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May 25, 2021

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.21.25545 

Michael Nellamattathil, DO discusses a new article that finds ultrasound-guided biopsy of omental disease suspected on CT is safe and effective for tissue diagnosis. Though omental disease commonly appears on ultrasound as diffuse infiltrative...


May 6, 2021

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.20.25416 

There has been a dearth of head to head comparison of the performance of the different noninvasive colorectal cancer screening tests. Alicia Chen, MD discusses a new study that has completed a valuable meta-analysis comparing the positive predictive...


May 6, 2021

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.20.25430 

Dual phase pancreatic CT has been the traditional work horse for evaluation of pancreatic masses. Ben Kipper, MD discusses a paper examining an additional “delayed” phase to enhance the sensitivity and detection of small pancreatic...


May 6, 2021

Full article: https://www.ajronline.org/doi/abs/10.2214/AJR.21.25499 

Jordan Perchik, MD discusses a new study in which a team of radiologists attempt to detail imaging findings that can identify patients with interstitial lung disease who are at high risk of developing acute exacerbation after thoracic surgery....