Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: A Case Report
Reyaz Ahmad, Akhya Sharma and Reetu Singh
Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is an extremely rare entity, occurring predominantly in elderly, constipated women, or ones who have been chronically catheterized.
Volume 4 Issue 1
Synovial Chondromatosis of the Temporomandibular Joint Misdiagnosed as Avulsion Fracture of Condylar Process of the Mandible: A Case Report
Giulio Gambaracci, Andrea Fiacca, Valentina Montigelli, Marta Elia and Lucio Bellantonio
Synovial chondromatosis (SC) is a benign nodular cartilaginous proliferation that mainly occurs in large joints. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is rarely affected. We present a case of a woman with concerns of swelling and posttraumatic pain in her right pre-auricular region.
“Saber-Sheath” Appearance of the Trachea
Anup Solsi and Dawood Findakly
A 60-year-old man with a history of methamphetamine and tobacco dependence was evaluated for COPD, found to have a saber-sheath appearance of the trachea based on CT imaging findings.
Scopes and Utilization of Tomographic Images in Drug Development, Issues and Challenges: A Short Review
Altaf Khan
To assess the mathematical and statistical issues related with acquired images, and to make inferences in diagnostic detection based on general linear models (GLM) for each and every pixel/voxel of the tomograms, in addition multiple comparison as well as sample size and power issues will be outlined.
Dynamics of the Function of the Shoulder Joint and Shoulder Girdle Muscles in Patients with Hemiparesis during the Acute Stage of Hemispheric Stroke: A Randomised Trial
Sergey N. Kaurkin*, Dmitry V. Skvortsov and Galina E. Ivanova
Question: How is dynamics of the function of the shoulder joint and shoulder girdle muscles in patients with hemiparesis during the acute stage compare to individual rehabilitation sessions (IRS) and IRS plus biofeedback (BF) training?
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting as Tonsillitis
Lígia Barbosa Torres, Daniel Torres and Ana Cardoso
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma most often presents as primarily nodal disease. The head and neck is one of the most common affected sites with diffuse involvement of the deep cervical lymph nodes, the posterior cervical triangle and the mediastinal, hilar and axillary nodes.
Atypical Transitional Cell/Squamoid Carcinoma Arising from a Tailgut Cyst
Veronica Chi Ken Wong, Joshua Wei Liang Yip, Ranjalee Liyanasuriya, Chuong Bui, Ken Le and Anthony Shakeshaft
A 59-year-old woman was found to have a 4 cm multi-lobulated mass arising from the posterolateral rectal wall with an adjacent prominent mesorectal lymph node. Correlative CT, MRI and FDG-PET studies were performed, with intense
FDG avidity in the rectal lesion and FDG uptake in the lymph node.
Rare Presentation of Pulmonary Hypertension in a Young Patient
Shailee Jain, Prasanna Sengodan, Deepak Donthi, Marwan Majeed, Mark Williams and Assad Movahed
Dyspnea on exertion has a broad differential diagnosis which includes pulmonary hypertension (PH). Atrial myxomas are the most common cardiac tumor which presents with pulmonary hypertension.
Diagnostic Utility of Ultrasound in the Management of Patients with Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis on Conservative Therapy
Bibin Sebastian, Tom George and Richard Thomas
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of ultrasound in patients with Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis (JRP) on conservative treatment. This prospective study included 22 patients who were referred for ultrasound with an initial clinical diagnosis of JRP.
Nonemergent Descending Transtentorial Temporal Lobe Herniations – Case Reports of Idiopathic [Bilateral Uncal] and Chronic [Unilateral Uncal and Parahippocampal] Herniations with Review of Literature
Chithra P. Ram and Richard Sherry
Brain herniations predominantly result from increased intracranial pressures due to various etiologies and are usually acute. Chronic medial temporal lobe [uncal and parahippocampal] herniation has been rarely reported in literature.