introduction: in islamic countries in the month of holy ramadan many muslims based on their religious legislation refuse fluid intake during the fasting time though instructed to drink after injection of tc-99m methylene-diphosphonates [tc-99m mdp] used for skeletal scintigraphy. we aimed to establish whether fluid restriction in tc-99m mdp skeletal scintigraphy has an impact on its quality. me...

Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in not uncommon in the countries with tuberculosis. The clinical onest is insidious and sometimes nonspecific, resulting in delay or misdiagnosis. Bone scan appearance is presented in some reports, as multiple abnormal accumulations of tracer. This report describes an unusual presentation of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis.

background a gunshot wound to the lower extremity with combined skeletal and vascular injuries can be difficult to manage. in clinical practice, it is not always possible to assemble a multispecialty team to work seamlessly to attain this goal, and the end result may be unnecessary prolonged ischemic time. a covered endovascular stent (evs) can be used initially to restore perfusion without nee...

An enostosis or bone island is a benign bony lesion that is almost diagnosed based on clinical and radiologic defining characteristics. One of the known diagnostic procedures in the evaluation of enostosis is bone scintigraphy. Generally, we don’t expect to see increased uptake by enostosis in the bone scan. Herein we present a 52-year-old lady who was suffering from chronic low back pain that ...

Background: Skeletal muscle radiodensity is associated with postoperative complications in cancer. However, data on skeletal and complication risk patients non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are scarce, this study investigated the relationship between NSCLC treated by thoracoscopic lobectomy.

martin kirschner (1879-1942), versatile german surgeon who had his scientific research and academic interests addressed topics which are covered by several specialities such as general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology and plastic surgery. he also was the editor of five medical journals and autjor of 249 articles and eight textbooks. his greatest and lasting contributio...

Masked obesity merupakan persentase lemak tinggi pada individu dengan indeks massa tubuh normal. Persentase dapat menyebabkan berkurangnya otot skeletal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi perbandingan skeletal antara mahasiswa fisioterapi masked dan penelitian observasi desain potong lintang 124 aktif jurusan fisioterapi. Indeks tubuh, berat badan, skeletal, dinilai menggunakan In...

shwaehman syndrome, next to cystic fibrosis, is the second cause of congenita! exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in children. it appears as steatorrhea, recurrent infections and hematologic abnormalities such as neutropenia, skeletal dysplasia and short stature. in this study, we reviewed 3 patients' histories. all of them showed cellular chemotaxic defect. one of them had been affected by neph...