DIMITROV, R., P. YONKOVA and K. STAMATOVA, 2010. Comparative ultrasonogarphic study on prostate and bulbourethral glands of tomcat. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 16: 521-525 12 sexually matured, clinically healthy European short hair tomcats, aged from one to two years, were studied. Transabdominal prepubic sonographic approach was used. The prostate gland was observed in three views. A perineal sonogr...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the effect of pelvic floor exercises on pelvic floor muscle strength could be detected via ultrasonography in patients with urinary incontinence. [Subjects and Methods] Of 282 incontinent patients, 116 participated in the study and were randomly divided into a pelvic floor muscle training (n=65) group or control group (n=51). The pelvic fl...

The transabdominal ultrasonography (US) is recognized as a useful tool for the diagnosis of pancreatic diseases, it is also true that its essential weakness of “not being able to see through air” becomes a considerable handicap when observing the pancreas, which is for the most part located behind the gastrointestinal organs. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was developed to minimize the effect...

OBJECTIVES Cirrhotic patients must receive an abdominal ultrasound every 6 months as part of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening. The aim of this study was to assess if HCC screening was performed as recommended by the literature and to observe the differences between the private and public services in Brazil. METHODS We analyzed data from the HCC screenings of 253 cirrhotic patients fro...

The association of cryptorchidism, functional Sertoli cell tumors, and spermatic cord torsion has been rarely reported in the literature. Two dogs were admitted for bilateral skin alopecia and weight loss. Both animals were cryptorchid and displayed a pendulous preputial sheath, prostate hypertrophy, and increased levels of circulating oestrogen. Transabdominal palpation and ultrasonography rev...

Iliac vein compression syndrome (IVCS), also known as May-Thurner syndrome, is the result of compression of the left common iliac vein between the right common iliac artery and overlying vertebrae. The most common clinical presentation is left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis. Rarely, a patient with IVCS can present with obstruction of venous outflow, without deep vein thrombosis. Iliac vei...

The authors describe a case of a congenital Mullerian anomaly, uterus unicornis with missing right fallopian tube. An in Vitro Fertilization Pre-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) procedure was done and presently is known that the patient has left fallopian tube and left ovary, two kidneys, and right ovary is missing. No diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy were done, only hysterosalpingography (HSG) ...