OBJECTIVE To describe a case of retroperitoneal mature teratoma presenting as metastasis of a testicular mixed germ cell tumor in a thirty year old man who had lumbar and abdominal pain and mass sensation in the left hemiabdomen. METHODS Abdominal ultrasound and thoracic-abdominal-pelvic CT multidetector scan were performed, and then after a Doppler ultrasound study of the testicles. Surgical...

PURPOSE To clarify the postmortem multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) vascular signs that occur shortly after death. MATERIALS AND METHODS The vascular signs in MDCT images were evaluated quantitatively in 96 early postmortem cardiac arrest patients, 47 cardiac arrest patients who survived due to resuscitation and 47 control patients without cardiac arrest. RESULTS Elliptical (40 case...

Background: Gastric cancer is an important health problem across the world. Chemotherapy in combination with local treatment is standard treatment for locally advanced gastroesophageal cancers. The purpose of this investigation was evaluation of response and tolerability to neoadjuvant EOX regimen in locoregionally advanced gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: patients with locoregionally adv...

Background: Regarding the significance of abdominal masses in children, we aimed to identify the pathology of masses according to the age and sex groups. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed pathological reports of 461 patients with abdominal mass that underwent resection or biopsy during the study period (25 years). Results: One hundred and eighty six cases (40%) were non-neo...

The genus Paratullbergia Womersley, 1930 is recorded for the first time from China. Paratullbergia changfengensis sp. n. from Shanghai is described and illustrated. It is characterized by the presence of 1+1 pseudocelli on thoracic segment I, with two pairs of pseudocelli on each of thoracic segments II and III, presence of seta px on abdominal segment IV, seta a2 and p4 on abdominal segment V ...

Neosabellides lizae, a new species of Ampharetidae, is described from the intertidal zone off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. The new species is referred to the genus Neosabellides based on the shape of the prostomium, three pairs of branchiae, 14 thoracic segments with notopodia, 12 thoracic uncinigerous segments, and the first two pairs of abdominal uncinigers of tho...

Carbon-ion beam scanning has not previously been used for moving tumor treatments. We have commenced respiratory-gated carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) in the thoracic and abdominal regions under free-breathing conditions as a clinical trial. This study aimed to investigate this treatment in the lungs in comparison with passive scattering CIRT. Five patients had thoracic tumors treated with carbo...

Neuroblastoma is the most frequent solid extra-cranial malignant tumor in children. A proper staging of the disease allows the selection of the appropriate treatment, including the surgical approach. The present review aims to discuss and illustrate the role of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MRI) in the differential diagnosis of the retroperitoneal or mediastinal masses, prior...

case a, a 27-year-old iranian male and case b, a 22-year-old afghani male, both presented to the emergency department of shohadaye hafte-tir hospital with multiple traumas due to car accidents. neither was aware of his unusual anatomy. one case unaware two just right heart. both patients were referred to the imaging department for ct scans and some radiographic studies. we discovered they were ...

BACKGROUND Spinal signs found in association with atypical chest and abdominal pain may suggest the pain is referred from the thoracic spine. However, the prevalence of such signs in these conditions has rarely been compared with that in those without pain. In this study, the prevalence of spinal signs and dysfunction in patients with back, chest and abdominal pain is compared with that in pain...