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Volume 23 Number 1 Year 2019

24 articles in this issue 

Tiaan P. Steyn,Fekade A. Gebremariam

AbstractBackground: Violence is a leading public health problem worldwide. Beyond the pain and suffering, violence has a significant economic impact on a country’s health, policing and judicial services. Because of the lack of current and comprehensi... see more

 

Hatty G. Fischer,Farhana E. Suleman,Samia Ahmad

AbstractBackground: Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) remains a common cause of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in ageing men in South Africa and can impact significantly on the quality of life (QOL) of these patients. The Urology Department at S... see more

 

Ntjeke S. Mokolane,Cornelia Minne,Alireza Dehnavi

AbstractBackground: Basal skull fractures (BSFs) have been reported to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the literature, particularly in young male patients. However, there are limited data available on the aetiology, prevalence and patt... see more

 

Akingboye M. Dauda,John O. Ozoh,Olakunle A. Towobola

AbstractBackground: Diagnostic investigations using radiation have become a critical feature of medical practice in recent times. However, the possibility of doctors’ underestimation of risks of over-exposure of patients to diagnostic radiation still... see more

 

Sheila T. Ominde,Timothy M. Mutala

AbstractBackground: Current advancements in dynamic contrast imaging of the liver have enabled increased sensitivity in the diagnosis of liver lesions. Evaluation and characterisation of the enhancement pattern of liver lesions in respect to the live... see more

 

Mark A. Nicolaou,Kathleen Jacobs,Sindeep Bhana,Kershlin Naidu,Veronique Nicolaou

AbstractBackground: Thyroid nodules are prevalent worldwide. Detection rates are increasing because of the use of ultrasonography. Ultrasound has become the first-choice imaging modality in evaluating nodules. The decision to perform an US-guided fin... see more

 

Sithembiso M. Langa,Nondumiso N.M. Dlamini,Balasoobramanien Pillay

AbstractBackground: Thoracic vascular injuries following blunt chest trauma are the second leading cause of trauma-related deaths. Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is the imaging modality of choice in detecting these injuries.Objectives:&nbs... see more

 

Jacolien M. Rall,Fekade A. Gebremariam,Gina Joubert

AbstractBackground: In South Africa, the leading cause of spinal cord injuries is motor vehicle accidents, followed by violence-related injuries, including gunshot injuries and stab wounds. Controversy regarding management persists. Magnetic resonance ima... see more

 

Nashil Singh,Heleen Hanekom,Farhana E. Suleman

AbstractBackground: Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has internationally been proven to reduce unnecessary knee arthroscopies and assist with surgical planning. This has the advantage of avoiding unnecessary surgery and the associated anaesth... see more

 

Sanele S. Mncube,Matthew Goodier

AbstractBackground: Imaging assessment of the anterior visual pathway structures, particularly the optic nerves (ON), requires knowledge of normal dimensions. Several studies suggesting techniques and normal ranges have been performed, but most suffer fro... see more

 

Denny Mathew,Heliodora de Lima,Nasreen Mahomed

AbstractRhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in the paediatric age group, ranking fourth in frequency after central nervous system tumours, neuroblastomas and nephroblastomas. Embryonal RMS of the biliary tree is considered a rare... see more

 

Tanusha Sewchuran

AbstractThe imaging spectrum of pulmonary metastases varies greatly, with solid and partly cavitating nodules being the most common. When imaging the oncology patient, specifically follow-up imaging post-treatment, the radiological aim is to assess for di... see more

 

Denny Mathew,Nasreen Mahomed

AbstractChildhood ataxia and central nervous system hypomyelination (CACH), also known as ‘vanishing white matter disease’ (VWM), is a leukoencephalopathy with autosomal recessive inheritance. It is characterised by normal psychomotor development initiall... see more

 

Venkatram Krishnan,Sunil K. Bajaj,Abhilash Sethy,Neetika Gupta

AbstractHaemangioma is the most common benign tumour of the liver. However, an exophytic hepatic haemangioma, especially the pedunculated form, is very rare. Giant pedunculated haemangiomas are prone to complications because of the narrow size of the pedi... see more

 

Natasha Sobey,Lauren Raubenheimer

AbstractUterine leiomyomas are common benign neoplasms. While generally easily diagnosed, variations in size and type of degeneration can drastically alter the imaging findings and result in diagnostic uncertainty. We present the case of a 34-year-old fem... see more

 

Alain M. Mukendi,Amer Rauf,Sean Doherty,Florence Mahlobo,Peter Afolayan,Shabina Dawadi

AbstractRenal arteriovenous malformations are rare renal vascular abnormalities. More commonly, the term refers to the congenital type of malformation. Only a few cases have ever been presented and reported in the literature, mostly with a nidus. We prese... see more

 

Denny Mathew,Daniel N. Prince,Nasreen Mahomed

AbstractChest wall or pleural-based tumours represent a heterogeneous group of lesions that are infrequent in children and infants; however, a large proportion of these lesions are malignant in nature. Categorising them on the basis of primary versus seco... see more

 

Denny Mathew,Nasreen Mahomed

AbstractPrimary pancreatic tumours are a rare and unusual entity in children. In this article, we present the case of an 8-month-old girl who presented with obstructive jaundice. The differential diagnosis based on imaging studies was that of a pancreatic... see more

 

Ilonka Warnich,Mark Nicolaou,Zelia Sofianos,Jacobus A. Pienaar,Jacob Varghese

AbstractPage kidney is a rare phenomenon that can present with hypertension. The presence of a subcapsular perirenal collection causes parenchymal compression leading to renal hypoperfusion. Subsequent activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone syste... see more

 

Raihaan M. Ally,Mark D. Velleman,Farhana E. Suleman

AbstractMeralgia paresthetica is a neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Traditionally, the diagnosis is based on classical symptoms and signs. In cases where there is a diagnostic dilemma, the role of magnetic resonance imaging has been to e... see more

 

Rishi P. Mathew,Timothy Alexander,Vimal Patel,Gavin Low

AbstractChest radiographs (CXRs) are the most common imaging investigations undertaken because of their value in evaluating the cardiorespiratory system. They play a vital role in intensive care units for evaluating the critically ill. It is therefore ver... see more

 

Rishi P. Mathew,Timothy Alexander,Vimal Patel,Gavin Low

AbstractHeart failure is considered a worldwide pandemic affecting 26 million people globally. Patients who are unfit or waiting for cardiac transplantation may benefit from alternate mechanical support therapies using ventricular assist devices. It is no... see more