30 articles in this issue
Razaan Davis
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Charles S. Wiysonge
Eleanor A. Ochodo
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Binit Sureka,Mahesh K. Mittal,Aliza Mittal,Mukul Sinha,Brij B. Thukral
AbstractPseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare complication of mucinous tumours of appendiceal or ovarian origin. Other associations are malignancies of the colon, urachus and biliary tree. Large amounts of extracellular and peritoneal mucin result in distortio... see more
Abraham Fourie Bezuidenhout,Jared M. Lipsitz,Anne-Marie Du Plessis
AbstractThis pictorial essay provides a classification system for the most common intramedullaryspinal masses and describes distinguishing imaging features that will aid the radiologist inproviding a relevant differential diagnosis to guide further manage... see more
Farzanah I. Ismail,Rule Human,Anith Chacko,Parmanand Naran,Samia Ahmad,Siraj Ellemdin
AbstractA 36-year-old asymptomatic female had a routine chest radiograph to exclude pulmonary tuberculosis, as part of an employee wellness programme. There was opacification of the right lower thorax. Computed tomography and venography demonstrated an in... see more
Nausheen Khan,Irma Vandewerke
Abstract‘Hydatid’ originates from the Greek word meaning ‘watery vesicle’. It refers to a cyst formed as a result of infestation by larvae of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, endemic to sheep-raising areas of the world. Humans are an accidental inter... see more
Joel H. Bortz
AbstractA 68-year-old obese man underwent computed tomographic colonography (CTC) scanning to investigate worsening constipation and lower abdominal discomfort on his left side.Optical colonoscopy was contraindicated because of his comorbidities. A prelim... see more
Shailender N. Singh,Gaurav Sundar,Hanuman Satishchandra
AbstractRenal lymphangiectasia is a very rare benign disorder characterised by dilatation of the perirenal and peripelvic lymphatics. The condition is commonly misdiagnosed for othercystic lesions of the kidney such as polycystic kidneys. The diagnosis ca... see more
Sourav Talukder,Anindya Bandyopadhay,Shamick Biswas,Sumit Chakraborty,Suchismita Chakrabarti
AbstractCompound palmar ganglion, or chronic flexor tenosynovitis, most commonly of tuberculousorigin, is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (TB). The flexor synovialsheath is not a common site for TB but, once involved, causes rapid invo... see more
Gerrit Blignaut,Eugene Loggenberg,Coert de Vries
AbstractBackground: The global prevalence of intracranial aneurysms is estimated at 2.3%. Limited literature is available on intracranial aneurysms in HIV-infected patients.Objectives: To describe the radiological appearance of intracranial aneurysms in... see more
Christopher T. Sikwila,Khatija Amod,Brindley D. Cupido,Ali Sabri
AbstractBackground: Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is the preferred modality for follow-up of paediatric neurosurgery patients. Serial imaging, however, has the disadvantage of an ionising radiation burden, which may be mitigated using the ‘as ... see more
Juruan F. de Witt,Stephanie Griffith-Richards,Richard D. Pitcher
AbstractBackground: The Division of Radiodiagnosis at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, a 1384-bed tertiary training institution in Cape Town, South Africa provides a comprehensive 24-hour clinical radiology service, and has a duty registrar on-site at all tim... see more
Cornelia Minné,Margaret E. Kisansa,Nazeema Ebrahim,Farhana E. Suleman,Nonjabulo Z. Makhanya
AbstractBackground: Even though magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard investigation for intracranial pathology, it is not widely available in developing countries and computed tomography (CT) of the brain remains the first-line investigati... see more
John-Henry Corbett,Werner S. Harmse
AbstractBackground: Composition of renal stones influences management of patients with renal stone disease. Currently stone composition can only be analysed ex vivo after stone extraction or passage, but recent introduction of dual-energy computed tomogra... see more
Paul Scholtz,Steve Beningfield,Sally Candy
AbstractBackground: Penetrating neck trauma is commonly encountered in South African trauma units, and is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. The imaging protocol for stable patients with penetrating neck trauma remains controversial. Ther... see more
Francois van Schouwenburg,Christelle Ackermann,Richard Pitcher
AbstractBackground: Increasing demand for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has resulted in longer waiting times for elective MRI, particularly in resource-limited healthcare environments.However, inappropriate imaging requests may also contribute to prolo... see more
Junko Nakamura,Takeharu Yoshikawa,Eriko Maeda,Hiroyuki Akai,Hiroshi Ohtsu,Naoto Hayashi,Kuni Ohtomo
AbstractBackground: The accepted threshold for normal endometrial thickness is 5 mm; lesions with endometrial thickness < 5 mm are considered benign, whilst those > 5 mm areconsidered malignant. However, endometrium = 5 mm on transvaginal ultrasonog... see more
Anand Moodley,William I.D. Rae,Yarish Brijmohan,Miranda Durand,Catherine Connolly,Andrew Michowicz,Ahmed Bhigjee
AbstractBackground: Optic nerve diffusion imaging is a useful investigational tool of optic nerve microstructure, but is limited by eye-movement-induced optic nerve movement and artifacts from surrounding cerebrospinal fluid, fat, bone and air. Attempts a... see more
Nathanael Sabbah,Sinclair Wynchank
AbstractThis article presents a description of tele-nuclear medicine and, after outlining its history, a wide, representative range of its applications. Tele-nuclear medicine has benefited greatly from technological progress, which for several decades has... see more
AbstractComputed tomography colonography (CTC) is a minimally invasive, fast, safe and accurate screening examination for colorectal cancer. It also allows evaluation of structures outside the colon. A successful CTC examination requires good bowel prepar... see more
Pumersha Naidoo,Bhugwan Singh
AbstractRight lower quadrant abdominal pain is a common clinical entity. Imaging and the radiologistplay an integral role in achieving a diagnosis, so guiding prompt management of patients.This review discusses the spectrum of pathology and imaging findin... see more
Fourie A. Bezuidenhout
Nasreen Mahomed,Evance Chisama,Sanjay Prabhu
AbstractThe ivy sign refers to diffuse bilateral leptomeningeal enhancement on post- contrastT1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and increased signal intensity in bilateralsubarachnoid spaces and perivascular spaces on T2-weighted fluid attenuati... see more
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Shalendra K. Misser
Shalendra K. Misser,Dion B. Steer,Stephen Purcell
Shalendra Misser
AbstractSeveral answers to the quiz question were received from all quarters of the country. Noteworthyresponses came from Drs Ian Haynes, Nikelo Mabandla, Francois Roux, Mlindeli Masango,Andrew Lawson, Zakariya Vawda and Zain Ally. Spot-on diagnoses with... see more
Shalendra K. Misser,John M. Zietkiewicz
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