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Sarcoidosis: an enigmatic disease calls for a measured workup.

Treatment options for sarcoidosis range from observation to complex immunosuppressive agents and organ transplant. A careful examination will help you assess the likelihood of spontaneous remission and determine when to initiate appropriate treatment…

A thyroglossal duct cyst causing apnea and cyanosis in a neonate.

This is a case of a 3-week-old male who presented to the emergency department with intermittent apnea and cyanosis. While in the emergency department, he had respiratory compromise with stress and required intubation. Further evaluation confirmed the…

Tags: 2005, Apnea, Christopher NC, Cyanosis, Cysts – Diagnosis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diaz MCG, Infant, Male, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newborn, Pediatric emergency care, Stormorken A, Thyroid Gland – Physiopathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Antibiotics for Acute Appendicitis.

The article reports that patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis can fair well without surgery as compared to clinical trial patients who underwent surgery, and states that patients had lower risk of complications during the one-year follow-up…

Malignancy in horseshoe kidney.

We have reported two cases of adenocarcinoma in a horseshoe kidney and their successful surgical treatment. Review of the literature suggests that transitional cell carcinoma and Wilms' tumor are seen more often than adenocarcinoma in horseshoe…

Tags: 1988, Adenocarcinoma/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Kidney/*abnormalities/surgery, Male, Memo R, Middle Aged, Nephrectomy, Renal Artery/diagnostic imaging, Smith-Behn J, Southern medical journal, Tomography, Urography, X-Ray Computed

Microfoci of avascular necrosis in sickle cell anemia: pathophysiology of the dot dash pattern.

OBJECTIVE: Definition of the nature of calcaneal "erosions" in sickle cell anemia. METHODS: Skeletons of individuals demonstrated to have had sickle cell anemia were examined for the presence of calcaneal surface discontinuity. RESULTS: Calcaneal and…

Tags: 1997, Anemia, Bone Diseases/diagnostic imaging/etiology/*pathology, Calcaneus/*blood supply/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Child, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, Hershkovitz I, Humans, Infarction/etiology/*pathology, Male, Necrosis, Rothschild B M, Sebes J I, Sickle Cell/complications/*pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Inflammatory sacroiliac joint pathology: evaluation of radiologic assessment techniques.

Recognition of sacroiliac disease has been integral to arthritis diagnostic approaches. However, intra- and inter-observer variation have been recognized as limiting factors in radiologic assessment of the sacroiliac joint. The assumption that such…

Tags: 1994, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, Crawford W L, False Positive Reactions, Humans, Osteoarthritis/diagnosis/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Poteat G B, Rothschild B M, Sacroiliac Joint/*diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, Williams E, X-Ray, X-Ray Computed

Basilar crescentic osteotomy. A three-dimensional computer simulation.

A three-dimensional computer simulation of the basilar crescentic osteotomy has been presented. The bunion deformity consists of hallux valgus, an increased first and second intermetatarsal angle, pronation of the great toe, and elevation of the…

Tags: *Image Processing, 1989, Computer-Assisted, Hallux Valgus/diagnostic imaging/*surgery, Humans, Kay D B, Metatarsal Bones/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Njus G, Osteotomy/*methods, Parrish W, The Orthopedic clinics of North America, Theken R, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Portal pyelophlebitis identified by CT scan in a patient with ischemic bowel.

A 65-year-old male was found to have hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) by computed tomogram secondary to ischemic bowel. Despite aggressive surgical and antibiotic treatment, the patient died within 12 hours. Portal pyelophlebitis, when identified by…

Tags: *Portal System, *Tomography, 1995, Aged, Air/diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Embolism, Fatal Outcome, Ghani A, Humans, Intestine, Ischemia/*complications/pathology, Kasirajan K, Male, Necrosis, Phlebitis/diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Small/*blood supply, Smith J, The American surgeon, X-Ray Computed

Recognition of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The medical records of 109 patients who presented to the emergency department during a five-year period with proven nontraumatic, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical presentation, diagnostic…

Malignant mesothelioma: a case presentation and review.

Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is the most common primary tumor involving the pleura. Unfortunately, it also poses the most difficulty for physicians to diagnose and treat. Latency from the time of initial asbestos exposure, clinical features of…

Is There a Need to Modify the Bosniak Renal Mass Classification With the Addition of Contrast-Enhanced Sonography?

Tags: *Contrast Media, 2017, Barr Richard G, Humans, Image Enhancement/*methods, Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Kidney Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging, Kidney/diagnostic imaging, Tomography, Ultrasonography/*methods, X-Ray Computed

Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Hemodynamically Stable Blunt Trauma.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: No criteria define indications for laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma. This investigation compared characteristics of trauma patients and outcomes between laparoscopic and open splenectomies. METHODS: Patients were…

An elderly woman with severe anemia.

Tags: 2007, Aged, Anemia, Biopsy, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fine-Needle, Hayek Emil, Humans, Iron-Deficiency/diagnosis/*etiology, Liver Neoplasms/complications/diagnostic imaging/secondary, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome/*complications/diagnosis, Severity of Illness Index, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The use of sensory electrical stimulation for pressure ulcer prevention.

Pressure ulcer prevention is critically important for many people with reduced mobility. The authors investigated whether sensory (sub-motor-threshold) electrical stimulation (ES) may provide a convenient preventive intervention. A double-blinded,…

Tags: *Electric Stimulation Therapy, 2010, Adult, Aged, Blood Gas Monitoring, Bogie Kath, Buttocks, Clinical Trials, Double-Blind Method, Double-Blind Studies, Electric Stimulation – Methods, Electric Stimulation – Utilization, Funding Source, Ho Chester H, Human, Humans, Interface Pressure, Kim Jennifer, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Muscle, Muscle Contraction, Ohio, Outcome Assessment, Paralysis/etiology/physiopathology/*therapy, Physiotherapy theory and practice, Pressure Ulcer – Prevention and Control, Pressure Ulcer/etiology/physiopathology/*prevention & control, Regional Blood Flow, Repeated Measures, Sensory Thresholds, Skeletal – Radiography, Skeletal/blood supply/diagnostic imaging/*innervation, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries/complications/physiopathology/*therapy, Time Series, Tomography, Transcutaneous, Treatment Failure, Wang Xiaofeng, X-Ray Computed

Congenital anomaly of the inferior vena cava and factor V Leiden mutation predisposing to deep vein thrombosis.

A previously healthy 21-year-old man presented with back pain, bilateral extremity pain, and right lower extremity weakness, paresthesias, and swelling. Sonographic examination revealed diffuse deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the femoral and popliteal…

Tags: *Mutation, 2014, Activated Protein C Resistance/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy/genetics, Anticoagulants – Therapeutic Use, Anticoagulants/therapeutic use, Blood Coagulation Factors, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Disease Susceptibility, DNA Mutational Analysis, Erickson Cameron R, Factor V/*genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Hematologic Diseases, Hematologic Diseases – Complications, Hematologic Diseases – Diagnosis, Hematologic Diseases – Drug Therapy, Human, Humans, Inferior – Abnormalities, Inferior – Radiography, Inferior – Ultrasonography, inferior vena cava (IVC), Inferior/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging, Kulthia Arun, Lamparello Brooke M, lower extremities, Male, Mutation, Phlebography – Methods, Phlebography/methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, Thet Zeyar, thrombophilic, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Vascular Malformations – Complications, Vascular Malformations – Diagnosis, Vascular Malformations/*complications/diagnosis, Vena Cava, venography, Venous Thrombosis, Venous Thrombosis – Diagnosis, Venous Thrombosis – Drug Therapy, Venous Thrombosis – Etiology, Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology/genetics, Virparia Vasudev, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Mediastinal mass in a 25-year-old man.

A 25-year-old black man presented with left-sided chest pain and cough for 3 days. His pain was pressure-like and nonradiating and was aggravated with movement and relieved when the patient lay at a 45 degrees angle. The patient denied fevers,…

A 21-year-old woman with dyspnea and an abnormal chest radiograph.

Severe Bone Loss as Part of the Life History Strategy of Bowhead Whales.

The evolution of baleen constituted a major evolutionary change that made it possible for baleen whales to reach enormous body sizes while filter feeding on tiny organisms and migrating over tremendous distances. Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)…

Delayed intracranial hemorrhage in elderly anticoagulated patients sustaining a minor fall.

BACKGROUND: Falls are a common cause of hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality among the elderly in the United States. Evidence-based imaging recommendations for evaluation of delayed intracranial hemorrhage (DICH) are not generally agreed upon.…

Limb bone morphology, bone strength, and cursoriality in lagomorphs.

The primary aim of this study is to broadly evaluate the relationship between cursoriality (i.e. anatomical and physiological specialization for running) and limb bone morphology in lagomorphs. Relative to most previous studies of cursoriality, our…

Education and Imaging. Gastrointestinal: Severe colon obstruction in acute pancreatitis.

Tags: *Tomography, 2015, Acute Disease, Cecum/diagnostic imaging, Cocieru A, Damania R, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis/*complications/*diagnostic imaging, Severity of Illness Index, X-Ray Computed

Air in temporomandibular joint: an indirect, specific CT sign of temporal bone fracture in the setting of head trauma.

Tags: 2011, Craniocerebral Trauma/diagnostic imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal Manish, Humans, Male, Montaser Anoosh, Pneumocephalus/*diagnostic imaging/etiology, Skull Fractures/complications/*diagnostic imaging, Temporal Bone/diagnostic imaging/*injuries, Temporomandibular Joint/*diagnostic imaging/injuries, The Journal of trauma, Tomography, Weiner Mark A, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Streptococcus sanguinis brain abscess as complication of subclinical endocarditis: emphasizing the importance of prompt diagnosis.

A 19-year-old male patient was diagnosed with S. sanguinis brain abscess of unknown etiopathology as a complication of subclinical endocarditis. While viridans streptococci are implicated in dental seeding to the heart, S. sanguinis brain abscesses…

Benign hyperostotic mass of the frontal bone.

Diagnosis of a slow-growing mass of the cranium can be challenging. We present a rare clinical report of a 19-year-old woman with a unilateral mass of the frontal bone. Pathological diagnosis was hyperostosis, which is extremely rare in this age…

Tags: 2012, Bone Transplantation/methods, Chen Oriana I, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Frontal Bone/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna/*diagnosis, Murthy Ananth S, Osteotomy/methods, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Epipericardial fat pad necrosis: computed tomography findings and literature review.

Epipericardial fat necrosis is an unusual clinical condition of unknown etiology first reported in the literature in 1957. It presents as an acute onset of chest pain and a well-defined juxtacardiac mass. Computed tomographic findings of this…

Tags: 2011, Ataya Dana, Chowdhry Aqeel A, Fat Necrosis/*diagnosis/diagnostic imaging, Human, Humans, Journal of thoracic imaging, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Mohammed Tan-Lucien H, Necrosis – Diagnosis, Necrosis – Radiography, Pericardium – Pathology, Pericardium/*pathology, Prospective Studies, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Computed Tomography Artifact Created by Air in the X-ray Tube Oil.

A subtle artifact of patchy hypodensities in computed tomography images of the head mimicked acute or subacute cerebral infarct. The cause of the artifact was air in the oil of the x-ray tube. The artifact manifested only when the acquisition…

Anomalous dose assessment associated with film badge storage in a controlled area.

Higher than expected film badge readings were obtained for radiologic technologists operating computed tomography scanners. The cause of the erroneous dose assignments was determined to be improper storage of the film packet in the console area.…

Tags: *Occupational Exposure, *Photons, *Radiation Dosage, *Technology, *Tomography, 2000, Film Dosimetry/*instrumentation, Health physics, Hedrick W R, Humans, Radiation Protection, Radiologic, Reproducibility of Results, Starchman D E, Workforce, X-Ray Computed

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver.

We present a multiseptated mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in a 10-year-old male patient, a rare benign tumor of childhood. The characteristic ultrasound and CT appearances of this unusual tumor are reviewed. A single septal calcification…

Tags: 2001, Boinapally S B, Calcinosis/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Child, Cholangiography, Cholecystectomy, Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society, Diagnosis, Differential, Goyal M, Hamartoma/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Konez O, Liver Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/surgery, Male, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vyas P K, X-Ray Computed

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in three patients with large vestibular aqueduct.

An enlarged vestibular aqueduct (LVA) is a common congenital inner ear anomaly responsible for some unusual vestibular and audiological symptoms. Most of the cases show bilateral early onset and progressive hearing loss in children. The gross…

The otolithic organ as a receptor of vestibular hearing revealed by vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in patients with inner ear anomalies.

The human vestibule has preserved an ancestral sound sensitivity and it has been suggested that a reflex could originate from this property underlying cervical muscle micro-contractions secondary to strong acoustic stimulation. Previous studies have…

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the penis: a case report and review of the literature.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare soft tissue sarcomas that arise from peripheral nerve fibers and are derived from Schwann cells, perineural cells, or fibroblasts. MPNST is an aggressive neoplasm in which local recurrence is…

Dynamic tracking influenced by anatomy in patellar instability.

BACKGROUND: The current study was performed to correlate anatomical parameters related to trochlear dysplasia, tibial tuberosity position, and patella alta with in vivo patellar tracking for subjects with recurrent patellar instability. METHODS:…

Low thigh muscle mass is associated with coronary artery stenosis among

BACKGROUND: HIV-infected individuals are at increased risk for both sarcopenia and cardiovascular disease. Whether an association between low muscle mass and subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD) exists, and if it is modified by HIV serostatus,…

Tags: *Computed Tomography Angiography, *Tomography, 2018, Aged, Atherosclerotic, Body Composition, Brown Todd T, Budoff Matthew J, Chi-Square Distribution, Coronary Angiography/*methods, Coronary Artery Disease/*diagnostic imaging/epidemiology/pathology, Coronary artery stenosis, Coronary atherosclerosis, Coronary Stenosis/*diagnostic imaging/epidemiology/pathology, Coronary Vessels/*diagnostic imaging/pathology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Guallar Eliseo, HIV Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology, HIV-Infection, Humans, Jacobson Lisa P, Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, Koletar Susan L, Korada Sai Krishna C, Male, Margolick Joseph B, Michos Erin D, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Muscle, Muscle mass, Odds Ratio, Palella Frank J Jr, Plaque, Post Wendy S, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sarcopenia, Sarcopenia/*diagnostic imaging/epidemiology/physiopathology, Saxena Ankita, Skeletal/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology, Thigh, Tibuakuu Martin, United States/epidemiology, Witt Mallory D, X-Ray Computed, Zhao Di

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and coronary computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery.

Tags: 2009, Adult, Congenital – Diagnosis, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Vessel Anomalies/*diagnosis, Department of Internal Medicine, Female, Heart Defects, Humans, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mikolich J Ronald, NEOMED College of Medicine, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Littoral cell angioma.

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is an extremely rare primary splenic tumor. There are few MRI and scintigraphic characteristics described. These characteristics may be most helpful in differentiating LCA from other primary vascular tumors. We present a…

Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Gallbladder.

Tags: 2018, Aged, Carcinoma, Cholecystectomy, Cocieru Andrei, Deeken Amy, Female, Gallbladder Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*secondary/surgery, Gallbladder/diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery, Hazen Ben, Humans, Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Renal Cell/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*secondary/surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Caudate body (CB) sign: new early CT sign of hyperacute anterior cerebral circulation infarction.

This case series describes the caudate body (CB) sign noted in computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) clinically manifesting symptoms suggestive of anterior cerebral circulation infarction. This sign…

Tags: *Tomography, 2011, 80 and over, Aged, Ahmed Shamima Y, Basal Ganglia – Pathology, Brain Infarction/*diagnostic imaging, Caudate Nucleus/*pathology, Emergency Medicine, Emergency radiology, Female, Humans, Infarction – Radiography, Khalaf Hamzah Suhail, Kurman Andrew J, Male, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Splenic rupture following colonoscopy: two cases with CT findings.

Splenic injury following colonoscopy is extremely rare. We report a 75-year-old woman and a 35-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with left upper quadrant and left shoulder pain following colonoscopy. Both patients were diagnosed by…

Tags: *Tomography, 2006, Abdominal Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Adult, Aged, Colonoscopy/*adverse effects, Edwards D Makana, Emergency radiology, Female, Hemoperitoneum/diagnostic imaging/etiology/surgery, Hemorrhage/diagnostic imaging/etiology/surgery, Humans, Johnson Craig, Mader Michael, Shoulder Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Splenectomy, Splenic Rupture/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology/surgery, Vesy Thomas, X-Ray Computed

Splenic rupture from colonoscopy. A report of two cases and review of the literature.

Splenic injury after colonoscopy is rare. Only 15 cases previously have been reported in the English literature. Partial capsular avulsion is the proposed mechanism of injury. Any condition causing increased splenocolic adhesions may be a…

Tags: 1997, Colonoscopy/*adverse effects, Espinal E A, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hoak T, Humans, Middle Aged, Porter J A, Slezak F A, Spleen/injuries, Splenectomy, Splenic Rupture/*etiology/surgery, Surgical endoscopy, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Appendicitis in the elderly: a change in the laparoscopic era.

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis in elderly patients is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Early and correct diagnosis together with minimally invasive surgery can lead to more favorable outcomes than occurred in the prelaparoscopic era.…

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