Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare, severe, necrotizing renal parenchymal infection that characterized by the production of intra-parenchymal gas

BACKGROUND Reduction in renal length was found to be an insufficient independent indicator of chronic renal disease. OBJECTIVE To determine the ultrasound normative values of renal parenchymal thickness (RPT) among adults and correlate them with age and somatometric parameters. METHODS This was a prospective clinic based study involving 310 normal adults (135 males and 175 females) scanned ...

Background: Reduction in renal length was found to be an insufficient independent indicator of chronic renal disease. Objective: To determine the ultrasound normative values of renal parenchymal thickness (RPT) among adults and correlate them with age and somatometric parameters. Methods: This was a prospective clinic based study involving 310 normal adults (135 males and 175 females) scanned a...

PURPOSE To correlate perilesional enhancement on gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images with histopathologic findings in patients with hepatic metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS In seven patients with histopathologically proved hepatic metastases, MR images obtained before and early and late after the administration of gadopentetate dimeglumine were retrospectively evaluated for pe...

PURPOSE To analyze which sonographic features of thyroid nodules with macrocalcifications were predictable of thyroid malignancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed sonographic findings of 854 macrocalcified thyroid nodules in patients who underwent fine needle aspiration biopsy between December 2009 and January 2011. There were 171 non-diagnostic aspirations, 34 nodules with category 3, 4, 5 ...