However, a single view of orthopantomogram (panorex) is useful for both mandible and maxilla  Chest x-rays  Computerized tomographic scan is mainly useful for bone lesions as in osteomyelitis giving reduced CT no. in areas of bone destruction and close to normal CT no. in areas of bone formation. Fluids, abscesses and exudates gives varying opacities and lucencies with CT no. more than that o...

Childhood familial pheochromocytoma was investigated in four patients by abdominal computed tomographic scan, [ IJmetaiodobenzylguanidine scan, and vena caval catecholamine sampling. Results conflicted with surgical findings. Computed tomographic scan identified all four adrenal tumors but missed two mid line tumors in one patient. [I]metaiodobenzylguanidine scan identified two of three adrenal...

Background and purpose: Proper diagnosis of patients with COVID-19 is one of the challenges in medical centers. RT-PCR is the standard and reference test in diagnosis of patients with COVID-19. This study aimed at accelerating the correct diagnosis of COVID-19 and the diagnostic power of chest CT scan and RT-PCR. Materials and methods: This study was performed in 569 patients with COVID-19 adm...

swine flue is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease caused by a subtype of influenza a virus. herein we present three patients with h1n1 infection complicated with pulmonary thromboembolism. the patients had chest pain and unexplained dyspnea. imaging studies showed bilateral hilar predominance. computed tomographic angiography confirmed bilateral thromboembolism (an unusual presentatio...

Thoracic empyema and vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare combination. We report a case of vertebral osteomyelitis possibly caused by a progressive thoracic empyema. The causative pathogen was Escherichia coli. Computed tomographic (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested the diagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis, confirmed by transthoracic needle aspiration and operative findings. ...

A 15-year-old girl presented with gallstone pancreatitis. Subsequently, a pseudopancreatic cyst developed that was diagnosed on computed tomographic scan. She underwent a laparoscopic and gastroscopic transgastric cystogastrostomy. In the following report, we describe our novel approach and technique for the above condition.

A 12-year-old girl with abdominal pain and fever underwent urgent surgery. As was suspected on computed tomographic scan, a large diverticular mass adherent to the cecum was identified. A diverticulectomy was performed. We report this rare case of a giant cecal diverticulum and provide an overview of known literature.

We present two cases of hepatic abscesses that mimicked metastases in patients having undergone Whipple surgery. Both patients had similar imaging features on computed tomographic (CT) scan and ultrasound, and at the time of referral for biopsy neither patient was clinically suspected to have liver abscess. Both patients underwent biopsy of liver lesions and developed postprocedural infectious ...

Over the past few years, techniques for CT colonography evolved rapidly, stimulated by encouraging performance data. Computer aided detection (CAD) methods were developed that enhance the efficiency of reading the data. Our objective in this paper is to review some recent advances on this topic, by others as well by ourselves.