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An Easy Way of Diagnosis of Anal Fistula in Infants

Sabriye Dayi and Suat Turkcan
Perianal diseases are not uncommon in infants. Although perianal abscesses are often encountered in pediatric surgery clinics, perianal fistulas are rare in infants. They may present in infant as recurrent perianal abscesses.

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Leptomeningitis in a Person with Radiologically Isolated Syndrome and Latent Tuberculosis: A Case Report with Implications for Clinical Research

Maria Chiara Buscarinu, Andrea Romano, Antonella Teggi, Arianna Fornasiero, Silvia Romano, Michela Ferraldeschi, Alessandro Bozzao, Marco Salvetti and Giovanni Ristori
A 39-year-old man, followed with serial MRI of CNS for a radiologically isolate syndrome (RIS, a recently described condition considered a subclinical form of MS), was hospitalized for the occurrence of a leptomeningitis.

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Treatment of Persistent Postpartum Bleeding Associated with Retained Placental Tissue with a Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonist together with an Aromatase Inhibitor and Tranexamic Acid: Experience with 2 Cases and Review of the Literature

Angelos G. Vilos, Melissa Machado, Basim Abu-Rafea, Constance Nasello and George A. Vilos
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) injection concomitantly with an aromatase inhibitor and tranexamic acid to treat postpartum hemorrhage associated with retained placenta increta or accreta.

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Prospective Assessment of Variability and Reproducibility of Diffusion-Weighted MRI and T2-Mapping of the Pancreas in Healthy Volunteers

Jaymin Upadhyay, Sev Dolgopolov, Jayant Narang, Christine Millet, Rinal Patel, Dinko Gonzalez-Trotter and Edward Ashton
Purpose: To determine the test-retest reliability and variance of metrics obtained from pancreatic diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) and T2-MRI (i.e., apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) and T2-relaxation times).

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Hut Lung Disease: A Radiological and Pathological Correlation

Gurjeet Dulku, Neil Gupta, Ruad Perera, Kay-Vin Lam and Yuranga Weerakkody
Hut lung disease is a domestically acquired pneumoconiosis described in individual’s secondary to inhalation of particles from either grinding of maize, or when cooking on fires in a small dwelling, or hut. Palmer and Daynes first described the condition in 1967 seen in women in the Transkei district of South Africa, who had significant..

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