Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the ankle and foot is an uncommon and often unexpected postoperative complication in patients with persistent pain and disability postprocedure. Artifacts from metallic implants may obscure characteristic imaging signs of AVN, and radiography and computer tomography are the mainstay imaging modalities of the postoperative ankle and foot. MRI and nuclear medicine imag...

UNLABELLED Occult HBV infection is characterized by the persistence of HBV DNA in the liver of individuals negative for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Occult HBV may exist in the hepatocytes as a free genome, although the factors responsible for the very low viral replication and gene expression usually observed in this peculiar kind of infection are mostly unknown. Aims of this study were to inv...

abstract background: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in patients who lack detectable hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) is called occult hepatitis b infection. such infections have been frequently identified in patients with chronic hepatitis cliver disease, but their prevalence is not known. methods: 207 patients with chronic hepatitis c who were hcv -rna and antihcv positive were studied f...

BACKGROUND The disarranged fat stripe of the pronator quadratus muscle (PQ) on radiographs (the PQ sign) is reported to be predictive of subtle bone fractures. This study aimed to report the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study in the patients in whom bone injury was not radiographically detected around the wrist joint, and the PQ was sonographically swollen following acute trauma....

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the presence of HBV DNA in serum and/or in the liver of patients negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Occult infection may impact in several different clinical contexts including the risk of HBV transmission with transfusion or transplantation, and endogenous viral reactivation. The gold standard test for detection of occ...

BACKGROUND A thorough quality analysis of radiologic performance is cumbersome. Instead, the prevalence of missed cervical hip fractures might be used as a quality indicator. PURPOSE To validate a computer-based quality study of cervical hip fracture radiography. MATERIAL AND METHODS True and false negative and positive hip trauma radiography during 6 years was assessed manually. Patients w...

The adolescent avulsion of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus has historically been considered as very rare. The youngest patient reported in the literature is 11 years old. We report a case of a 9-year-old girl who suffered a subscapularis tendon tear with an occult avulsion of the lesser tuberosity. Late repair restored function. Despite that late repair in this present case resulted in exc...

To cite: Muhammad Gowdh NS, Gill FJ, Regan LA, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206099 DESCRIPTION An 80-year-old woman with a history of recurrent falls presented to the emergency department following a fall. On examination she was found to be tender at the C4/5 level. A cervical spine radiograph revealed no fractures, however, there was...