Developing Abnormally

Visual Motion Systems in the Normally and Abnormally Developing Brain

I-38: Uterine Abnormally and Infertility

Congenital anomalies of the Müllerian ducts especially uterine abnormalities can affect negatively the different stages of fertility interfering with sperm migration, embryo implantation, normal placentation, fetal growth and achievement of a successful pregnancy. They are present in 2-10% of all women, three times greater in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and lead to infertility and ad...

Is This Pacemaker Functioning Abnormally?

711 ECG CHALLENGE An 85-year-old man with a history of ischemic heart disease and a single-chamber pacemaker implanted 6 months earlier because of atrial fibrillation with slow ventricular response was admitted to the emergency department with complaints of lightheadedness. A 12-lead ECG was obtained to assess pacemaker function as part of the initial diagnostic evaluation (Figure 1). Pacing st...

The Abnormally Situated Azygos Vein

The azygos vein may be abnormally situated due to anomalous embryologic development. Its abnormal location is infrequent, but radiologic recognition is much easier than that of the normal vein. This vein, normal or abnormal, becomes distended in conditions with an elevated venous pressure, systemic or portal. Changes in the size of the azygos vein on x-ray are noted to parallel fluctuations of ...

The Abnormally Situated Azygos Vein X - Ray

The azygos vein may be abnormally situated due to anomalous embryologic development. Its abnormal location is infrequent, but radiologic recognition is much easier than that of the normal vein. This vein, normal or abnormal, becomes distended in conditions with an elevated venous pressure, systemic or portal. Changes in the size of the azygos vein on x-ray are noted to parallel fluctuations of ...