background: ovarian functional cyst is one of the most common pelvic mass in reproductive age which mostly resolves spontaneously. sonography is a valuable tool for diagnosis of benign cyst with high accuracy. the objective of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography in detecting type of ovarian cyst and compare the results wieh cytological results. mat...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: t he study on transcranial sonocraphy (tcs) as a diagnostic test for parkinson’s disease (pd) has been neglected in some hospitals. the current study was conducted as the first study to investigate the utility of tcs for diagnosis of pd and its ability to distinguish pd from essential tremor (et) in an iranian population. materials and m...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Contrast-enhanced MR angiography and extracranial color-coded duplex sonography are noninvasive, preoperative imaging modalities for evaluation of carotid artery stenosis. Innovative techniques and improvements in image quality require frequent reassessment of accuracy, reliability, and diagnostic value compared with those of digital subtraction angiography (DSA). We eval...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of sonographic elastography in differentiating reactive and metastatic axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer. METHODS A total of 64 lymph nodes (reactive, n = 33; metastatic, n = 31) from 62 patients with breast cancer were examined by both B-mode sonography and elastography from April to July 2009. Two experienced ra...

OBJECTIVE The value of sonography for the diagnosis of diseases of the peripheral nervous system is only little known. This image presentation is intended to raise the awareness of sonographers and clinicians of the potential of sonography by giving an anatomic-sonographic correlation of lower extremity peripheral nerves and an overview of commonly encountered diseases. METHODS On 2 lower ext...

Conventional sonography provides twodimensional (2D) views of three-dimensional (3D) structures that an experienced ultrasonographer has to dynamically examine in order to create their own 3D impression of the object of interest. In contrast, 3D sonography allows the simultaneous assessment of individual sectional planes, which dependent upon the particular field of interest may be examined in ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of sonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis in patients with Alvarado score 4-7. METHODS This is a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in Namazee hospital affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical sciences during a one year period from 9/2007 to 9/2008. We evaluated all patients with Alvarado score 4-7 and divided them in two groups: t...

OBJECTIVE Most pediatric emergency department (ED) visits are due to acute abdominal pain. Sonography is a reliable technique for differential diagnosis. The objective of this study was to re-appraise the role of sonography in evaluating acute abdominal pain in children. METHODS Retrospective chart review of children aged <18 years with acute abdominal pain who visited the emergency departmen...

background:   acute appendicitis is the most common emergency operation in the world. considering negative appendectomy, it is necessary to use accurate diagnostic methods to lower the rate. this study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of abdominal sonography in comparison to clinical alvarado criteria in patients with suspected appendicitis. methods:   370 patients with suspected appen...