conclusions thi visualizes appendix better than conventional us. it is a simple and time saving method that may eliminate further diagnostic imaging, and it may decrease negative appendectomy rates and related complications. patients and methods the study was performed on 185 patients who applied for routine us examinations in whom clinical findings of appendicitis were detected in 25. we searc...

background: ultrasonography is an imaging method which, due to its relative economy, is becoming more widely available in regions of the world where fasciola hepatica infection occurs most frequently. in this report, we describe the sonographic findings of hepatic lesions in patients with fascioliasis to help confirmation of the sonographic characteristics of this disease and thus aid in its di...

In anecdotal case reports, verapamil and nifedipine, calcium channel blockers, have provided rapid and dramatic relief in refractory Tourette syndrome [ 1,2]. The following report illustrates the use of nifedipine to augment haloperidol in the treatment of a child who did not respond when either drug was used alone. This 9-year-old boy was referred for intractable Tourette syndrome over a 3 yea...

MrX,aman inhismid50swithahistoryofmild intermittent asthma and an increasingly painful umbilical hernia, presented to a general surgery clinic for a preoperative evaluation.Basic laboratorytest resultsandcardiopulmonary examination findings were normal, and a reducible hernia was noted. A chest radiograph (CXR) was obtainedfortheindicationofpreoperativeevaluationinapatient with asthma older tha...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between presence pneumonia and blood parameters in casesof Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) examine their predictive characteristics terms pneumonia. We reviewed filerecords 151 pediatric patients with a diagnosis COVID-19 confirmed by real time-reverse transcription polymerase chainreaction test nasopharyngeal swabs. were divided into tw...

Purpose – to study the prevalence of endonasal pathology in patients with chronicdacryocystitis (CD) and justify expediency simultaneous operations suchpatients.Material methods. The included 109 CD, who were examinedand operated on 2004-2014 at Department Otorhinolaryngology Faculty ofInternship Postgraduate Education "Donetsk National Medical University theMinistry Health Ukraine". Examinatio...

background the most common soft tissue tumors during infancy and childhood are vascular lesions. although the vast majority of these lesions have typical clinical features with no need for any further exam, but sometimes atypical superficial or deeply located lesions require complementary studies to be diagnosed and classified. in that way it is also very important to exclude very less common m...

Bimodal imaging combines two imaging modalities in order to benefit from their advantages and compensate the limitations of each modality. This technique could accurately detect diseases for diagnostic purposes. Nanoparticles simultaneously offer diagnostic data via various imaging modalities owing to their unique properties. Moreover, bimodal nanoprobes could be incorporated into theranostic s...

testicular scintigraphy has been well validated in the evaluation of patients with suspected testicular torsion and provides an accurate evaluation of testicular perfusion at the lime of imaging. however, the presence of normal or increased perfusion to the testis does not definitively exclude the necessity for surgical intervention. a case of intermittent testicular torsion, with a review of t...