DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
CT OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS
Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis
CT is a sensitive method for diagnosis of abdominal diseases. It is used frequently to determine stage of cancer and to follow progress. It is also a useful test to investigate acute abdominal pain (especially of the lower quadrants, whereas ultrasound is the preferred first line investigation for right upper quadrant pain). Renal stones, appendicitis, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and bowel obstruction are conditions that are readily diagnosed and assessed with CT. CT is also the first line for detecting solid organ injury after trauma...
CT OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS - List of case studies
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver_2
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body type giant cell granuloma. Left lateral segmentectomy of the liver showed a white hard lesion. The expert recommends a regular ... should consist of abdominal ultrasonography combined with CT or MRI. questions: ...
- Massive Portal and Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis
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vein thrombosis that caused persistent radiating pains of upper abdominal quadrants. The examinations found heterozygous factor II ... or other intestinal inflammation . However the CT results did tell of hepatic cysts and polycystic liver disease should be ...
- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
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expert shares broad information regarding Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: categories, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, risks and ... and are first discovered incidentally during radiographic (CT, MRI, US) investigations of the chest, abdomen and pelvis for other ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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attached to muscle, and tenderness in right ribs. Chest CT showed a mass in LLL, lung foci, suspected secondary spread and masses in ... showed many focal findings in the vertebrae L,D2,7, most of the ribs bilaterally and in the limbs- suspected for secondary pathology. ...
- Pulmonary heteroplasia_3
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following persistent cough, with non-operable tumor of her lung with satellite nodules, and chemotherapy was initiated (first ... following chemotherapy with Alimta is based on the CT dated 7.2008. It shows a disease arrest status , based on the lack of ...
- Suspected Foreign Body
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Female patient which history of fibrocystic breast surgery, gallbladder remove and appendix remove, ... 3.2008 – CXR – NORMAL 3.2008 – CT OF THE CHEST WITH I.V. CONTRAST – NORMAL. 7.2008 – CT OF ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
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from eye swelling. His MRI revealed expansive lesion of left lateral orbital wall origin, with compression on the lateral rectus ... of all the described bone structures is appreciated. A CT scan of the facial bones for diagnostic completion is carried out. It ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer – further opinion
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with Navelbine, or taxol, or ALIMTA / Weekly Cycles of Vinorelbine). Medical ... SOL of LLL, multiple lung nodules, upper abdomen mass per CT 09/09 2 Transcutaneous lung SOL biopsy 3 Chronic renal failure 4 ...
- Hepatic metastases from prostatic adenocarcinoma
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radical prostatectomy 2 years ago. Pathology result of the surgical specimen revealed poorly differentiated prostate carcinoma with ... monotherapy with Casodex his PSA levels doubled. PET CT of the abdomen and the pelvis revealed hepatic lesion. Ultrasound guided ...
- Metastatic well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma in liver
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is a place for a surgical intervention. That is, resection of the ascending colon, resection of the primary in the small intestines and ... a primary tumor. An Enterographic CT of pelvis and abdomen was done with an IV contrast material after drinking ...