Introduction Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) has emerged as a promising technique for evaluating the extent and severity of Crohn's disease activity. To compare how we measure Crohn's disease activity with MRE and endoscopy. Material and methods We retrospectively reviewed MRE studies of 60 patients with suspicious Crohn's disease who underwent 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is considered a vital in depicting multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. Current studies demonstrate that proton density (PD) weighted images (WI) are superior to T2 WI in detecting MS lesions (plaques) in the spinal cord.
Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic value of filtered fused PD/T2 weighted images in detecting cervical spinal cord MS lesions.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe infectious respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Multiple studies in the literature highlight the association between COVID-19 and stroke. We report a case of acute ischemic stroke in a COVID-19 patient without displaying symptoms of active COVID-19 infection or risk factors for stroke with further review of the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are benign neuroblastic tumors. These extra-cranial solid tumors are common in childhood but unusual in adults. Patients with GNs typically do not have any symptoms and the tumors usually are incidental findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntraosseous pneumatosis is a rare and often fatal condition characterised by air accumulation in the bone that may be brought about by infection, trauma (surgical or otherwise), degenerative disease or neoplastic processes. Here, we present a case of pelvic emphysematous osteomyelitis following repair of an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm. A 56-year-old Saudi male, known to have diabetes and hypertension, presented to the emergency department complaining of intermittent abdominal pain over the right lower quadrant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Spinal myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a slow-growing tumor arising from ependymal cells of the central nervous system. MPE rarely presents with acute neurological compromise and most commonly occur in the filum terminale or conus medullaris region. To date, only a few cases have been reported of patients presenting acutely because of hemorrhagic MPE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Soft tissue tumors of Schwann cells in either the peripheral or cranial nerves are known as schwannomas or also as neurilemmomas. Limited data exists regarding psoas muscle schwannoma in the literature. Therefore, we have done an extensive literature review and found a total number of 46 cases of intra-psoas schwannoma including our case, which are summarized in this article along with reporting our new case.
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