Cine clips increase the detection of thyroid pyramidal lobe in routine thyroid sonogram.

Background: Identification and resection of the thyroid pyramidal lobe is important for thyroid cancer surgery in order to prevent interval cancer in residual thyroid tissue.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how often a thyroid pyramidal lobe is found in patients with and without previous thyroidectomy and to optimise the protocol for identifying thyroid pyramidal lobes during routine thyroid ultrasonography.

Material And Methods: In this prospective study, a total of 1579 patients who received routine thyroid ultrasound scans at a single centre were enrolled.

Advancing Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Disease: A Novel Screening Protocol Improves Early Diagnosis of Complex Congenital Heart Disease.

Objectives: Prenatal diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease (CHD) during routine obstetric ultrasound (US) examinations improves postnatal outcomes, but sensitivity is low (<40%). Our objective was to improve our prenatal detection of complex CHD with implementation of a specific screening protocol.

Methods: From January 2003 to December 2013, 506 consecutive confirmed cases of complex CHD in the province of Manitoba, Canada, were analyzed to compare the sensitivity and positive predictive value of prenatal US detection of complex CHD before and after the introduction of a novel prenatal screening protocol.

Ectopic Pelvic Fibroid in a Woman With Uterine Agenesis and Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome.

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by aplasia or hypoplasia of the uterus and vagina due to arrest in the development of the müllerian ducts. Women with this syndrome have the normal 46 XX karyotype, normal female secondary sex characteristics, and primary amenorrhea. Only a few cases have been described in the literature where a fibroid develops from a rudimentary, nonfunctioning uterus in patients with MRKH syndrome.

Utility of balanced steady-state free precession MR venography in the diagnosis of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of balanced steady-state free precession MR venography in the diagnosis of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Subjects And Methods: After undergoing lower extremity ultrasound because of suspicion of deep venous thrombosis, 64 patients were prospectively recruited to undergo balanced steady-state free precession MR venography with ultrasound as the reference standard. Ultrasound images were independently interpreted by two blinded ultrasound radiologists, and MR venograms were independently interpreted by two blinded MRI radiologists.