Correlation between qualitative and semi-quantitative ultrasound assessment of diffuse fatty liver disease: A case-control study.

Objective: To study the relationship between qualitative and semi-quantitative assessment of diffuse liver steatosis in ultrasound.

Patients And Methods: This was a case-control study, conducted in the Campus University Hospital Centre of Lome (Togo) over a 3-month period. It included 40 patients showing ultrasonographic signs of diffuse hepatic steatosis and 40 volunteers (healthy) whose echostructure and echogenicity of the hepatic parenchyma were normal.

Evaluation of Iodinated Contrast Media Use in Abdominal CT Scans in Cancer Assessments: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lomé (Togo).

Background: There is great variability between centers regarding contrast injection protocols. They should only be injected if they can provide useful information for diagnosis with the necessary and sufficient quantity of iodine. We wanted to know through this study if the use of iodinated contrast media is optimised in abdominal CT scans performed for cancer assessment in Lomé.

[Measurement Of Umbilical cord diameter On Ultrasound: An Indicator Of Fetal growth].

Introduction: One of the main goals of routine antenatal care is to identify mal developing fetuses and fetal ultrasound biometry parameters are used for this purpose. The objective of this study was to establish the norms of umbilical cord diameter (UCD) and to investigate its relationship with estimated fetal weight (EFW) and other fetal biometry parameters.

Populations And Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study with prospective data collection conducted in the radiology and medical imaging and gynaecological-obstetrics departments of Sokodé regional hospital.

Breast Abscessed Cancer in Nonlactating Women in Tropical Environment: Radiological, Bacteriological, and Anatomopathological Features about 3 Cases.

The association of breast cancer and abscess is rare in daily practice. The authors report a short series of 3 cases of cancer of the breast in nonlactating women presented as breast abscess, reviewing aspects in radiology (ultrasound and mammography), correlating them with the histopathology findings and the bacteriological profile of the isolated germs.