We report a case of an 8-year-old child with traumatic carotico-cavernous fistula. The diagnosis was obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance angiography and Doppler imaging and the fistula treated by percutaneous embolisation. We emphasize the duplex Doppler findings of superior ophtalmic vein in this study.
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) is the most common pulmonary pathogen in the population with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The most common radiological pattern was multiple pulmonary nodules. The commonly observed CT findings are centrilobular, peribronchovascular nodules, bronchiectasis, consolidation, tree-in-bud, pleural thickening, pleural adhesion.
Isolated abdominal bronchogenic cysts are rare abnormalities. They are usually asymptomatic unless secondarily infected or large enough to cause compression of other vital structures. The authors report on a 20-month-old girl who had an abdominal bronchogenic cyst and presented with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections. The evaluation and treatment of this patient is presented as well as a review of the ten previously reported cases. A literature review showed only four cases in the pediatric age group. Excision is recommended to establish diagnosis and alleviate any symptoms. Abdominal bronchogenic cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses.
Purpose: To investigate any correlations among cytopathologic, radiologic, and historic findings in non-allergic chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyposis.
Materials and Methods: This prospective study was done on 40 adult patients who had undergone functional endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis. Symptom, nasal smear, paranasal computed tomography, as well as histopathologic findings of uncinate process, anterior ethmoid cells, and ethmoidal infundibulum were scored. Correlations were analysed among symptom, radiologic, and cytopathologic scores.
Results: While the symptom scores of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis were positively correlated with only nasal smear scores, it was not correlated with computed tomography and histopathologic scores. On the other hand, radiologic scores were correlated with tissue eosinophils scores of uncinate process, anterior ethmoidal cells, and ethmoidal infundibulum
Conclusions: The correlation of symptom score to nasal smear score in chronic sinusitis may be an evidence for the positive relationship symptoms and acute inflammation. The correlation of radiologic score to eosinophilia scores of uncinate process, anterior ethmoidal cells, and infundibulum may signify the importance of tissue eosinophils in chronic sinusitis. Keywords : Rhinosinusitits, nasal polyposis, non-allergic rhinosinusitis. Nigerian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Vol. 3 (2) 2006: pp. 45-53
Total brain volume and regional brain size can vary in men and women. Sexual dimorphism between the male and female brain starts in the fetal period under the influence of genetic and hormonal factors. In addition, the newborn brain begins to change in terms of both brain volume and morphology. In the present study, we evaluated gender-related changes in brain volume in children 1–5 years old. Magnetic resonance images of 30 healthy children aged 1–5 years old (15 male, 15 female) were obtained from the Department of Radiology, Meram School of Medicine, University of Necmettin Erbakan. The Cavalieri method and point-counting were used to determine the brain hemisphere volumes from these images. The mean volumes of the right cerebrum in female and male children were 423.26 ± 110.62 cm3 and 456.43 ± 161.39 cm3, respectively, and those of the left cerebrum were 416.41 ± 103.51 cm3 and 460.42 ± 154.99 cm3, respectively. There were no significant differences in cerebrum hemisphere volumes between male and female children 1–5 years old (P > 0.05).
We present an unusual case of involvement of the liver by both Echinococcus granulosus and alveolaris infection with typical radiological appearence. E. granulosus was located in the left lobe and the E. alveolaris was in the right lobe. To our knowledge, there is no report regarding the coincidence of both hydatid diseases in the liver of the same patient so far in the literature.
