Search results for “abdominal ct ”
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Cerebral and abdominal tuberculosis (PET-CT)
Published
19 Jun 2021
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Question 1621
This 35-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and a prior history of seizures. Ultrasound examination showed large heterogeneous lesions in both kidneys. CT is performed. Abdominal MRI performed 2 days later is also provided. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Post-meningococcal splenic infarction
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02 Mar 2021
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Question 1589
A 45-year-old woman began to experience severe back pain and had a long history of abdominal pain. Subsequent workup included a spine MRI, a CT, and a liver biopsy shortly afterwards. A contrast-enhanced CT image of her abdomen and a sagittal T1 image of her spine is provided below. What is the most likely diagnosis from the list below?
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Question 1620
This 50-year-old man presents with abdominal pain. Abdominal x-ray shows small bowel dilatation. Contrast-enhanced CT is performed with selected images shown. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Disseminated histoplasmosis
Disseminated histoplasmosis, also known as progressive disseminated histoplasmosis, is a severe form of histoplasmosis infection typically seen in immunosuppressed patients, especially in the setting of HIV infection. It results from hematogenous dissemination of the infection, involving multipl...
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Peritoneal CSF pseudocyst
A peritoneal CSF pseudocyst is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt catheter placement. The time from the last shunting procedure to the development of an abdominal pseudocyst ranges from 3 weeks to 5 years.
Pathology
The wall is composed of fibrous tissue without an epithel...
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Target sign (tuberculosis)
The target sign of tuberculosis refers to the bull's eye appearance of some parenchymal tuberculomas involving the brain (see: CNS tuberculosis) and solid abdominal organs (see: hepatic and splenic tuberculosis) on cross-sectional imaging.
Radiographic features
Ultrasound
hypoechoic nodules ...
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Stab wound (overview)
Stab wounds are a form of penetrating trauma that may be self-inflicted or inflicted by another person either accidentally or intentionally. They may be caused by a variety of objects and may occur anywhere in the body.
Terminology
Although commonly caused by a knife as well, slash injuries di...
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Low back pain
Low back pain, lumbar or lumbosacral pain is an extremely common clinical symptom and the most common musculoskeletal condition affecting the quality of life that can be found in all age groups. It represents the leading cause of disability worldwide 1-3.
Epidemiology
Low back pain is a very c...
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Spinal fracture with cauda equina syndrome
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04 Feb 2015
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Mycotic aneurysm
Mycotic aneurysms are aneurysms arising from infection of the arterial wall, usually bacterial. It is a complication of the hematogenous spread of bacterial infection, classically from the heart.
Epidemiology
Mycotic aneurysms are thought to represent only a minority of (0.65-2.6%) of all aor...
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Neuroblastoma
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30 Nov 2018
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CT
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Ommaya ventricular access device and VP shunt
Published
22 Mar 2017
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Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastomas are tumors of neuroblastic origin. Although they may occur anywhere along the sympathetic chain, the vast majority arise from the adrenal gland.
They represent the most common extracranial solid childhood malignancy and are the third commonest childhood tumor after leukemia and b...
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Disseminated tuberculosis
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19 Apr 2022
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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) refers to the hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Pathology
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can occur as a primary form of the disease, i.e. direct infection of an extrapulmonary organ without the presence of primary pulmonary tuberculosis or it can ...
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Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD), also referred as post-transplant lymphoproliferation disorder, represents a variety of conditions ranging from lymphoid hyperplasia to malignancy, included in the WHO classification of haematolymphoid tumors under "lymphoid proliferations and ...
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Disseminated tuberculosis
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28 Jun 2022
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Vagus nerve
The vagus nerve (TA: nervus vagus or nervus cranialis X), the tenth cranial nerve (CN X), exits the skull through the jugular foramen, travels down the neck within the carotid sheath, over the pericardium and into the abdomen, giving off numerous branches. It is the longest cranial nerve.
It is...
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