Jan 2018

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Incharge : Dr. Atin Kumar | Coordinator : Dr. Binit Sureka No. 10 | Jan. 2018

From the desk of President From the desk of
Secretary General
Dear Friends,
Dear Members,
Wish you all a very Happy New Year!!
Season's greetings!
The time has come for change of the guards at
the IRIA Central Office! The present team of I would like to inform all
official started functioning a year before. the members that a
Since the time we took over, it was my dream hearing of SLP w.r.t. PC
to start a monthly e-newsletter. I am extremely & PNDT was held in
thankful to Dr. C. Amarnath, Dr. Atin Kumar, Hon'ble Supreme Court
Dr. Binit Sureka & Mr. Harish Saryal for of India on 11th January, 2018. The next
making my dream a reality. We started the monthly e-newsletter for hearing has been fixed on 21st February,
the first time in the history of IRIA in the month of April, 2017. The 2018.
response is overwhelming and this initiative has been appreciated
by all. On behalf of the 'IRIA', I welcome all the
delegates to the AOCR 2018 & 71st Annual
The academic/ social events at State Chapters and Central Office Conference of IRIA being organized at The
were communicated to all the members every month. The Renaissance, Mumbai from 25th - 28th
response of all the State Chapters was worth appreciating. The January, 2018. I request all the members to
monthly e-newsletter encouraged State Chapter to keep up with participate in this big event at large number to
the academic activities in their respective states. A good get the best academic feast being provided
movement has started and I am sure it will continue for years and by the galaxy of faculty.
the new guards under the leadership of Dr. K. Mohanan will take it
further to new heights. The Organizing Committee is toiling
tirelessly for the success of this event at
Friends with this, I, on behalf of my present team say good bye to all enormous personal and professional cost.
of you and thank you all for tremendous support during my tenure. I
thank all the members of my team at IRIA HQ- Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. I wish a memorable AOCR 2018 at Mumbai.
K. Mohanan, Dr. C. Amarnath, Dr. T.L.N. Praveen, Dr. Akshay Yours sincerely,
Kumar Saxena, Dr. Gurdeep Singh, Dr. Atin Kumar & Dr. Murli
Krishna for their kind support and help. My special thanks to Mr. Dr. C. Amarnath
Harish Saryal, Mr. Deepak Kumar and all others in the IRIA Office Secretary General, IRIA
for doing a wonderful job in circulating the e-Newsletter regularly
and well in time.

My strength is that I had an awesome team and my weakness is
that I can't do without them. Thanks for contributing to my success.
See you all at AOCR in Mumbai.

Long Live IRIA !

Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja
President, IRIA

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Progress of AOCR 2018

Hello & Welcome to AOCR 2018 served, and is available to all delegates.

Please find below general information that DINNER:
would be useful to you during the course of Dinner will be served on 3 nights at The
the event. Kamal Amrohi Grounds, from 9:30 pm
onwards. 26th Jan is a dry day. The concert
Event Dates: 25-28 Jan 2018 timings are 7-10 pm on all 3 days.
Venue: The Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai
BOTTLED WATER:
LIVE UPDATES ON THE MOBILE APP: Will be available outside halls, and at all
prominent areas of the congress.
Download AOCR2018 App from Play store
for Android https://tinyurl.com/ydev6yqc PAPERS & POSTER PRESENTATIONS @
IOS: https://tinyurl.com/yctzkraj AOCR 2018:

LECTURE HALLS Free Paper Presentation schedule will start
on 26-01-2018 (Day 2) from 1:30 pm
Jan. 25 Day1: onwards. All presentations are back to back
Hall A: ICRI Sessions starting 08:30 am for 8 min + 2 min of discussion, a total of 10
Hall C: RSNA-AOSR & ESR-AOSR sessions minutes. Schedule of the presentations will
starting 11:30 am be according to categories and various halls
have been earmarked for the presentation
Jan. 26: and no changes in schedule and sequence
Hall A: IRIA Orations & Awards of presentations will be entertained under
Following Lunch: 6 sessions any circumstances. Schedule will be up on
the site by 25 Dec 2018. You can make minor
Jan. 27 & Jan. 28: edits of your ppt in the AV area a day before
6 Halls across the conference arena the event.

F & B @ AOCR 2018 Certificates for paper presentation will be
distributed only after confirmation of
BREAKFAST: presentation by the judges.
For those who are staying at hotels booked
with us, your breakfast will be served at your Presentation will be judged for the content,
respective hotels. No breakfast facility is methodology, flow of presentation and
available at the venue for all delegates. adherence to timing.

LUNCH: Best scientific paper selection and
Lunch at the Renaissance will be held at the notification will be done after compilation of
2 level terraces of the hotel, this area can be data by judges in the appropriate halls, with
accessed via the lifts in the convention the prize distribution on 28-01-2018. No
centre, near the convention center main change in timing is permitted.
entrance. Lunch time will last for 1 hour.
POSTER VIEW STATIONS:
SNACKS:
Snacks will be served at Mumbai Chaat There are 32 poster viewing stations @
Street, a unique point to meet and conduct AOCR2018. All categories with search
business, just adjacent to the Trade Area. option, top ranked, most viewed options can
This will be on continuously from 10am to 5 be reviewed on the workstations. These
pm on first 3 days, and upto 2 pm on Sunday. displays will be in the pre function area
This area will have the favorite street food of across Hall A & B.
Mumbai, served to you, piping hot. There is
no charge for the food and beverages ...contd. P/3

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Progress of AOCR 2018

Short-list poster hard copy viewing is available Buses return from the evening function from
in the lobby in front of the Paper Presentation 10pm onwards, until midnight. These buses
Halls. will go to their designated hotels -
Renaissance, Ramada, JW Marriott and
Prizes for posters will be announced on 27-01- MTNL Guest House. No deviation from the
2018. route will be done.

TRANSPORT Any other transport request other than that
outlined here will be on payable basis at the
ARRIVALS: Transport Desk @ The Renaissance, or on
Airport assistance will be provided to those your own.
arriving at Mumbai International and Domestic
airport. Private Cab, Ola, Meru, TabCab are HOTEL STAY:
some of the private operators available who Check in is available from 3 pm onwards at The
can transport you to your hotel or venue, Renaissance, JW Marriott Sahar, and Ramada
depending on the time of arrival. Airport Group, however based on availability early
transfers via AOCR are available to check in could be provided. MTNL stay check
International Travelers & Faculty. in and check out are 9am/9am.

DEPARTURE: Check out is 12 pm. Any use of items of
Departures will be arranged by AOCR 2018 personal nature, mini bar, other hotel services
Committee on 28th Jan 2018. Buses will will be billed to you directly. Credit Card swipe
depart from The Renaissance, from 7am will be taken as hotel guarantee. Hotel check in
onwards on Sunday 28-01-2018 upto 6 pm. and conference registration will be against a
Govt Photo ID. IRIA Photo ID can be used only
Please enter your name in the departure roster at conference registration desk as means of
at the Transfer Desk during the event for us to photo ID. Breakfast is included in the hotel
arrange the buses according to the numbers. package.
Departure timings other than 28-01-2018 will
be done on your own. Hotel confirmation numbers will be sent out by
this weekend to all delegates.
INTER HOTEL TRANSFERS:
Shuttle Buses will depart from JW Marriott, SOCIAL EVENTS:
Ramada, and MTNL Guest House to The Jan 25, 7-10 pm: Cultural Nite & Amit Datey
Venue- The Renaissance, at hourly intervals. live
The buses are timed on an hourly basis from Jan 26, 7-10 pm: Sonu Nigam Nite
7am onwards, upto 5 pm. Jan 27, 7-10 pm: DJ Chetas in the house

Shuttle Bus will leave from The Renaissance Venue: Kamal Amrohi Grounds
back to these hotels from 8am to 5 pm (last Dinner: At venue
bus). All buses leave by the hour from all Shuttle buses dropoff from The Renaissance
hotels, including the venue. No buses are to Kamal Amrohi Grounds is from 5-7 pm
available as shuttle in between hotels other Return from concert arena is back to
than the renaissance. ie no buses from JW to respective hotels directly.
MTNL or Ramada to JW. Pit stop will always be
at The Renaissance. CONTESTS @ AOCR2018:

SHUTTLE BUSES TO THE KAMAL AMROHI Voting Pads Quizzes and Game of Jeopardy,
GROUNDS: besides, raffle contests in various stalls, details
on the app.
Buses will leave for the evening concert from
5pm onwards on all 3 days of the Social Event- We look forward to hosting you,
25th, 26th and 27th Jan. 2018. Buses to the
concert ground will leave only from the TEAM AOCR 2018
renaissance, and not from any other hotel.

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Activities done by Chandigarh UT Chapter

Third Quarterly meeting of Chandigarh successful meeting and was attended by 96
Chapter of IRIA for the term 2017-18 was delegates.
held on Friday, December 1st, 2017 at
Sushruta Auditorium, Command Hospital Scientific program was chaired by
(WC), Chandimandir, Panchkula at 6:00 pm. Dr. Raman Nijhawan and Dr. Mandeep
It was organized by Col. RA George and Col. Kang. Scientific program included lectures
Dalbara Singh, from Dept. of Radiology, on 'Imaging Approach to Retroperitoneal
Command Hospital, Chandimandir. It was a lesions' by Dr. Ajit Pal Singh Chhabra, Fortis
Med Centre, Chandigarh and 'Imaging in
Ovarian Neoplasms' by Dr. Rakhi Bhadada,
Sanjivini Diagnostics, Chandigarh. This was
followed by Interesting case presentation by
members. An update on the 72nd Annual
meeting of the IRIA scheduled to be held at
Chandigarh on January 17-20, 2019 was
presented by Organizing Chairperson of
this conference, Dr. N. Khandelwal.

- Dr. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi
Secretary, Chandigarh UT Chapter of IRIA.

Activities done by Delhi State Chapter

The monthly meeting of Delhi State Chapter
of ‘Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association’ was organized on 23rd
December, 2017 at Delhi State Cancer
Institute, Delhi. The theme of this meeting
was 'Imaging in Oncology'.

This meeting was attended by 30 delegates.
The highlight of this meeting was lectures by
Dr. Arvind Chaturvedi (Response Evaluation
in Oncology) and Dr. Pankaj Sharma
(LIRADS).

Eight Residents presented papers and Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Pankaj
judges for this competition were Dr. Lalendra Sharma, Secretary, Delhi state chapter of
Upreti and Dr. Shabnam Bhandari Grover. IRIA.
Dr. Aarushi Gupta was awarded First Prize
and Dr. Surabhi Kaushik was awarded - Dr. Pankaj Sharma
Second Prize in Paper Presentation Secretary, Delhi State Chapter of IRIA
Competition. Dr. Lalendra Upreti and
Dr. Shabnam Bhandari Grover felicitated
prize winners and paper presenters: Dr.
Aarushi Gupta, Dr. Surabhi Kaushik, Dr.
Shivani Gupta, Dr. Karthikeyan Athiyappan,
Dr. Shruti Mittal, Dr. Devraj Arse, Dr. Renuka
P. and Dr. Kriti Malhotra.

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Activities done by Gujarat State Chapter

Following Academic CMEs were conducted Breast & Pelvic diseases. Resident doctors
in Gujarat by the Gujarat State Chapter in from different medical colleges presented
December 2017. e-Posters on various topics of Women's
PINKCON WOMEN'S IMAGING CME: Imaging. Total 152 delegates attended the
Surat sub-chapter of Gujarat State Chapter CME. The Gujarat Medical Council had
of IRIA (R.I.A., Surat Sub-chapter) and granted 3 credit points for this CME.
Department of Radio-diagnosis, Surat
Medical Institute of Medical Education and ISVIR. COMPLICATION MEET 2017:
Research (SMIMER) jointly organized
"PINKCON"- CME on the theme of Women's As one of the major step to have integration
Imaging on 10th December, 2017 at T.G.B. with sub-specialty associations of Radiology,
Gujarat State Chapter had also collaborated
Banquet Hall, Surat. Renowned National with Indian Society of Vascular and
and International faculties like Dr. Bijal Interventional Radiology (ISVIR) and had
Jankharia, Dr. Sabita Desai, Dr. Neha Shah been joint organizer of ISVIR mid-term
and local faculties Dr. Mona Shastri, Dr. Complication Meet 2017 on the theme of
Dhara Shah, Dr. Jayesh Shah, Dr. Nipa “I.R. Complications and Management by
Patidar and Dr. Bhavik Mevada deliberated Experts” from 15th to 17th December, 2017
very informative lectures on various topics of at Meril Academy, Vapi; which was attended
by more than 80 Interventional Radiologists
from all over India. Total 76 cases with
complication were presented by various
facilities and discussed by various expert
Interventional Radiologists from all over
India like Dr. Vimal Someshwar, Dr. Gireesh
Warawdekar,
Dr. Methew Cherian Dr. Rochan Pant,
Dr. Shivaji Pole, Dr. Arun Gupta and
Dr. Rajesh Mundhada. In-depth discussion
were done on how the complication was
tackled and what could be other ways to treat
such complication. Scientific contents and
venue of this CME were applauded by
participants. This was 8th CME organized by
Gujarat State Chapter in the year 2017.

- Dr. (Prof.) Deepak V. Mehta

Activities done by Madhya Pradesh State Chapter

IRIA Indore city chapter of MP state chapter Sodani, Dr. Azad Saraogi, President IRIA MP
organized a CME on Obstetric and state , Dr. Durgesh Rathi, Secretary, IRIA MP
Gynecological Imaging on 10/12/2017 at state chapter. The session was conducted by
Hotel Best Western, Indore. About 75 Dr. Mahesh Verma, clinical secretary, IRIA
radiologists and 20 radiology residents Indore city chapter.
attended the CME. The speakers for the
CME were Dr Rajesh Kapur from New Delhi, The session started with an enlightening talk
Dr. Bimal Sahani from Aurangabad and Dr. on Doppler in Fetal growth restriction by Dr.
Sudheer Gokhle from Indore. Bimal Sahani which was followed by a
session on Malaligned VSD with overriding
Dr Kailash Patel, President of IRIA Indore of aorta by Dr. Bimal Sahani.
city chapter welcomed all the guests and
delegates. The CME was inaugurated by ...contd. P/6
Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Dr. Bimal Sahani, Dr. R.K.

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Activities done by Madhya Pradesh State Chapter

Dr. Sudhir Gokhale gave a detailed and utero-cervical disease and ovarian and
comprehensive talk on the ultrasound adenexal masses. The session was chaired
assessment of ovarian tumors. Dr. Rajesh by Dr. Aman Gupta and Dr. Rajesh Gupta.
Kapur briefed the audience about the MRI in This was followed by a panel discussion on
pelvic masses. The panelists were
Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Dr. Sudheer Gokhale and
Dr. Sweta Nagar. The moderators for the
session was Dr. Kailash Patel and
Dr. Mahesh Verma.

Dr. P.S. Tripathi, Secretary, IRIA Indore city
chapter gave the vote of thanks to all the
speakers and delegates.

- Dr. Durgesh Rathi
Secretary, Madhya Pradesh state chapter

Activities done by Telangana State Chapter

The Telangana State Chapter of ‘Indian Special invitee, Dr. L.T. Kishore RAC
Radiological & Imaging Association’ program Director, Dr. T.L.N. Praveen,
organized first of its kind two days Resident President TS Chapter IRIA, Dr. Rajesh
Education Program in the country, Enagala, Secretary TS Chapter IRIA,
“Radiologic Anatomy Course 2017” (RAC Dr. Aruna Karnawat, Director RAC & Dr. V.N.
2017) from December 9th and 10th, 2017 at Goud, Course Coordinator were present
Century Hospital, Road No.12, Banjara Hills, during the inauguration.
Hyderabad.
Eminent local speakers delivered lectures.
Around 230 delegates attended RAC-2017
program. After receiving good feed back
from the delegates, it was decided to
organize RAC program every year.

Dr. Kishore and Dr. Aruna Karnavat were the This RAC resident education program was a
program Directors, Dr. T. L. N. Praveen and great academic feast which was well
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy as advisors. coordinated by Dr. Prabhakar Reddy, Dr. L.T.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Enagala was the Kishore, Dr. V.N. Goud, Dr. Aruna Karnawat,
Organizing Secretary and Dr. Venkat Dr. Rajesh Kumar Enagala, Dr. Jagnnath
Nageshwar Goud, HoD Radiology, Century Redd, Dr. Sirisha, Dr. Monisha and Dr.
Hospitals as local program coordinator. The Shivam.
IRIA Radiologic Anatomy Course was
inaugurated by the Chief Guest, - Dr. Rajesh Kumar Enagala
Dr. Venu Gopal, Chairman and Managing Secretary, Telangana state chapter
Director, Century Hospital, Dr. Sarad
Sattiraju as Guest of Honor, Dr. K. Prabhakar
Reddy, Past president AOSR & IRIA, as

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Interesting Case

TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA OF RENAL PELVIS

We would like to present an interesting case Most frequently TCC arises in the extrarenal
of transitional cell carcinoma of renal pelvis. part of the pelvis, followed by the
This carcinoma is less commonly seen infundibulocaliceal region. After invasion of
compared to renal cell carcinoma. Also TCC the peripelvic fat, extrarenal spread from
of renal pelvis in uncommon compared to urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis and
that of urinary bladder TCC. calices can occur medially at or through the
renal hilum. Secondary invasion of the psoas
A 33yrs old male patient, labourer by muscle or ureter is frequent. These
occupation, presented to OPD with a six carcinomas are soft tissue density lesions
month history of vomiting; increasing in with significantly less enhancement
severity with vague abdominal pain. Patient compared to renal cortex. TCC can range in
also gave history of on and off fever, size from small lesions to very large masses
discolouration of urine and generalized causing 'faceless kidney' as seen in this
weakness. case.

Patient underwent Contrast enhanced scan LEARNING POINT:
of abdomen and pelvis in our Radio- In case of renal carcinomas with intact renal
diagnosis department. A heterogeneously cortex, showing reduced enhancement and
enhancing mass lesion (8.3 x 10.2cms) was involving renal pelvis, the first diagnosis of
seen arising from left pelvicalyceal system transitional cell carcinoma should be kept in
with extension into adjacent mind.
retroperitoneum. Thin enhancing intact renal
cortical rim was noted. The mass was seen AUTHORS:
encasing the abdominal aorta, superior Dr. Kriti Malhotra, Dr. Imran Khan, Dr. Yahya
mesenteric artery, left renal hilum, left Mohsin Ali Khan, Dr. Pankaj Sharma
adrenal gland, invading body and tail region Delhi State Cancer Institute, Delhi
of pancreas, left iliopsoas muscle, third part
of duodenum.

LEGENDS FOR FIGURE:

Minimally enhancing large soft tissue opacity is seen arising from left renal pelvis with
intact renal cortex with extension into retroperitoneum.

Published by: Dr. C. Amarnath, Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association,
Secretariat: IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016

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