[Color Doppler ultrasonography versus angiography in leg aneurysms].

The authors compared color-Doppler US with angiographic findings in the study of peripheral lower limbs aneurysms. Twelve cases were observed over a 2-year period of time. In each case, the combination of B-mode and color-Doppler US permitted the accurate evaluation of the aneurysm and of the possible compression of adjacent vessels.

[Tropical splenomegaly: echographic picture].

Tropical splenomegaly is a pathologic condition due to multiple causes, endemic malaria being the major one. Twenty-eight black patients, 10 males and 18 females, residing in a tropical area, were investigated with US. The morphological features and major diameters of the spleen were studied and the splenic volumetric index (IVS) was calculated.

[Evaluation of bone age in patients with kwashiorkor].

The present work is the result of a multicentric study performed at Hoima and Kitgum Hospitals in Uganda on a group of 20 children with Kwashiorkor. Bone age was evaluated on the X-ray film of the children's left hand and wrist, according to Tanner and to De Roo, by 2 different evaluators. The final results were compared.