background: measurement of serum β-hcg concentration commonly used to diagnose tubal ectopic pregnancy (ep) and follow up patients treated conservatively.objective: the aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of maternal serum β-hcg concentration in ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy to help physicians identify those women who are at greatest risk.materials and methods: this is a ...

Accessory spleens (AS) are congenital malformations defined as additional ectopic splenic parenchyma. Most of them are innocent until found, and do not usually require treatment. They may have clinical significance since theymay be confused for enlarged lymph nodes or have a neoplastic appearance; therefore, accurate preoperative diagnosis is important to avoid unnecessary surgical management. ...

The most frequent anomalies than can complicate abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) repair are: Major venous anomalies: Renal vein anomalies: Retroaortic left renal vein type I or II. Circumaortic left renal vein. Inferior cava vein anomalies: Left-sided inferior vena cava or cava vein transposition Double inferior vena cava: type I, II or III, right double cava. Marsupial cava or preaortic iliac ...

A 30-year-old male presented with pitting edema. He had received a kidney transplantation 3 months previously. His serum creatinine level was increased, and a renal ultrasound showed hypoechoic fluid collection in the perirenal space and pelvic cavity. We conducted sono-guided percutaneous drainage of the fluid collected in the pelvic cavity. The chemistry of the peritoneal fluid was more equiv...