introduction we present a case report of a healthy man who ingested a large number of well-manufactured cocaine packages to smuggle them across international borders. case presentation a 36-year-old man ingested cocaine packages worth approximately us $900,000 to transport it from dubai to madrid. he was arrested by police at istanbul ataturk airport for suspected body packing of drugs. on arri...

Introduction: Abdominal radiography is an important method for acute abdomen cases and it is usually used to determine surgical approaches. This study was performed to determine the effect of abdominal radiography in the surgical approach among patients with acute abdomen attending the emergency ward of Rasool-Akram Hospital. Methods: In this comparative cross-sectional study, 147 consecutive ...

BACKGROUND Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most serious disorders of gastrointestinal tract during neonatal period. Early diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential in the presence of clinical suspicion of NEC. Plain abdominal radiography is currently the modality of choice for initial evaluation of gastrointestinal tract in neonates. However, when the diagnosis is uncertain, ...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of abdominal sonography in the diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 51 neonates who were diagnosed with NEC in the neonatal intensive care unit at Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital of the Catholic University in Korea between January 2008 and December 2012. The neonates under­ went abd...

Several studies have demonstrated that a diagnosis based solely on a patient's medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests is not reliable enough, despite the fact that these aspects are essential parts of the workup of a patient presenting with acute abdominal pain. Traditionally, imaging workup starts with abdominal radiography. However, numerous studies have demonstrated low ...

A 9-month-old Holstein heifer with a history of severely poor growth presented diarrhoea. On physical examination, metallic pinging sound was heard on the simultaneous percussion and auscultation left trunk. cranial abdominal radiography, contour gas-filled balloon-like abomasum wall delineated, which elevated to dorsal abdomen. Radiopaque sand at bottom had been pulled up caudodorsally by abom...