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- Album: IMAGES
- Description: 60 years old male presented for follow-up of neck abscess. Patient has had left internal jugular vein thrombosis which relieved by medication. No improvements regarding the retropharyngeal abscesses. Another significant finding is septic collection centered around right sterno-clavicular joint which probably due to the thrombotic event. The first publication on Lemierre Syndrome appears in 1936 by Lemierre. It is defined as an "oropharynx bacterial infection characterized by the thrombophlebitis in the internal jugular vein, derived in a systemic septic embolism". In 81% of the cases, the Fusobacterium necrophorum is the most frequent etiologic agent. Fever is the most common symptom, but it can depending on the primary infection, tonsillitis, mastoiditis or odontogenic infection. According to the literature the mortality is very low, but with a significant morbidity, that is why the diagnosis and early treatment is very important. The diagnosis is clinical, even though the CT scan and other diagnosis methods help to determine the extent of the infection.
- Album: User Cases
- Description: Old aged male presented with low backpain.... AP & LAT dorsal&lumbosacral plain X Ray revealed square shaped vertebrae with ossified anterior&posterior longitudinal ligaments giving Bamboo like appearance...Sclerosed articular margins of both sacroiliac joints.
- Album: Miscellaneous
- Album: Nuclear Medicine
- Description: 15 year old boy with myositis ossificans after rectus femoris avulsion. MDP bone scan shows intense radiotracer uptake in the region of the anterior inferior iliac spine, which is the origin of the rectus femoris tendon.
- Album: Interventional Radiology
- Description: Volume rendreed CT reconstruction of an abdominal CT angiogram demonstrates a cutoff of the contrast column just below the superior mesenteric artery.
- Album: Musculoskeletal Imaging
- Description: 20 years old male with hand pains and swellings. Note acrosteolysis and globular soft tissue calcifications characteristic of progressive systemic sclerosis.
- Album: Neuroradiology
- Description: 25 yrs female came with b/l Papilloedema.
- Album: Abdominal Imaging
- Description: Patient presented by undescended right testis. The scrotal CT shows absent right testis with normal size and shape of left one. Higher CT shows right testis located at inguinal canal [yellow arrow].
- Album: Chest & Cardiac Imaging
- Description: • 4 months old male with chest deformity. • Synonyms: cobbler's chest, sunken chest, funnel chest or simply a dent in the chest. • Pectus excavatum is sometimes considered to be cosmetic, however it can impair cardiac and respiratory function, and cause pain in the chest and back. • Haller index over 3.25 is often defined as severe deformity. The Haller index is the ratio between the horizontal distance of the inside of the ribcage and the shortest distance between the vertebrae and sternum.
- Album: Breast Imaging
- Description: 48 years old female with palpable breast mass. Note speculated border of the mass; micro-calcifications could be detected opposite the mass. Ultrasound confirmed hypoechoic speculated mass in retro-aereolar area.
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