case presentation in this report, we describe a case of a cied infection in a 49-year-old female, admitted in 2013 to a hospital in copenhagen, denmark, with persistent staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia without any clinical signs of generator-pocket infection and several negative tee studies. conclusions the diagnosis of cied infection was established with fluorodeoxyglucose positron emissi...

background since tuberculosis (tb) is a major public health problem that is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among infectious diseases worldwide, early diagnosis and treatment are important to control an effective tuberculosis (tb) and also the increasing number of patients with atypical manifestations of active tb. it suggests more evaluation for active tb in fibrotic lesion in ct sc...

abstract   background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of the q angle with respect to the patella position. we assess the correlation between the q angles (calculated by clinical exam) in different positions and ct indices (with more impression on tttg).   method: atotal number of 68 knee joints of 50 cases entered the study. clinical examination was used to measure q...

conclusions because this incident may have occurred during the patient’s neonatal period, it may be a case of child abuse. in spite of the very limited number of cases in the literature, having a stepmother, a stepfather, or a babysitter, being the youngest child, or having family members who suffer from psychiatric disorders, (especially if these relatives are responsible for child care), livi...

background and aims. current infiltration techniques for achieving anesthesia in dental procedures are not applicable in posterior mandibular region because of its dense cortical bone. the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a specific infiltration anesthesia in posterior mandibular teeth instead of inferior alveolar nerve block for restorative procedures. materials and methods. c...

a 36-year-old woman, diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), showed bulbar symptoms including impaired memory, slurred speech and swallowing difficulty 7 days before admission. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) showed symmetric confluent hyperintensities in the bilateral cerebral white matter on t2 weighted imaging (t2-wi), extended into the genu of the internal capsule and the crus c...

objective(s): in positron emission tomography (pet) studies, thoracic movement under free-breathing conditions is a cause of image degradation. respiratory gating (rg) is commonly used to solve this problem. two different methods, i.e., phase-gating (pg) and amplitude-gating (ag) pet, are available for respiratory gating. it is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of both methods when...

background & aim: dental implants should be surrounded with at least 1mm bone. assessing ridge width is an important part to achieve this goal. the use of ridge mapping to assess bone levels available avoids some of the problems associated with ct-scanning. the aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of ridge-mapping compared to ct-scan in determination of bony ridge widths. methods & mate...

introduction: pulmonary involvement secondary to systemic sclerosis (ssc) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in ssc patients. we designed this study to determine the correlation of important lung function parameters with lung high resolution ct (hrct) scan findings.materials and methods: thirty–two consecutive diffuse ssc patients with pulmonary fibrosis were enrolled in this cross-s...