Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: A case report of thrombocytopenia and a hypervascular splenic mass.

Introduction: Sclerosing Angiomatoid Nodular Transformation of the spleen is a benign vascular lesion with no known etiology.

Presentation Of Case: We report a new case in a symptomatic twenty-one-year old female with thrombocytopenia and a hypervascular splenic mass discovered on ultrasound. Two MRIs were performed prior to hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy.

Aortic stiffness, central pulse pressure and cognitive function following acute resistance exercise.

Introduction: While resistance exercise (RE) is known to be beneficial for overall health, one bout of RE acutely increases aortic stiffness and pulse pressure (PP). Increases in aortic stiffness and PP in a setting of aging has been shown to detrimentally impact cognitive function. This study examined whether increased aortic stiffness and PP from an acute bout of RE is associated with cognitive function.

Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the assessment of descending thoracic aorta graft dehiscence.

We report the usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography to identify endovascular graft showing leakage not visualized using two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.