Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Ultrasound (US) of the carpal tunnel adds value to the usual electrophysiology diagnosis by confirming doubtful results or evaluating patients who do not improve after surgery. US sometimes provides the surgeon or the referring physician with important information about normal variants or common or even rare causes of the nerve compression. The size of the median nerve must be calculated in the short axis by measuring the nerve cross-sectional area where the nerve is the thickest, in most cases at the proximal entrance of the carpal tunnel.

[Extra-cardiac findings on coronary computed Tomography scanning].

Background: Multi-detector-row computed tomography (MDCT) has emerged as method for non-invasive imaging of the heart.

Aim: To investigate the frequency of the non cardiac findings in cardiac imaging with MDCT.

Methods: A total of 191 patients underwent cardiac imaging with 64-slice MDCT over a period of 8 months.