BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vertebral osteomyelitis can have different imaging manifestations. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the unusual MR imaging patterns of vertebral osteomyelitis with intraosseous lesions mimicking metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 2000 to August 2007, 7 patients were selected from our data base of 214 patients with confirmed vertebral osteomyeli...

introduction: the objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between spermiogenic defects such as protamine deficiency, and acrosomal integrity with fertilization and pregnancy rate in ivf patients. material and methods: density, motility and morpology of semen samples from 70 infertile couples undergoing ivf at isfahan fertility and infertility center were analyzed according to w...

TOPIC: Imaging TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: The halo sign in computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest consists ground-glass opacity around pulmonary lesions. It has been linked to a wide variety pathological processes #1. CASE PRESENTATION: Male, 66 years old, admitted for hyperglycemia; he had no respiratory symptoms. At physical examination presented with jaundi...

A 6 year old boy with Down syndrome, presented with a 6 month history of neck pain. The pain was located in the suboccipital region with referral to the posterior part of the occiput, rostrally. His family had noticed that he had difficulty in walking and had unsteadiness of gait for a few months, which had led to a few falls. This was progressively getting worse. He did not report any loss of ...