Background Echocardiography is a primary tool used by veterinarians to evaluate heart diseases. In recent years, various studies have targeted standard echocardiographic values for different breeds. Reference data are currently lacking in Maltese dogs and it important fill this gap as breed predisposed myxomatous mitral valve disease, which volume overload disease. Objectives To establish the n...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a developmental defect of the diaphragm that allows herniation abdominal contents into thoracic cavity. It usually diagnosed in neonatal period. Late presenting cases are uncommon and difficult to diagnose, due their rarity diversity semiology, with clinical presentation overlapping other more frequent pathologies. We report case 14-month-old male, history sev...

The aim of this study was to introduce the experience of diagnosis and treatment for patients with migrated acupuncture needle to pleural cavity and or lung parenchyma. We had treated 5 patients who had acupuncture needles in their thoracic cavity from January 2000 to September 2009. The mean age was 55.8 yr old. All patients suffered from the sequelae of the cerebrovascular accident and had be...

BACKGROUND Radiologic data remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of pneumothorax (PTX). The use of ultrasonography (US) has recently emerged as the method of choice with physicians who can perform bedside US. PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic accuracy of lung US against bedside chest radiography (CR) for the detection of PTX using thoracic computed tomography (CT) as the gold standard. ...

BACKGROUND The adapted arcometer has been validated for use in adults. However, its suitability for use in children can be questioned given the structural differences present in these populations. OBJECTIVE To verify the concurrent validity, repeatability, and intra- and inter-reproducibility of the adapted arcometer for the measurement of the angles of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis i...

The chest wall is a vast and complex structure, hence the wide range of pathological conditions that may affect it. The aim of this publication is to discuss the usefulness of ultrasound for the diagnosis of benign lesions involving the thoracic wall. The most commonly encountered conditions include sternal and costal injuries and thoracic lymphadenopathy. Ultrasound is very efficient in identi...

Case report A 15-year-old girl having right thoracic scoliosis with documented progression of 100 Cobb degrees within 2 years is presented. Medical history: Until the age of thirteen the girl developed normally, then the parents noted trunk asymmetry. The girl was radiographed and right thoracic scoliosis was diagnosed. Cobb angle was 20 degrees (Th7-L2), Risser sign 1. No signs of congenital c...

A new method for vertebral height measurements, morphometric X-ray absorptiometry (MXA) based on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, has been proposed. This technique overcomes some limitations of morphometric radiography (MRX): the effective radiation dose is low, some sources of geometric distortion are eliminated, such as dependence on patient position, magnification gradient, and the effect o...

An extremely rare adult case that underwent surgery for ileus caused by Bochdalek hernia associated with Chilaiditi's syndrome is presented. A 65-year-old woman complaining of upper abdominal pain presented to our hospital. Abdominal plain radiography showed increased intestinal gas, and computed tomography (CT) showed the transverse colon located above the right lobe of the liver, representing...