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MRI demonstrates heart morphology and functionHeart failure is a common disorder with high morbidity and mortality. It is the only major cardiovascular disease whose prevalence and incidence are not only on the increase but predicted to reach epidemic proportions.
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Progressive Lower Limb WeaknessCase History: 56-year-old man presents with progressive weakness in lower limbs for four to five years
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Arteriovenous Hemangioma of FootCase History: 38-year-old male with complaints of foot swelling and dull, vague pain.
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Malignant Supravesical Mass in Urachal RemnantCase History: 20-year-old female was admitted with a two-month history of abdominal pain.
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MacrodactylyCase History: A 12-year-old girl presented with history of enlargement of middle and ring fingers of right hand since birth.
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Increasing Lower Limb WeaknessCase History: 22-year-old female with bilateral lower limb weakness for 25 days.
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Shoulder Pain, SwellingCase History: 24-year-old male with complaints of shoulder pain, slowly increasing swelling for five years.
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Fetus Without CerebellumCase History: Ventriculomegaly with no apparent cerebellum in 30-week and 3-day live intrauterine pregnancy.
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Three-D techniques showcase the pancreas and biliaryThe advent of multislice CT, advanced computer workstations, and 3D and postprocessing algorithms has allowed for new perspectives from which to view imaging data. These are especially useful for pancreatic cancer and biliary pathology.
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Ovarian lesions pose diagnostic dilemmasThe main objective of imaging patients with symptoms suggestive of ovarian lesions is to distinguish benign findings from malignant disease. Masses can be characterized with a variety of noninvasive imaging techniques, including transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound, CT, and MRI. Each of these modalities has its advantages and limitations.
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MRI shows damage from illegal sex drugsSevere hypoglycemia can lead to fatal coma or severe braindamage.
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MR imaging illuminates elbow joint disordersThe elbow is a complex joint. It links the shoulder and the hand, enhances the flexibility of hand motion, and transmits generated forces. The most common elbow injuries are related to chronic overuse, although the joint is vulnerable to acute trauma as well.1 It may also be affected by disease or infection.
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MSCT venography finds cerebral thrombosesDural sinus and cerebral venous thromboses (CVT) are difficult to diagnose. Symptoms are often nonspecific and may evolve slowly, and anatomic variations can further complicate diagnostic decision making. Unilateral aplasias of the transverse or sigmoid sinus, frontal agenesis of the superior sagittal sinus, and high partitions of the transverse sinus are common pitfalls in the diagnosis of CVT.
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Echocardiography confronts era of cardiac CT and MRINew advances in technology keep older modality in the picture for cost-effective cardiovascular diagnosis.
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MR imaging reveals signs of temporal lobe epilepsySeizures are paroxysmal events caused by abnormal, excessive, hypersynchronous discharges from an aggregate of neurons in the central nervous system. Epilepsy describes a condition in which a chronic, underlying process produces recurrent seizures.
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Podcast: A Meaningful Use Success StoryRandy Hicks, MD, and Carrie Berlin discuss how Regional Medical Imaging successfully met the criteria for the federal government’s meaningful use program, becoming an early adopter among radiology practices.
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Inability to Move Shoulder After TackleCase History: 16-year-old with immediate pressure on his chest, inability to move left shoulder after tackled in football.
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Cardiology PACS must produce moving imagesTensions between radiology and cardiology in the field of cardiac imaging have persisted for decades. The 1970s and 1980s were rife with turf battles over interventional angiography, echocardiography, and cardiac SPECT. More recently, cardiac MRI and CT have been the focus of intense debate about who is best qualified to perform and interpret these scans.
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Breast MRI's role in mastectomies remains openAn editorial published in BMJ has stirred up debate once again about whether breast MRI leads to more mastectomies. The author said yes it does while others insist it does not.
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Doctors with Financial Interest in Self-Referring MRI Scans Yield More Negative ResultsCHICAGO - Nonradiologists with a financial interest in imaging equipment tend to self-refer imaging to patients who are more likely to turn up negative results, according to a study presented Wednesday at RSNA.
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MSCT provides first- line colon assessmentColorectal carcinoma is believed to be the third most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and women in Western countries. It is curable if detected at an early stage and preventable if precursor adenomatous polyps are detected and removed promptly.
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Tuberculous PericarditisAn 18-year-old Nigerian male with a history of previous exposure to tuberculosis, presented to our department for a mild, subcontinuous, fever and dyspnea.
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Forecasting Clinical Demand in RadiologyRadiology practices already have the data they need to forecast clinical demand.
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Radiology in Small Doses: The Benefits of DR versus CRDR technology improves accuracy, dose, and efficiency.
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Aberrant ICAA 57-year-old female presents to the emergency department with dysphagia and reports her throat is “closing up.” On physical exam, there are no palpable masses appreciated along the neck, and the thyroid descends along the midline on swallowing and is noted to be slightly enlarged.
