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Evaluating volume of disease at the time of diagnosis permits stratification of patients into prognosis based subsets. We found no significant difference in two or four year survival rates in patients with GIST and those with non-GIST sarcomatosis.

Improving the visibility of interventional devices is of paramount importance if MRI-guided fluoroscopy is to become a reality. Passive visualization is problematic in that the susceptibility-induced artifacts are material- and orientation-dependent. Here a concept is presented for making interventional devices visible. It involves fitting a device with a straight-wire antenna. As the sensitivity of such an antenna is highest for signal sources in the immediate neighborhood, using the antenna for reception gives an outline image. In this manner a guidewire or other interventional device could be made MRI-visible. The image appearance of a straight-wire antenna depends on the orientation of the device with respect to the main magnetic field and imaging plane. This phenomena is discussed theoretically and documented with MR images.

The superomedial pedicle is a versatile, well-vascularized pedicle that allows for glandular plication of the lower pole and autoaugmentation of the upper pole once rotated. Parenchymal shaping through plication and suspension of the breast mound should improve breast shape over time, theoretically reducing the incidence of recurrent ptosis as breast shape relies less on the often inelastic skin envelope. It applies a familiar and reliable technique, with certain modifications, to improve results and maintain shape in the long, deflated, massive weight loss breast.