The major cystic lesions of the liver are simple cysts, hydatid cysts, polycystic liver disease, cystadenoma, and cystadenocarcinoma. Ultrasound has 90% sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis of ...

Ultrasound (US) is mainly used for abdominal cysts, whereas conventional radiography (X-ray ... In light of these findings, cholesterol plays an important role in the immunopathology of hydatid ...

A simple cyst classically appears as a mass that has well-defined borders. On ultrasound, it is generally anechoic and shows significant posterior acoustic enhancement (Fig. 1). As opposed to most ...

Multimodal imaging of the cardiac hydatid cyst case. A) Chest radiograph showing a radiopaque lesion in the right lung (yellow arrow) and bulging of the left cardiac contour. B) Axial non-contrast ...

IN the past eight years, 132 cases of hydatid disease have been treated in the Auckland Group of Hospitals. Among these patients, two were found to have strong anti-P agglutinins in their sera.

Nineteen (61%) patients had cystadenomas ( Table 2). Eight lesions were located in the pancreatic head, three in the body, and eight in the tail. The mean tumor size was 3.4 cm (range 1.3-8.0 cm).

In view of a large space occupying lesion and with compression of the LAD and LCx, the patient was managed surgically with complete resection of the mass on cardiopulmonary bypass, with great care ...

They may prescribe antibiotics, or recommend an ultrasound or further treatment. A galactocele is a benign, milk-filled cyst that develops on the breast. This type of cyst may feel smooth or round.

Ruptured ovarian cysts happen when these fluid-filled sacs in the ovaries break. The ovarian cyst wall opens up, which exposes the fluid in the cyst to your abdominal cavity. Physical activity or ...

fsmail.net BACKGROUND Screening cranial ultrasound led to the discovery of isolated frontal horn cysts quite distinct from periventricular leucomalacia cysts. AIM To clarify their significance, ...

The device delivers ultrasound energy to the patient’s pancreas and generates localized heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius that destroys cancer cells in the organ. Other types of ultrasound waves ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...