Publications by authors named "Gregory Ratcliffe"

Background: Congenital tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis. The diagnosis is often delayed, especially in preterm neonates because of the non-specific clinical presentation and the lack of awareness of maternal disease prior to pregnancy.

Case Presentation: We report a case of congenital tuberculosis in an infant born at 24 weeks of gestation to a mother who presented with uncontrolled seizures during preterm labor.

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Objective: To determine if gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiography can detect and localize bile duct leaks in postcholecystectomy patients.

Material And Methods: Four blinded independent radiologists performed a retrospective review of 16 consecutive patients who underwent MR cholangiography with intravenous Gd-EOB-DTPA for the evaluation of possible biliary leak. Image quality, ductal opacification, and presence and location of any bile leak were evaluated.

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A rare complication of a Stanford type A aortic dissection is extension along the pulmonary arteries. We present a case that shows main and right pulmonary artery intramural hematoma and pulmonary hemorrhage in an 80-year-old woman who presented with a type A Stanford aortic dissection. The 11-month follow-up multidetector CT angiogram for this patient showed that the right pulmonary artery had become aneurysmal.

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Objective: There is emerging evidence from clinical and community samples to suggest that migraines are associated with mental disorders. The present study utilized a large population-based sample to investigate the association between physician-diagnosed migraine and mental disorders.

Method: Data were from the German Health Survey conducted between 1997 and 1999 (N=4181, response rate 61.

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