Visual Disturbance Caused by a Nail Gun-Induced Penetrating Brain Injury by Jin Bong Ye, Young Hoon Sul, Se Heon Kim, Jin Young Lee, Jin Suk Lee, Hong Rye Kim, Soo Young Yoon, Jung Hee Choi

“…He was alert and neurologically intact except for visual disturbance. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain showed the nail lodged at the occipital lobe and the parietal lobe, with minimal intracerebral hemorrhage. …”
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Incidence and Patterns of Interstitial Lung Disease and Their Clinical Impact on Mortality in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: Korean Single... by Jang Woo Ha, Jung Yoon Pyo, Sung Soo Ahn, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee

“…ILD and its patterns, the usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and non-UIP patterns, were confirmed using high-resolution computed tomography both at AAV diagnosis and during follow-up. …”
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Giant Intrahepatic Subcapsular Haematoma: A Rare Complication following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy—A Case Report and Literature Review by Eltaib Saad, Lauren O’Connell, Anne M. Browne, W. Khan, R. Waldron, K. Barry, Iqbal Z. Khan

“…We report on a 59-year-old female with symptomatic cholelithiasis on a background of morbid obesity who underwent an elective LC with an uncomplicated intraoperative course; however, she experienced a refractory hypotension within one hour postoperatively with an acute haemoglobin drop requiring fluid resuscitation and blood transfusion. A triphasic computed tomography scan revealed a large intrahepatic subcapsular haematoma (ISH) measuring 21 cm×3.1 cm×17 cm surrounding the lateral surface of the right hepatic lobe without active bleeding. …”
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Thrombophlebitis of the Right Renal Capsular Vein during the Early Postpartum Period by Koji Nakamura, Kensuke Nakanishi, Satoshi Kubota, Ryoko Takahashi, Mari Tomiie, Akihiro Moriyama

“…It mostly occurs in the right ovarian vein, and computed tomography (CT) is useful for diagnosis. We present a case of thrombophlebitis of the renal capsular vein. …”
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Pulmonary Hypertension due to a Pulmonary Artery Leiomyosarcoma: A Case Report by Seyyed Hassan Adeli, Bardia Nemati, Mahboubeh Jandaghi, Mohammad Mahdi Riahi, Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh, Fatemeh Salarvand

“…She was initially diagnosed with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed that lobulated heterogeneous left hilar mass extended to precarinal and subcarinal space. …”
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Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis in Isolated Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenopathy by Sanjay Khaladkar, Avadhesh Chauhan, Arijit Ghosh, Kunaal Jain, Surbhi Chauhan

“…Our case is rare as there was isolated tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy with adjoining IJV thrombosis. Both USG and computed tomography (CT) are accurate and reliable radiological investigations for detecting IJV thrombosis along with cervical lymph nodes. …”
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A Rare Tumor in a Patient with Hepatic Hydatic Cyst: Adrenal Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma by Fatma Umit Malya, Suleyman Bozkurt, Mustafa Hasbahceci, Gokhan Cipe, Issam Cheikh Ahmad, Zuhal Gucin, Oguzhan Karatepe, Mahmut Muslumanoglu

“…In her routine blood examinations, her alpha feta protein level was found higher than normal and her abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance findings did not reveal any pathological findings rather than hepatic hydatic cysts. …”
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Features of clinical course, diagnostics and surgical treatment of a giant left atrial myxoma with subsequent mitral valve insufficiency by R.M. Vitovskyi, V.P. Zakharova, I.V. Martyshchenko, M.O. Tregubova, V.V. Isaenko, A.V. Kupchinsky

“…The condition hasn’t been recognized at transesophageal echocardiography or computed tomography. Undoubtedly, mitral valve regurgitation and cusp damage were tricky to determine due to large size of the tumor and its proximity to the damaged cusp. …”
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Tracheal perforation and subcutaneous emphysema secondary to pseudomembranous invasive Aspergillus tracheobronchitis successfully managed with endotracheal tube manipulation by Kazushige Shiraishi, Takkin Lo

“…Seven days after the failed extubation, he developed subcutaneous emphysema in the neck. Chest computed tomography scan showed neck, left chest wall, and mediastinal emphysema. …”
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Angiojet System Used in the Treatment of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report of Two Patients by Jinbo Liu, Tianrun Li, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Hongyu Wang

“…Pulmonary artery computed tomography angiography showed bilateral pulmonary embolism. …”
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In vivo bone regeneration performance of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydrogel-based composite bone cements in ovariectomized and ovary-intact rats: a preliminary investigation by Mosharraf Hossain, Tamima Sultana, Ji Eun Moon, Soobin Im, Je Hoon Jeong

“…Two prepared biocomposites including HG/β-TCP/HA and HG/β-TCP/HA/PMMA were injected into the tibial defects of both OVX and NOVX rats for evaluating in vivo osteogenesis after 12 weeks. Micro-computed tomography and histological analysis using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Masson's trichrome stains of the two composite cements implanted into the tibial defects of OVX and NOVX rats revealed enhanced bone regeneration potential. …”
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Adjacent Segment Infection after Lumbar Fusion: A Case Report and the Literature Review by Wenlong Wang, Zheng Liu, Sijun Wu

“…However, the patient complained of severe back pain again after long-term oral antibiotic treatment and was rehospitalized 6 months after surgery. The computed tomography (CT) scan showed obvious bony endplate destruction at the adjacent segment space. …”
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Laparoscopic Repair of Right Paraduodenal Hernia in Adult Patients: Case Report and Literature Review by Tomoko Takagishi, Yuta Niimi, Goshi Matsuki, Shinta Nagano, Junsuke Hinami, Masaaki Kajiwara, Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yoshihiro Kubota, Osamu Nakai

“…A 56-year-old Japanese female presented with vomiting, nausea, and abdominal pain after excessive drinking and eating. Abdominal computed tomography showed an encapsulated circumscribed cluster of jejunal loops in the right upper quadrant. …”
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Sinonasal Melanoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by I. S. S. Alves, L. G. S. Berriel, R. T. Alves, M. B. Pinto, C. F. P. Oliveira, A. C. Cazzotto, W. V. Moura

“…This report describes a 64-year-old male patient with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Computed tomography of the facial sinuses revealed a large lesion in the right nasal cavity, with infiltration into the left cavity, ethmoidal cells, and erosion of the cribriform plate. …”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of pre-treated luffa fiber reinforced cement mortar. by Renqiang Yang, Zhengjun Guan, Lihua Zhang, Yong Shu

“…Meanwhile, the fiber-mortar interface fusion and hydration products were systemically analysed by performing SEM-EDS (scanning electron microscopy-energy spectrum analysis) and CT (Computed Tomography) tomography measurements. From our analysis, it was demonstrated that pretreated luffa fibers could significantly enhance the strength, shrinkage resistance, and toughness of cement mortar. …”
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A True Aneurysm of the Zygomatic Orbital Artery: First Case Report in the Literature by Valentina Molinaro, Elisa Pagliasso, Gianfranco Varetto, Claudio Castagno, Lorenzo Gibello, Pietro Rispoli

“…Color echo Doppler and angio-computed tomography demonstrated a fusiform aneurysm of the zygomatic orbital artery, a branch of the superficial temporal artery. …”
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Automated 3D semantic segmentation of PCB X-ray CT images and netlist extraction by Adrian Phoulady, Yara Suleiman, Hongbin Choi, Nicholas May, Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Pouya Tavousi

“…This paper presents an automated approach, combining image processing and machine learning, to achieve 3D semantic segmentation of PCB X-ray Computed Tomography (X-ray CT) images and subsequent netlist extraction. …”
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Long-term Follow-up of Patients Undergoing Nephrectomy for Urolithiasis by Thiago Augusto Cunha Ferreira, Alexandre Danilovic, Samirah Abreu Gomes, Fabio Carvalho Vicentini, Giovanni Scala Marchini, Fábio César Miranda Torricelli, Carlos Alfredo Batagello, William Carlos Nahas, Eduardo Mazzucchi

“…Renal function was assessed using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) via the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation, while kidney stone events were detected using computed tomography. Results: Among 107 patients followed for an average of 83.5 months, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) significantly increased the risk of progression to stage 3 CKD by 34.79-fold (p=0.004). …”
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The impact of quantitative platform on candidacy for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a multi-center retrospective cohort study by Max Wayne, Suchitra Pilli, Hee Jae Choi, Nathaniel Moulton, Praveen Chenna, Allen Cole Burks, Alexander Chen

“…Two commercially available platforms exist to help determine candidacy for BLVR via quantitative analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans. Objectives: To determine if the two commercially available quantitative platforms identified the same patient population that may benefit from BLVR. …”
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A Rare Case of Perforated Descending Colon Cancer Complicated with a Fistula and Abscess of Left Iliopsoas and Ipsilateral Obturator Muscle by Alban Cacurri, Gaspare Cannata, Stefano Trastulli, Jacopo Desiderio, Antongiulio Mangia, Olga Adamenko, Eleonora Pressi, Giorgio Giovannelli, Giuseppe Noya, Amilcare Parisi

“…Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a left abdominal wall, retroperitoneal, and iliopsoas abscess that also involved the ipsilateral obturator muscle. …”
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