Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510026

A Different Form of Acute Myocardial Infarction!

Rita Ferreira

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: January 30, 2016

A 50-year old man was admitted to the emergency room due to severe dyspnea and thoracic pain with 3 hours of onset. He had no known history of cardiovascular disease, but he was recovering from drug addict....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510025

Clinical, Radiographic, Gammagraphic and Anatomical Characteristics of Active Condylar Hyperplasia

Diego Fernando Lopez B

Article Type: Clinical Case | First Published: January 27, 2016

Condylar hyperplasia is a pathologic condition due to progressive overgrowth of one or both mandibular condyles, causing either secondary facial asymmetry or mandibular prognathism. Although it is self-limiting, the overgrowth may continue even after skeletal growth stops....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510024

Magnetic Resonance Images of the Structure and Tissue Organization of a Fetal Heart

Eleftheria Pervolaraki, Richard A Anderson, Alan P Benson and ArunV Holden

Article Type: Image | First Published: January 25, 2016

A 20 week gestational age human fetal heart was imaged at a 100 μm cubic voxel resolution, using a standard diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTMRI) protocol in a 9.4 tesla Bruker NMR. The three-dimensional cardiac data set is visualized by its surface and a transparent wireframe....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510023

An Uncommon Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Michalis Galanopoulos and Apostolis Papaefthymiou

Article Type: Case Presentation | First Published: January 23, 2016

An 80-year-old man suffering from dementia and Parkinson disease was admitted to our hospital for investigation of 2 to 3 daily episodes of melena stools 20 days now....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510022

Pneumothorax and Subcutaneous Emphysema. When Assessing Chest Tube Placement

Ana Patricia Ovejero Diaz, Gemma Maria Munoz Molina and Ana Paz Valdebenito Montecino

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: January 08, 2016

Subcutaneous emphysema occurs when air gets into tissues under the skin. It occurs mainly in the neck, chest and face when air travel to these areas of the chest cavity through the fascia....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510021

Coiled Nasogastric Tube in Oesophagus

Sameer Sethi

Article Type: Image | First Published: January 06, 2016

This is a image of an plain X-Ray Chest PA view of a 32 year old female postoperative patient of liver transplant. In this X- ray a nasogastric tube (NG) is seen coiled in the oesophagus which is a rare event....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510020

Mitral Valve Perforation: The Value of Real Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography

Humberto Morais and Valdano Manuel

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: December 14, 2015

A 63-year-old man was referred to perform a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for suspicion of mitral endocarditis. The 2-Dimensional TEE showed a solution of continuity in the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve compatible with mitral perforation....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510019

Images of Iatrogenic Pneumopericardium

Josephine Pressacco

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: December 11, 2015

A 76-year-old man presenting with cardiac tamponade underwent urgent pericardial drainage using ultrasound guided pericardial puncture. A pericardial drainage catheter was left in place....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510018

Giant Floating Right Atrial Thrombus Following Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty

Georgina Fuertes Ferre, Maria Carmen Aured Guallar, Esther Sanchez Insa and Jose Gabriel Galache Osuna

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: December 06, 2015

A 83 years-old woman underwent percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) due to symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis. The transesophageal echocardiogram before PBMV revealed no atrial thrombus. PMBV was performed under fluoroscopic guidance....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510017

Radiological Diagnosis of a Neonate with Mucolipidosis II (I-Cell Disease)

Yo Niida

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: November 28, 2015

Mucolipidosis II (ML II) or inclusion cell disease (I-cell disease) (OMIM 252500) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal enzyme targeting disorder. ML II is usually presents between 6 and 12 months of age with a clinical phenotype resembling Hurler syndrome and a radiological picture of dysostosis multiplex....