Highlights

The ESR Audit Tool (Esperanto)

In 2017, the ESR published a Clinical Audit Tool booklet (Esperanto), consisting of an explanation of clinical audit, guidance on how to start a program in a radiology department, and 17 sample audit templates which could guide departments through the process of...

Elucidating early CT after pancreatico-duodenectomy

Pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD) is the standard surgical treatment for resectable malignancies of the pancreatic head, distal common bile duct, periampullary region and duodenum, and is also performed to manage selected benign tumours and refractory chronic...

Xantogranulomatous pyeloneprhritis in children

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XPN) is an unusual and severe form of chronic inflammatory lesion of the kidney. It is characterised by the destruction of the renal parenchyma and the presence of multinucleated giant cells and lipid-laden macrophages, inflammatory...

Postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging (PMFMRI) is a technique that is increasingly used thanks to its good overall concordance with histology paralleling the rising incidence of parental refusal of autopsy. However, before it could become a routine clinical...

Differentiating intramedullary spinal cord lesions

Due to the challenging nature of diagnosing intramedullary spinal cord abnormalities, magnetic resonance imaging is becoming the modality of choice for diagnosis and preoperative assessment of patients with spinal cord abnormalities. This article provides a systematic...