mediciNe & HealtH/RHode islaNd a 60 year-old woman with a history oF breast cancer status-post lumpectomy in 1997, hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome was admitted to the hospital for hypercalcemia. At the time of admission serum chemistries were significant for elevated serum calcium of 11.1 mg/dL, decreased albumin of 2.5 g/dL, suppress...

A seven-year-old male presented with fever, left-sided facial redness, swelling and proptosis over a 24-hour period. He had noted left-sided toothache and rhinorrhea over the preceding week. On presentation, he stated that he was unable to see " anything, including light " from his left eye. On physical examination, the patient was febrile with left periorbital swelling and significant left-sid...

The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical reliability and to compare routine lung function tests (maximal flows and resistance) and radiological images (computed tomography (CT)-scan and X-ray) in upper airway obstruction. We, therefore, performed these examinations prospectively in 28 female patients (aged 68 +/- 13 yrs) with a goitre and without pulmonary disorders. Lung function m...

in present pet/ct scanners, pet attenuation correction is performed by relying on the information given by ct scan. in the ct-based attenuation correction methods, dual-energy technique (dect) is the most accurate approach, which has been limited due to the increasing patient dose. in this feasibility study, we have introduced a new method that can implement dual-energy technique with only a si...

objective(s): in this study, we aimed to describe the characteristics of portal vein tumor thrombosis (pvtt), complicating hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in contrast-enhanced fdg pet/ct scan. methods: in this retrospective study, 9 hcc patients with fdg-avid pvtt were diagnosed by contrast-enhanced fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (fdg pet/ct), which is a comb...

Background and Aim: Pulmonary thromboembolism is an important clinical problem in the patients after major surgeries and is often difficult to diagnose because of nonspecific clinical symptoms. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is based on medical imaging methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of CT pulmonary angiographies of the patients with primary clinical diagnosis of pul...

Infections involving paranasal sinuses and nasal cavities is one of the common public health problem in all age groups. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery has revolutionized in the treatment of sinusitis. MDCT has been the most ideal investigation in the assessment of paranasal sinuses especially in the identification of various anatomical variations that predispose to development of sinus inf...

BACKGROUND A pneumatized superior turbinate is a rare cause of headache. Nasal endoscopy alone, does not provide us with adequate information for this inaccessible area of the superior nasal cavity. A coronal computed tomography (CT) must be obtained to confirm the diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a 40-year-old female with migraine-type headache and nasal obstruction. Nasal endoscopy r...

background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the geometry of the distal femur and the proximal tibia in the osteoarthritic knee using 3d reconstructive ct scan imaging. methods: 449 patients with knee osteoarthritis were treated surgically in our center with patient-specific technology total knee arthroplasty. preoperatively, all the patients underwent a ct scan according to a standard prot...