purpose: to evaluate the effect of childhood corneal opacity on the anteroposterior length of the globe in adulthood. methods: twenty-three patients with significant unilateral corneal opacity which had developed before the age of 6 years and the normal fellow eyes (controls) were evaluated. a comprehensive ocular examination including measurement of anterioposterior length and anterior chamber...

Reconstruction of perineal and groin defects is a challenging problem. Commonly used methods of reconstruction include skin grafts and local flaps. The groin flap is a vascularized axial flap based on the superficial circumflex iliac artery arising from the femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament. Due to the location, the donor defect can usually be closed primarily, leaving an acceptab...

3 convexities were visualized: the aortic knob, pulmonary artery, and convexity of the left atrium. In addition, 2 radiotransparent bands were seen, one between the aortic knob and the pulmonary artery, and another between the cardiac base and the left hemidiaphragm. On magnetic resonance imaging, T2-weighted gradientecho (*) axial (Figure 2), and coronal (Figure 3) views Congenital Absence of ...

CASE REPORT A 3-year-old male neutered Domestic Shorthair cat was evaluated for a skin mass of approximately 2 × 3 cm arising from the right dorsolateral aspect of the tail at the junction between the proximal and middle one-thirds of the tail length. Incisional biopsy sample was consistent with granulomatous inflammation. The granuloma was surgically excised with 5 mm margins of normal skin. T...

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been used to ablate solid tumors and cancers. Because of the hypervascular structure tumor circulating blood inside it, interaction between HIFU burst vessel is a critical issue in clinical environment. Influences on lesion production potential rupture were investigated this study for efficiency safety ablation. An extracted porcine artery was embedd...

PURPOSE Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can characterize carotid atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study is to evaluate reader agreement of carotid atherosclerotic lesion types by CMR. METHODS Carotid arteries of 34 patients (29 men, 5 women; mean age, 53 years) were imaged on a 1.5-T scanner. Images with 4 contrast weightings (T1, T2, proton density, and 3-dimensional time-of-flig...

Calcium levels in the Coronary Artery are an indicative marker of presence and extent atherosclerosis. This serves as additional prognostic indicator addition to traditional risk factors. Moreover, coronary calcium test is associated with a descriptor known score or (Cs), which primarily useful for stratifying asymptomatic patients, while patients acute chronic chest pain, axial computed tomogr...

Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with an anomalous coronary artery is technically challenging. Selective cannulation and coaxial positioning in the anomalous artery and optimum stability during the procedure are pivotal for successful completion of the procedure. Selection of the appropriate guide catheter is of paramount importance in these situations. In patients with congenital...

ANATOMY The TFCC is a fibrocartilage-ligament complex which stabilizes the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ), transmits axial load between the carpus and the ulna, and stabilizes the ulnar aspect of the carpus. The TFCC is comprised of the disc proper (articular disc), meniscus homologue, ulnolunate ligament, ulnotriquetral ligament, proximal ligamentous component, volar and dorsal radioulnar liga...