Case of the month october

19 year old patient with cough, fever and thoracic pain on the right side after aspiration. Diagnosis: - november 2006 - mail at walter.dewever@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Cruise congress HRCT

First announcement ! Organisation Prof. Dr. Johny Verschakelen, Dr. Walter De Wever Dr. Wim Volders Course Plenary sessions Interactive discussions in small groups of cases that illustrate what was discussed during the plenary sessions Course language English Information UZ Gasthuisberg, Department of Radiology Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32 16 343771 Fax: +32 16 343765 E-mail: walter.dewever@uz.kuleuven.ac.be Preliminary Scientific Program Day 1 - Welcome and introduction - History of HRCT - HRCT: indications and principles Day 2 - Nodular pattern - Reticular pattern - Increased lung attenuation - Decreased lung attenuation Day 3 Free Day 4 - Interpretation session nodular and reticular pattern Day 5 - Interpretation session Increased and decreased lung attenuation Day 6 - Discussion casuistic Day 7 - Diffuse idiopathic lung disease - Drug induced lung disease - Small airway disease - Acute and chronic lung disease Cruise program Place Day 1 Marseille Day 2 Savona Day 3 Napels Day 4 Palermo Day 5 Tunis Day 5 Palma Day 6 Palma Day 7 Barcelona Day 8 Marseille

Publications

  • Ann Surg. 2000 Histopathologic validation of lymph node staging with FDG-PET scan in cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction: A prospective study based on primary surgery with extensive lymphadenectomy.
  • J Belge Radiol. 1996 Selective embolization of an aneurysm in a massive angiomyolipoma of the kidney
  • Ann Oncol. 2002 Positron emission tomography for assessment of the response to induction radiochemotherapy in locally advanced oesophageal cancer.
  • Clin Lung Cancer. 2003 Additional value of whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the detection of distant metastases of non-small-cell lung cancer.
  • Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2004 Role of computed tomography in lung cancer staging.
  • Eur J Nucl Med. 1998 FDG-PET scan in potentially operable non-small cell lung cancer: do anatometabolic PET-CT fusion images improve the localisation of regional lymph node metastases? The Leuven Lung Cancer Group.
  • Eur Radiol. 2006 Additional value of PET-CT in the staging of lung cancer: comparison with CT alone, PET alone and visual correlation of PET and CT.
  • Eur Radiol. 2006 Amyloidosis of the heart and respiratory system.
  • Eur Respir J Suppl. 2002 Computed tomography in staging for lung cancer.
  • Eur Respir J. 2004 Multidetector CT-generated virtual bronchoscopy: an illustrated review of the potential clinical indications.
  • J Clin Oncol. 2000 Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable esophageal carcinoma.
  • J Clin Oncol. 2006 Prospective comparative study of integrated positron emission tomography-computed tomography scan compared with remediastinoscopy in the assessment of residual mediastinal lymph node disease after induction chemotherapy for mediastinoscopy-proven stage IIIA-N2 Non-small-cell lung cancer: a Leuven Lung Cancer Group Study.
  • J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 The utility of positron emission tomography for the diagnosis and staging of recurrent esophageal cancer.
  • J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Extensive dissection of the pulmonary artery treated with combined heart-lung transplantation.
  • JBR-BTR. 1999 Role of radiology in lung transplantation.
  • JBR-BTR. 2000 Radiology of lung trauma.
  • JBR-BTR. 2001 Paravertebral and diaphragmatic mass: an ectopic location of bronchogenic cyst.
  • JBR-BTR. 2005 Lung infection in radiology: a summary of frequently depicted signs.
  • Lung Cancer. 2005 Mediastinal emphysema and small cell lung cancer (SCLC): a case-report.
  • Radiother Oncol. 2000 The impact of (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) lymph node staging on the radiation treatment volumes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Radiother Oncol. 2004 Is there a role for FGD-PET in radiotherapy planning in esophageal carcinoma?
  • Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2005 Virtual bronchoscopy: accuracy and usefulness--an overview.

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