Breast cancer is a primary cause of human deaths among gynecological cancers around the globe. Though it can occur in both genders, far more common women. It disease which patient’s body cells breast start growing abnormally. has various kinds (e.g., invasive ductal carcinoma, lobular medullary, and mucinous), depend on turn into cancer. Traditional manual methods used to detect are not only ti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the focused abdominal CT scan [FACT] in clinically equivocal cases of acute appendicitis in paediatric population. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Radiology Department of Aga Khan Hospital, from August 2007 to November 2008. A total of 84 patients (42 males & 42 females) with clinically equivocal signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis referred to r...

To compare the impact of transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) on symptom scores and maximal flow rates (Qmax) in patients with equivocal bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and definite BOO and to assess the relationship between the surgical outcomes and degree of preoperative BOO, we prospectively evaluated men with lower urinary tract symptoms and bladder outlet obstruction index (BOOI) gr...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of our investigation was to determine the usefulness of barium studies for differentiating benign and malignant strictures of the esophagus. MATERIALS AND METHODS A search of radiology and endoscopy files revealed 100 patients with esophageal strictures on barium studies who underwent endoscopy (with endoscopic brushings or biopsy specimens in 57). The images from these ...

Acute appendicitis is the most common acute surgical condition of the abdomen. Computed tomography (CT) and Ultrasonography (US) can reduce the rate of complications and unnecessary appendectomies, in addition, they can establish an alternative diagnosis. We carried out a systematic review to evaluate the evidence relating radiological imaging (US and CT scan) and early detection of acute appen...

Thirty-five patients with clinical evidence of aortic insufficiency were studied by echocardiography. Eleven patients had characteristic diastolic fluttering of the mitral valve (30 to 40 Hz, maximal amplitude 4 mm). In five others the fluttering was classified as equivocal. In a control group of 500 echocardiograms in patients without evidence of aortic insufficiency, there were three examples...

In an earlier study, a patient with frontal lobe damage had been observed and had been noted to suffer from "an equivocal disturbance of error evaluation." The terms error "evaluation" and "utilization" were employed synonymously. Neuropsychological examination of the patient reported here clarifies this "equivocal disturbance": it became clear that error recognition remains intact although err...

This paper studies the impact of public infrastructure on economic performance. We employ three di¤erent methodologies to estimate the returns to public investment. First, we relate growth in total factor productivity to accumulation of public capital. Second, we assess the role of public capital as an input to production. Third, we evaluate the reduction in costs that can be attributed to the ...

Objective The essential prerequisite for focused parathyroidectomy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is proper localization of all autonomic tissue. Sensitivity of conventional imaging modalities (ultrasound, 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy/SPECT/CT) is influenced by different factors (i.e., size/weight and position of autonomic tissue) and decreases in the presence of a multinod...

Evaluating IS/IT projects and deciding on their continuation has been hampered by the problem of equivocality. Equivocal situations hinder decision-makers to clearly recognise potential problems and implications of these decisions, as well as to decide the course of action in a purposeful fashion. However, little attention has been devoted to examine the causes of such situations. Extant litera...