A 42-year-old male was admitted due to syncope. 3D CT angiography demonstrated aortic paraannular abscess and pseudoaneurysm from sinus of Valsalva which has bulging contour to AV groove and right coronary artery. We performed abscess removal and debridement. Aortic root was reconstructed and the orifice of pseudoaneurysm was closed using autopericardium (Figs. 1 and 2). Fig. 1. 3D CT angiograp...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 673 VOLUME 51__AUGUST 15, 2014 A 9-month-old girl weighing 6.4 Kg presented with fever and three episodes of vomiting for one day. The infant was administered measles vaccine 10 hours prior to onset of fever. Vitamin A was not given. On examination, the infant was febrile (101oF) and had a bulging, tense and pulsatile anterior fontanelle measuring 3 cm. Systemic examination, i...

A 66-year-old man presents with bulging and persistent burning pain in the right abdominal side for 4 days.

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In the recent article(l), authors have diagnosed vitamin A toxicity after measles immunization on the basis of bulging anterior fontanelle within 24 h of intake of 1,00,000 IU of Vitamin A given along with measles vaccine. They have not estimated vitamin A levels or demonstrated any other change of vitamin A toxicity such as liver enzymes, hematological indices or tests for bone changes. Withou...

was a distinct bulging between the sixth and seventh ribs in the posterior axillary line. The liver dulness began at the 4th intercostal space above, its lower border extended one inch below the margin of the ribs. The spleen was much enlarged, its lower border reaching to one inch below the umbilicus. The aspirating needle was inserted into the bulging prominence, and a little thick pus extrac...

Now, more and more patients are suffering cerebral aneurysm. However, long training time limits the rapid growth of cerebrovascular neurosurgeons. Here we developed a novel cerebral aneurysm simulator which can be better represented the dynamic bulging process of cerebral aneurysm The proposed simulator features the integration of a hollow elastic vascular model, a skull model and a brain model...