The Role of Tibial Plateau Angle in Canine Cruciate Ligament Rupture-A Review of the Literature.

Cranial cruciate ligament disease is a common pathological condition in dogs that is often presented in daily clinical practice. Different risk factors for the development of this condition include breed, sex, age, bodyweight and neuter status, as well as different biological and biomechanical mechanisms. In the literature, special attention has been paid to the role of the tibial plateau angle in damage to the cranial cruciate ligament.

Collagen-induced arthritis in Dark Agouti rats as a model for study of immunological sexual dimorphisms in the human disease.

Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is a frequently used animal model of rheumatoid arthritis, human autoimmune disease that exhibits clear sex bias in incidence and clinical course. Female Dark Agouti rats immunized for CIA showed also greater incidence and higher arthritic score than their male counterparts. The study investigated sex differences in mechanisms controlling the primary immune responses in draining lymph nodes (dLNs), as a factor contributing to this dimorphism.

Patterns of superficial veins of the middle upper extremity in Caucasian population.

Purpose: Superficial veins of the middle upper extremity are frequently variable in existence and arrangement. The superficial veins are clinically important in many revascularization procedures, particularly reconstructive microsurgery and arterial bypass surgery as well as intravenous injection or therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the patterns of superficial veins of middle upper extremity in healthy volunteers.

Oxygen reservoir bags simulating chest pathology: a case series.

Background: We present a series of plain chest radiographs taken in acute settings, with artifactual projections from oxygen reservoir bags. These artifacts are shown to simulate chest pathology in each case.

Objectives: The identification of artifacts on imaging prevents misdiagnosis and potential mistreatment of patients in acute settings.

Use of an endovascular stent graft and percutaneous thrombin injection to treat an iatrogenic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm.

In this report, we present the case and successful radiological treatment of a patient who developed a right hepatic arterypseudoaneurysm following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Initially, an endovascular stent graft was placed to exclude thepseudoaneurysm; subsequently, a small residual pseudoaneurysm was treated by percutaneous injection of thrombin. Thisreport is the first to describe this combination of radiological treatments for a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm.