Sonographic appearances of Chinese intrauterine devices Cheung VY J Ultrasound Med 2010; 29: 1093–11 This is a fascinating paper from Hong Kong explaining and illustrating the sonographic appearances of different types of IUD commonly used in China. It is worth familiarising yourself with these images in case the need arises to assess a woman with a Chinese IUD or who presents with a complicati...

A 46-year-old man stabbed himself with a knife. While he was stable, frontal and lateral chest radiographs were obtained (Fig. 1). Following a cardiac arrest, emergency sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass were performed. The acute margins of the heart and diaphragm were lacerated. The knife passed 5 mm posteromedial to the inferior vena cava (Fig. 2). Recovery was uneventful. Figure 1: Fronta...

OBJECTIVE Plantar fibromatosis is a rare benign fibroproliferative disorder of the plantar fascia that can be evaluated on sonography. Our study details the sonographic appearances of plantar fibromatosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical presentation, sonographic appearances, and clinical progress in 14 patients (range, 35-85 years; mean age, 53.1 yea...