New packaging methods of body packers: Role of advanced imaging in their detection. A case study.

Body packing is one of the common ways to traffic illicit drugs. Drug mules usually swallow or insert drugs within the gastrointestinal tract or other orifices. Detection of such drug packets has become difficult because of the constantly improving packaging techniques and the sophistication used by traffickers.

Ruptured Berry Aneurysm as the initial presentation of Polycystic Kidney Disease: A case report and review of literature.

Intra-cranial saccular aneurysms, also known as Berry aneurysms, have a well-known association with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Aneurysmal rupture can be the initial presentation of the disease. ADPKD has two types of gene mutations: PKD1 and PKD2.

Pulmonary venous varix associated with mitral regurgitation mimicking a mediastinal mass: A case report and review of the literature.

Pulmonary vein varix is an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass on a chest radiograph. It may be found as an isolated malformation or as a sequela of pulmonary venous hypertension. We encountered a case presenting with left hemiparesis and a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease.

Bilateral symmetrical comparison of the proximal femur using 3D-CT models.

Purpose: Superimposed three-dimensional (3D)-models obtained from CT-images have been used to evaluate displacement of femoral neck fractures, but this method assumes symmetrical anatomy of normal femurs. The present study aimed to compare the spatial orientation of the left and right proximal femur, thus establishing if 3D models can be used as a reference standard for the evaluation of fracture displacement.

Methods: We generated 3D-CT-models of 20 patients with no skeletal pathology of the proximal femurs.