December 21, 2016 -- A team from Tehran, Iran, scooped a prestigious cum laude award from poster-hall judges at RSNA 2016 for its practical and timely work on what interventional radiologists need to know about retinoblastoma.
"Radiologists must be aware of the presentations, the classification, and the imaging features of retinoblastoma and the indications for intra-arterial chemotherapy of retinoblastoma," noted lead author Dr. Hossein Ghanaati, from the department of radiology at Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. "Interventional radiologists should be familiar with the procedural techniques of intra-arterial chemotherapy from puncture to drug injection and the different routs to ophthalmic artery."
Postprocedural follow-up and the patients' outcome after intra-arterial chemotherapy are other vital aspects, he added.
Research goals
In their award-winning e-poster, Ghanaati and his colleagues reviewed the international classification of retinoblastoma, outlined the imaging features across modalities, summarized the indications and technical considerations of intra-arterial chemotherapy, and described the complications of the procedure.