A historical review of aortography is made that substantiates its present status as a diagnostic tool, particularly in angiology and urology. The technic, premedication, and anesthesia are discussed in detail. The hazards of the procedure and their prevention are reviewed. The reactions to contrast media are enumerated. Aortography plays a selected but important role in the evaluation of aortic...

Synovial tissue is readily accessible by closed needle or arthroscopic biopsy. These techniques provide adequate tissue for most diagnostic requirements. Examination of synovial tissue can assist in the diagnosis of some joint infections, and in several atypical or rare synovial disorders. Histological confirmation is not normally required for diagnosis of the common forms of inflammatory arthr...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), particularly those extracted from the blood or tissues, have become the focus of urologic cancers research. However, the literature reviews on the accuracy of miRNA detection in urologic cancers have been inconsistent, leading us to perform this meta-analysis. Eligible studies were searched in PubMed and other databases. To calculate the pooled detection accuracy estimates, ...

52 Albumin Quantitation by Dye Binding and Salt Fractionation Techniques Don S. Miyada, Vernon Baysinger. Solomon Notrica, and R. M. Nakamura 57 Estimation of Normal Ranges from a Controlled Sample Survey. I. Sexand Age-Related Influence on the SMA 12/60 Screening Group of Tests A. H. Reed, D. C. Cannon, J. W. Winkelman, Y. P. Bhasin, R. J. Henry, and V. J. Pileggi 67 Measurement and Distributi...

Serum leucine aminopeptidase determination was found to be a useful screening procedure for hepatobiliary disease in jaundiced and unjaundiced patients. Values under 1,000 units are of no help in the differential diagnosis of jaundice but values above 1,000 units are highly indicative of biliary obstruction. The differentiation of intra- from extrahepatic obstruction as well as of malignant fro...

Background Before any new diagnostic test is accepted in clinical practice, such a test should be compared with established diagnostic tools in an appropriately large series of patients encompassing the complete spectrum of challenges to which the test is exposed. The aim of the present study was to assess the relative diagnostic and prognostic accuracies of high-dose dipyridamole echocardiogra...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate the diagnostic value of clinical symptoms and signs in enteric fever and to propose a clinical diagnostic criterion. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Kathmandu Medical College, Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. MATERIALS AND METHODS febrile patients with clinical diagnosis of enteric fever were included in the study with the aim of confirming diagn...

RATIONALE Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common benign tumor of the lung. Two types of pathologically similar hamartomas exist based on their location. These tumors have a low incidence, are rarely reported and frequently misdiagnosed because of lack of familiarity and/or understanding concerning their imaging features. PATIENT CONCERNS Seventeen patients received treatment between June 20...

OBJECTIVE To determine the reliability, validity, and feasibility of a new hand held microtympanometer. DESIGN Comparison of microtympanometry by two independent observations of a general practitioner and a nurse, and against a validated reference instrument. SETTING Primary care health centre of a school for the deaf in the United States. SUBJECTS 111 schoolchildren receiving a regular c...

A 65-year-old woman presented with a 5-week history of generalized weakness and myalgia. She had a history of seropositive myasthenia gravis post thymectomy for invasive thymoma and was in pharmacologic remission on prednisone and methotrexate. Although limited by significant pain, examination showed diffuse proximal and distal weakness. Serum creatine kinase (CK) was 572 IU/L. Myositis antibod...