Radiol Case Rep
May 2025
Dentistry is a relatively safe medical field, but it carries the risk of rare yet potentially severe complications like accidental foreign body aspiration. While literature on patient safety in dentistry remains limited, this case underscores the importance of promptly recognizing and managing such incidents. A 76-year-old patient arrived at the emergency room with concerns of having ingested a dental drill head during a procedure.
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August 2021
The high incidence of rectal cancer in both sexes makes it one of the most common tumors, with significant morbidity and mortality rates. To define the best treatment option and optimize patient outcome, several rectal cancer biological variables must be evaluated. Currently, medical imaging plays a crucial role in the characterization of this disease, and it often requires a multimodal approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the management of several abdominal disorders, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to significantly improve patient's outcome due to its diagnostic accuracy leading to more appropriate treatment choice. However, its clinical value heavily relies on the quality and quantity of diagnostic information that radiologists manage to convey through their reports. To solve issues such as ambiguity and lack of comprehensiveness that can occur with conventional narrative reports, the adoption of structured reporting has been proposed.
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