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Distal biceps tendon reconstruction
Distal biceps tendon reconstruction is an uncommon surgical procedure used to restore elbow flexion and/or supination power in the situation of a chronic distal biceps tendon rupture.
Indications
The classical indication for distal biceps tendon reconstruction is a chronic biceps tendon injury...
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Dermal filler injections
The injection of dermal fillers refers to the injection of biological or synthetic substances into compartments of the skin to achieve a desirable cosmetic outcome either to restore volume loss or to remove wrinkles or both. They can lead to complications, which might require imaging. Furthermor...
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RANZCR key conditions assessment
The RANZCR key conditions assessment is an assessment mandated by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) for first year radiology trainees prior to starting after-hours work and on-call duties.
The assessment is conducted locally by the training site, where clinic...
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Synechiae
Synechiae (singular: synechia, alternative plural: synechias) are another term for adhesions, which in radiological contexts usually relates to bands of scar tissue between structures, e.g. within the abdominal cavity or pleural cavity or within the uterus.
Pathology
Synechia can be found thro...
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Breast architectural distortion
Breast architectural distortion is a descriptive term in breast imaging (mammography, ultrasound, and MRI) to indicate that the breast parenchyma is tethered or indented. The finding per se is not a mass.
Pathology
Architectural distortion is often due to a desmoplastic reaction in which there...
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Mitral valve repair
Mitral valve repair or mitral valvuloplasty is a surgical method for treatment of a deficient mitral valve, which comprises removal of redundant valvular tissue and fixation of ruptured/elongated chordae tendineae rather than the whole replacement of the valve.
History and etymology
The first ...
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Voiding cystourethrography
Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), also known as a micturating cystourethrography (MCU), is a fluoroscopic study of the lower urinary tract in which contrast is introduced into the bladder via a catheter. The purpose of the examination is to assess the bladder, urethra, postoperative anatomy an...
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Primary pulmonary tuberculosis
Primary pulmonary tuberculosis is seen in patients not previously exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Epidemiology
It is most common in infants and children and has the highest prevalence in children under 5 years of age 1.
Pathology
Infection is the result of droplet inhalation from a cl...
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Distal biceps tendon repair
Distal biceps tendon repair refers to the direct surgical fixation of an injured distal biceps tendon to restore elbow flexion and/or supination power and is the surgical procedure of choice in the acute setting.
Indications
Main indications for distal biceps tendon repair include the followi...
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Laminotomy
A laminotomy is a spinal decompression procedure with partial removal of the vertebral arch usually at its base. Laminotomies might be combined with other spinal procedures such as discectomy or spinal fusion procedures. If a laminotomy is combined with a foraminotomy, then the procedure is call...
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Bilateral stenosis of the foramina of Monro

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23 Apr 2022
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) refers to simultaneous biventricular or multisite pacing of the heart with a specialized biventricular cardiac pacemaker (CRT-P) with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (CRT-D) and is a treatment option in moderate to severe heart failure...
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Asymmetry (mammography)
Asymmetries in mammography represent a spectrum of morphological descriptors for a unilateral fibroglandular-density finding seen on one or more mammographic projections that do not meet criteria for a mass. The term refers to a density finding and should not be confused with asymmetry in breast...
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Discectomy
Discectomy is the most common surgery for lower back pain performed for the treatment of disc herniations. It is often combined with other spinal procedures such as laminotomy or foraminotomy or artificial disc replacement and other forms of spinal fusion. Discectomy techniques can be generally ...
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Obstetric curriculum
The obstetric curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core obstetric knowledge.
Definition
Topics pertaining to the normal and abnormal pregnancy, the gravid uterus and fetal environment, placenta, normal fetal development and fet...
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Hepatic metastases
Hepatic metastases are 18-40 times more common than primary liver tumors 6. Ultrasound, CT, and MRI are helpful in detecting hepatic metastases and evaluation across multiple post-contrast CT series, or MRI pulse sequences are necessary.
Epidemiology
The demographics of patients with liver me...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also called hepatoma, is the most common primary malignancy of the liver. It is strongly associated with cirrhosis, from both alcohol and viral etiologies. Hepatocellular carcinomas constitute approximately 5% of all cancers partly due to the high endemic rates of...
Case
Phthisis bulbi

Published
24 Jun 2019
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Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is irreversible dilatation of the bronchial tree, and is commonly accompanied by bronchial wall thickening and mucoid impaction 25.
Terminology
If reversibility is uncertain use the term “bronchial dilatation” 25.
The term bronchiolectasis refers to irreversible dilatation of d...
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Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces
Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces, rather than a distinct disease, represents a spectrum of radiological patterns of tumor growth mainly characterized by lesions arising or abutting the walls of cystic airspaces. Attention to this pattern has been brought in recent decades primarily d...