fibrovascular polyps are rare, pedunculated, tumor-like lesions that are usually found in the esophagus; occurrence in the stomach is very rare. to our knowledge, sonographic and ct findings of a fibrovascular polyp in the stomach have never been reported. here, we report a case of a fibrovascular polyp that was identified in the gastric antrum and prolapsed into the duodenal bulb. sonography r...

primary pleuropulmonary synovial sarcomas are rare soft tissue malignancies; combined metastatic involvement of the heart is extremely rare. in this case report, a 17-year-old female presented with a history of chest pain. chest radiographs revealed a round mass in the left upper hemithorax, and computed tomography (ct) showed a well-defined heterogeneous enhancing mass abutting the pleura. a c...

a mobile caecum and ascending colon is an uncommon congenital disorder, and it is even rarer as the cause of an acute abdomen during childhood. this report presents the case of a 6-year-old boy with acute gangrenous appendicitis with a mobile caecum and ascending colon. data from the surgical course, as well as laboratory and imaging studies, were acquired and carefully examined. emergency ultr...

plagiocephaly (oblique skull) is premature fusion of one of the coronal sutures. frontal plagiocephaly is a rare congenital deformity in the skull that is the most complicated form of craniosynostosis to treat. examination of all sutures is necessary for diagnosis of craniosynostosis in this article, a 10-month-old, healthy girl with deformity of the right forehead and orbit that is caused by f...

conclusion the study data highlighted good value of iodine-based material decomposition images of spectral ct in assessment of both lipiodol deposition and residual cancer for follow-up of hcc patients previously treated with tace. background it is critical to follow up hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (tace) in clinical practice. computed tomography...

root canal anatomy diversity and aberrations are common especially in permanent dentition. a thorough understanding of the basic root canal anatomy and its diversities are necessary for successful endodontic treatment. mandibular second premolars are usually single-rooted and have one root canal. incidence of three separate root canals in this tooth is quite rare and taurodontism with three sep...

conclusions headache, seizure, and trauma are the main reasons for ct scan requests. about 12% of the brain ct scans were abnormal. being knowledgeable about the indications of imaging, unnecessary imaging can be prevented, and consequently, its risks can be minimized. patients and methods in the present case series, demographic information and ct scan reports of 167 patients referred to taba r...

Objective- The aim of this study was preparing detailed anatomic images of the thoracic cavity of the southern white-breasted hedgehog using the non-invasive computed tomography (CT) technique.Design- Descriptive study.Animals- Five southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor) which is a species native to the Middle East, Anatolia, Transcaucasia, and Iran. Since some people...

aorta is formed in a dynamic environment which gives rise to imbalances between many forces that tend to extend the diameter and length. furthermore, internal forces tend to resist this extension. impedance tomography can show this imbalance to stimulate the stenosis of aortic valve, growth of the elastic, collagen and to effectively reduce the stresses in the underlying tissue. in blood flow, ...