conclusion according to our findings, ct-guided percutaneous drainage is a safe and effective procedure in the treatment of abdominal abscess and fluid collection. results the average age of the patients was 54 years (range 12 to 79), including 21 (51%) men and 20 (49%) women. the common signs and symptoms were pain (83%) and fever (80.5%). the most prevalent abdominal abscess etiology was prev...

objectives: bone quality and quantity assessment is one of the most important steps in implant treatment planning. different methods such as computed tomography (ct) and recently suggested cone beam computed tomography (cbct) with lower radiation dose and less time and cost are used for bone density assessment. this in vitro study aimed to compare the tissue density values in hounsfield units (...

osteoma is a benign, slow-growing osteogenic tumor that sometimes arises from the craniomaxillofacial region, such as the sinus, temporal or jaw bones. osteoma consists of compact or cancellous bone that may be peripheral, central or extraskeletal type. peripheral osteoma arises from the periosteum and is commonly a unilateral, pedunculated mushroom-like mass. peripheral osteoma of the mandible...

background coronary artery anomalies are not common, but could be very serious. objectives this study determines the frequency of coronary anomalies and normal variants by multi-detector-row computed tomography (mdct). patients and methods the results of cardiac mdct study in 2697 consecutive patients were analyzed retrospectively. acquisition was performed by a 64-detector row ct machine. imag...

plagiocephaly (oblique skull) is premature fusion of one of the coronal sutures. frontal plagiocephaly is a rare congenital deformity in the skull that is the most complicated form of craniosynostosis to treat. examination of all sutures is necessary for diagnosis of craniosynostosis in this article, a 10-month-old, healthy girl with deformity of the right forehead and orbit that is caused by f...

conclusions headache, seizure, and trauma are the main reasons for ct scan requests. about 12% of the brain ct scans were abnormal. being knowledgeable about the indications of imaging, unnecessary imaging can be prevented, and consequently, its risks can be minimized. patients and methods in the present case series, demographic information and ct scan reports of 167 patients referred to taba r...

conclusion ct scan is highly accurate in differentiating malignant pleural mesothelioma and metastatic pleural diseases. pleural thickening and thickening of interlobar fissure lead us to the diagnosis of mpm and massive free pleural effusion is more commonly seen in metastatic pleural malignancy. background malignant pleural mesothelioma (mpm) is a rare malignant neoplasm of the pleura that ty...

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 ...

mediastinal teratomas are usually asymptomatic tumors, located most commonly in the anterior mediastinum. very rarely, such tumors may rupture into the tracheobronchial tree, lung, pleura or pericardium. computed tomography (ct) is helpful in the diagnosis and differentiation of ruptured and unruptured tumors. we report a case of ruptured anterior mediastinal teratoma in a 20-year-old female pr...

conclusions both eps and er residents either missed or falsely called a significant number of pathologies in their interpretations. the interpretations of eps and er residents were more sensitive and more specific, respectively. these findings revealed the need for increased training time in head ct reading for residents and the necessity of attending continuing medical education workshops for ...