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Vegetable and plant inspired signs
There are many signs in radiology which are vegetable- and plant-inspired, they include:
Unprocessed produce
bamboo spine
bright tree appearance
celery stalk (disambiguation):
celery stalk sign anterior cruciate ligament
celery stalk metaphysis
Christmas tree intestinal atresia
coconut l...
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Aubergine sign (penis)
The aubergine sign (also known as egg-plant sign or deformity) is a clinical sign of a fractured penis. Haemorrhage beyond the tunica albuginea produces swelling and bruising of the penis simulating the appearance of an aubergine.
Case
Cotton on a cotton plant (photo)
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06 May 2015
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Hyoscine-N-butylbromide (Buscopan)
Hyoscine-N-butylbromide, more commonly known by its brand name, Buscopan, is an antimuscarinic agent, widely used in radiology as an antispasmodic agent. It is employed to freeze bowel motion as part of many fluoroscopic, CT and MRI studies (its main use for many years was for barium GI studies)...
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Thymus
The thymus (plural: thymi) is a lymphoid organ in the anterior mediastinum responsible for the production and maturation of T-cells until puberty. It is a vital component of the immune system and plays a role in prevention of cancer 12, infection and autoimmunity 11.
Gross anatomy
It is relati...
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Thoracic plane (mnemonic)
A handy mnemonic to remember the structures found at the level of the thoracic plane (also known as the plane of Ludwig) is:
CLAPTRAP
RAT PLANT
Mnemonic
CLAPTRAP
C: cardiac plexus
L: ligamentum arteriosum
A: aortic arch (inner concavity)
P: pulmonary trunk
T: tracheal bifurcation (carin...
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Mycetoma (soft-tissue)
Mycetoma refers to a chronic and progressively destructive granulomatous disease within the soft tissues. The defining clinical triad comprises of a:
localised mass-like soft tissue injury
with draining sinuses
that discharge grains of contagious material
It is one of the "neglected tropical...
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Exophytic
Exophytic is a descriptive term used by radiologists/pathologists to describe solid organ lesions arising from the outer surface of the organ of origin.
Literally exophytic only refers to those lesions arising from the outer surface, however radiologists and pathologists use the term to include...
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Urine
Urine represents the biofluid end-product of the renal filtration process. Normally it is a transparent, sterile, pale-yellow liquid (although clearly colour varies with the person's hydration status).
Urine is one of the most easily accessible biofluids in the human body and has been intensiv...
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Host (infectious diseases)
A host in the context of infectious disease refers to an animal or plant that acts as a biological refuge in which another - often parasitic - organism may dwell. The host usually provides shelter or nourishment to the other organism, which may use the host to partially/completely sexually devel...
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Lisfranc injury
Lisfranc injuries, also called Lisfranc fracture-dislocations, are the most common type of dislocation involving the foot and correspond to the dislocation of the articulation of the tarsus with the metatarsal bases.
Pathology
Anatomy
The Lisfranc joint articulates the tarsus with the metatar...
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Neck of femur fracture
Neck of femur (NOF) fractures, or femoral neck fractures, are common injuries sustained by older patients who are more likely to have both unsteadiness of gait and reduced bone mineral density, predisposing to fracture. Elderly osteoporotic women are at greatest risk.
Epidemiology
The incidenc...
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Balkan nephropathy
Balkan nephropathy (a.k.a. Balkan endemic nephropathy) refers to a degenerative interstitial nephropathy endemic to the Balkan states, which is associated with a very high rate of transitional cell carcinomas of the renal pelvis and upper ureter.
Epidemiology
The condition is largely restricte...
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Oleothorax
Oleothorax is a historical treatment method for cavitary tuberculosis of the upper lobes of the lungs. It was used prior to the introduction of effective antituberculous drugs and thus was generally discontinued after the 1950s.
Technique
Oleothorax is an intra- or extrapleural injection of oi...
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Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis (plural: amyloidoses) is a heterogeneous disease, or even considered a constellation of diseases, resulting in the deposition of relatively similar proteins. It has many causes and can affect any organ system.
Epidemiology
The disease may have a male predilection. It typically aff...
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Glycosaminoglycans
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), formerly known as mucopolysaccharides, are biomolecules produced by almost all mammalian cells, as well as in many vertebrates and invertebrates, but have not been described in plants 1. They are constituent elements of proteoglycans and are found within the cells in t...
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Water lily sign (hydatid cyst)
The water lily sign, also known as the camalote sign, is seen in hydatid infections when the inner endocyst detaches from the outer pericyst, resulting in a free-floating membrane within the cyst.
It is classically described on plain radiographs (mainly chest X-ray) when the collapsed membranes...
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Low-velocity penetrating brain injury
Low-velocity penetrating brain injuries are relatively uncommon, far less frequently encountered than blunt traumatic brain injuries, and depending on the country more or less common than high-velocity penetrating brain injuries from gunshot wounds.
Epidemiology
The demographics of affected i...
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Hard metal pneumoconiosis
A hard metal pneumoconiosis is usually classified as a type of fibrotic pneumoconiosis where the precipitating agent consists of a fine particulate form of hard metal such as:
cobalt/cobalt-tungsten alloys 10
tungsten/tungsten carbide alloys
implicated alloys often contain small amounts of ot...
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Obliterative bronchiolitis
Obliterative bronchiolitis, also known as bronchiolitis obliterans or constrictive bronchiolitis, is a type of bronchiolitis and refers to bronchiolar inflammation with submucosal peribronchial fibrosis associated with luminal stenosis and occlusions. Obliterative bronchiolitis should not be con...
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