A 47-year-old woman with regular menstrual cycle had no remarkable history in the past. She was diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma of right breast and received imaging survey for cancer staging. In transabdominal ultrasonography, a 6-cm hypoechoic cystic mass with an echogenic globular nodule, 2 cm in diameter containing some hyperechoic dots, was identified in the pelvis by accident (Figure 1...

OBJECTIVE To discuss how the spinal cord deforms as a result of changes in posture or biomechanical alterations of the spine. DATA COLLECTION A hand search of available reference texts and a computer search of literature from the Index Medicus sources were collected, with special emphasis placed on spinal canal changes caused by various postural rotations and translations of the skull, thorax...

Objective: Our study objective was to compare the anteroposterior (AP) oropharyngeal airway diameter measured using static MRI images in children with and without developmental disabilities during sedation. Methods: We performed a secondary analysis on a prospective, observational age-matched, 1:2 case-control study of children aged 3 10 years who were sedated for brain MRI. AP airway diameters...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective, cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of two screws anterior fixation of the odontoid process among Arab adults. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Anterior screw fixation is the treatment of choice for type II odontoid fractures. In order to perform the procedure safely, the diameter of the odontoid process should be wide enough to allow for the p...

Sir,?On 6th October morning, I was called upon to see an infant bom at 9 a.m. the same day. The infant's body was normal down to the pelvis; but both the lower extremities from the hip joint down to the feet -were joined. There was no big joint visible below the pelvis. This whole structure was slightly bent with concavity at its dorsum. All the ten toes ^ere normal and presented the appearance...

ANATOMIC AND MORPHOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE RENAL PELVIS OF THE HORSE USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF POLYMER CASTS, URETEROPYELOSCOPY, AND HISTOLOGY By Santiago Garcia Pasquel Descriptions of the equine renal pelvis in textbooks are inconsistent and unsuitable for guiding ureteropyeloscopy. To document the anatomy of the upper urinary collecting system of the horse, specifically the renal ...

From the standpoint of child-bearing, the interest of obstetricians in the female bony pelvis is not limited to pelvic dimension, for morphology of the pelvis is also of importance. Of interest too are those factors which may influence the development of the pelvis during childhood and the pulberal period. When we consider methods which will show pelvic capacity and pelvic morphology in the liv...

OBJECTIVE Anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic low anterior resection in male rectal cancer patients with a narrow pelvis cannot be easily resolved. The objective of this study is to assess numerical information of narrow pelvis and to determine whether prediction of morbidity can be possible. METHODS Retrospective medical record review was performed. From July 2007 to January 2013, 43 cons...