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ARRS Case of the Week- Feb 5, 2018
ULTRASOUND: Abdomen Case Author: Ulrike M. Hamper, MD, MBA, Johns Hopkins University History 32-year old man with HIV infection and AIDS and acute renal failure. Imaging Findings Sagittal gray-scale ultrasound image of the right kidney (RK) (A) shows increased renal parenchymal echogenicity and an irregular, hypoechoic perirenal soft-tissue mass. A small hypoechoic liver lesion also…
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ARRS Case of the Week- Sep 25, 2017
ULTRASOUND: Abdomen Case Author: Ulrike M. Hamper, MD, MBA, Johns Hopkins University History 56-year-old man with incidental finding of pelvic mass on a CT scan obtained after a motor vehicle accident and history of craniotomy for anaplastic astrocytoma. Imaging Findings Sagittal (A) and transverse (B) ultrasound images of the pelvis show a 9.7 × 5.6…
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Cecal Volvulus: What the Radiologist Needs to Know
Michele Tonerini, Francesca Pancrazi, Silvia Lorenzi, Federica Pacciardi, Francesco Ruschi, Laura Turturici, Pietro Bemi Abstract Cecal volvulus is a quite rare pathologic condition and therefore sometimes misdiagnosed, but is indeed more common than thought. It occurs with a specific acute onset abdominal pain associated to nausea and vomiting, so that it often poses a diagnostic…