Vol 3, No 2 (2009)

Journal of Radiology Case Reports February 2009 issue

Table of Contents

Musculoskeletal Radiology

63 year old female with PMMA extrusion into the femoral nutrient vessel during arthroplasty. Coronal oblique reformatted CT image demonstrating the nutrient canal more clearly with cement extruded from its distal foramen (arrow).
 Polymethylmethacrylate extrusion into the femoral nutrient vessel during arthroplasty: A phenomenon to be aware of Abstract HTML PDF Interactive HTML
Peter Jonathan Smitham, Caroline Perkins, Martin Williams, Steve Eastaugh-Waring 20-22

Cardiac Imaging

18 year old male with myocardial calcinosis in chronic renal failure.
 Myocardial Calcinosis in Chronic Renal Failure Abstract HTML PDF Interactive HTML Video
Ashley Kempf, Maryam Golshan Momeni, farhood saremi 16-19

Pediatric Radiology

3 week old baby girl with initially misdiagnosed malrotation due to patient rotation. Initial upper gastrointestinal contrast study suggesting a diagnosis of malrotation. On closer examination it can be seen that the film is rotated.
 The malrotated baby – a diagnostic dilemma Abstract HTML PDF
Katharine Ann Jamieson, Kokila Lakhoo, Kaye Platt 14-15

Genitourinary Radiology

52 year old woman with vesical calculus encrusted around a Copper-T intrauterine contraceptive device which migrated to the urinary bladder. X-ray Pelvis – magnified view. Clearly seen is the frame of the Copper-T device which is encrusted by a calculus.
 An Unusual Vesical Calculus Abstract HTML PDF
Umar Amin, Rabia Mahmood 10-13
58 year old male with dumbbell shaped urinary bladder in a sliding inguinal hernia. Retrograde cystogram shows the bladder being filled with contrast. Part of it is in the pelvis and the rest in the right inguinal hernia which appears like a ‘Dumbbell’.
 Cystogram with dumbbell shaped urinary bladder in a sliding inguinal hernia Abstract HTML PDF
Basant Mahadevappa, Sumanth Channapatna Suresh, Natarajan Kumaresan, Joseph Thomas 7-9

Nuclear Medicine / Molecular Imaging

48-year-old white female with obstructive lingual thyroid. SPECT-CT showing the pre-treatment lingual thyroid. Focal radioiodine uptake evident on SPECT localizes on fused SPECT/CT images to the midline base of tongue mass, confirming lingual thyroid.
 Iodine 131 ablation of an obstructive lingual thyroid Abstract PDF HTML Interactive HTML
Zeal Patel, Lester Johnson 3-6

Interesting Image

Axial CT scan of the skull near the vertex showing metastatic deposits from carcinoma of thyroid (top). The artistically rendered 3D computed tomography (CT) is shown to the right.
 Metastatic Deposit In The Skull PDF
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