Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease. Although genetic factors and microorganisms are considered as causes of the disease, the exact etiology is unknown. It is characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcerations and uveitis. Behçet first described the clinical trial of the disease in 1937 [1]. BD may affect the joints, the skin, the gastrointestinal system, the centra...

Kyphoplasty is a minimal invasive technique with a low rate of complications. To the best of our knowledge, perforation of gastric wall following kyphoplasty has not been described yet. We present a case that was operated for radical resection of esophageal carcinoma eleven years ago and who underwent kyphoplasty after a recent sixth and seventh thoracic vertebral fracture was diagnosed. Afterw...

A 62-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with chronic dysphagia and lower back pain. Chest radiography revealed a wide mediastinal shadow and an elevated left diaphragm, which proved to be secondary to left phrenic paralysis. The patient was diagnosed with an aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta and was admitted to the hospital. After the patient was admitted, the aneurys...

A two-day-old female Toggenburg goat with thoracic ectopia cordis (EC) was diagnosed via radiography and computed tomography. The goat was born with EC, defects of the sternum and a supra-umbilical abdominal wall, but without the presence of Cantrell's syndrome. Necropsy and histopathological findings indicated the affected kid had malformation of the heart with an enlarged left ventricle. The ...

BACKGROUND To ascertain current chest radiography practice in intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands. METHODS Postal survey: a questionnaire was sent to all ICUs with > 5 beds suitable for mechanical ventilation; pediatric ICUs were excluded. When an ICU performed daily-routine chest radiographs in any group of patients it was considered to be a "daily-routine chest radiography" ICU. ...

Recently, some facilities have utilized the dual-energy subtraction (DES) technique for chest radiography to increase pulmonary lesion detectability. However, availability of is limited certain facilities, in addition other limitations, such as increased noise high-energy images and motion artifacts with one-shot two-shot methods, respectively. The aim this study was develop artificial intellig...

INTRODUCTION Application of chest radiography for all multiple trauma patients is associated with a significant increase in total costs, exposure to radiation, and overcrowding of the emergency department. Ultrasound has been introduced as an alternative diagnostic tool in this regard. The aim of the present study is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of chest ultrasonography and radiography in...

Blunt thoracic trauma is one of the main contributors to trauma-related deaths, with broad possibility pathological chest injury. Imaging plays an important role in detecting most internal organ injuries. Here we presented a 56-years-old male progressive pain following blunt several days prior without any early intervention. Chest radiograph showed rib fractures, pneumothorax, atelectasis, and ...

Background: Development of thoracic ultrasound made it a useful tool for diagnosing respiratory disorders. But it has been rarely described in literatures about the accuracy of sonographic signs specific to pneumothorax. We studied the sonographic findings of pneumothorax in children and examined the patients with chest pain and/or dyspnea in our pediatric emergency department to determine the ...