OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of prenatal screening and of adverse outcome in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection. STUDY DESIGN The prevalence of prenatal screening in 330 pregnancies of HIV-positive women attending the department for prenatal screening and/or during labour between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2012, was recorded. Screening results were compared with t...

BACKGROUND Terson syndrome is defined as intraocular hemorrhage associated with intracranial bleeding. This syndrome can occur in the event of intracranial hemorrhage or elevated intracranial pressure. To our knowledge, it has never been associated with chronic myeloid leukemia. A 45-year-old woman suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia was referred to our clinic with Terson syndrome after int...

HYPOTHESIS Relative merits and indications exist for ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of appendicitis. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING General community and tertiary care hospital. METHODS Ninety-nine patients (50 males and 49 females) were studied. Following consent, the initial disposition was recorded, designating the patient for operation, observati...

INTRODUCTION Preoperative accurate localization of enlarged adenoma (s) in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a vital necessity. Technetium 99m sestamibi scanning is commonly used with reported acceptable sensitivities; however, false negative scan studies remain a problem. Determining effective factors on the sensitivity of the scan might improve the diagnostic value of the study by selecti...

purpose : to compare laser interferometry (li) and ultrasound a-scan in measurement of axial length ( al ) in eyes with asteroid hyalosis methods : twenty three patients with unilateral moderate to severe asteroid hyalosis determined by b-scan ultrasonography images participated in the study. the al measurements were obtained by li and ultrasound a-scan in both asteroid hyalosis and noninvolved...

We present a 65 year old female patient presented with acute onset of severe left sided abdominal pain associated tender intra-abdominal lump over the flank. An ultrasonography revealed an ectopic spleen in flank and CE-CT scan abdomen confirmed wandering torsion vascular pedicle at hilum. She underwent splenectomy. Wandering is uncommon clinical entity. Review literature was made on different ...

A diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is uncommon and has a tendency for rapid growth and a higher incidence of cervical lymph node metastases. We experienced a case of a diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma in a 48-year-old man. This case showed benign features on initial ultrasonography and positron emission tomography (PET) scan. A new nodule was de...