hong Kong, colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer and accounted for 16% of all new cancer cases in 2008.

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BBY Ma

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S31-6

It is now well recognised that patients with metastatic colorectal cancer represent heterogeneous subgroups of patients with differing prognoses, because of differences in the number and sites of metastases, performance status, and the types of prior treatment.

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YT Fu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S24-30

Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Patients in the early stages of the disease experience non-specific symptoms. This contributes greatly to delayed diagnoses and poor prognoses, as reflected by low survival rates.

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KF Tam

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S19-23

Most patients with ovarian cancer undergo surgery at some point during the course of their treatment. A primary operation may be undertaken for the purpose of confirming the diagnosis, staging, and debulking.

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RA Burger

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S12-8

Angiogenesis, or the development of micro-vascular (blood and lymph) networks from established vasculature, is a process fundamental to proliferation, invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer and other solid tumours.

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M Kozloff

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14(Suppl):S4-11

Bevacizumab is one of the novel pharmacological agents used for the treatment of multiple tumour types including metastatic colorectal cancer, non–small-cell lung cancer, metastatic breast cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, and metastatic renal carcinoma.

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R Botchu, B Rao, R Tyagi, Y Griffin

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14:249-61

Multi-detector computed tomography has become a vital tool in imaging of the spleen. We present a pictorial review of multi-detector computed tomography imaging features of the normal spleen, its anatomic variants, and when it is affected by pathology.

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JTH Yeung, DCY Lui, SY Lee, JKF Ma, JCY Fong

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14:244-8

Umbilical venous catheterization is a commonly performed bedside procedure in the neonatal unit. Potential complications include vascular perforation, thrombosis, embolism, haemorrhage, infection, and tissue injuries.