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Brain metastases | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org Other than germ cell tumors, leukaemias, and lymphomas, palliation is the rule and curative therapy is the subject of case reports Surgery can be beneficial for patients with suspected brain metastases and unknown diagnosis of primary cancer, or large tumors causing mass effect, as it can provide both diagnosis and tumor removal
R24-212 Cystic Breast Lesions On Ultrasonography. The good, the bad . . . A) Left MLO mammogram: calcified oil cyst and surgical clips in the left upper breast Prior: 2 of 3 Operator: AJA 543 mm, 0 024 dGy, 33 99 kV, 57 mA 3 Newton image no: 4 B) Corresponding area on ultrasound: dense scar tissue with surgical clips causing dense posterior acoustic shadowing
Anterior abdominal wall hernias | Educational rPoster | Radiopaedia. org The 3-6-9 rule is a simple memory aid describing the normal bowel calibre: small bowel: <3 cm large bowel: <6 cm appendix: <6 mm caecum: <9 cm Above these dimensions, the bowel is generally considered dilated, and obstruction or an adynamic paralytic ileus should be considered Hernias are a common cause of small bowel obstruction TREATMENT
Abdominal x-ray interpretation | Lecture by Vikas Shah | Radiopaedia. org In this region, you may have come across the 3-6-9 rule When reading about abdominal radiographs And what this says is that the upper limit of normal size for the small bowel is three centimetres, the large bowel, six centimetres, and the caecum, which is the most capacious part of the large bowel nine centimetres
Ovarian cyst | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia. org Pathology Small cystic ovarian structures should be considered normal ovarian follicles unless the patient is pre-pubertal, post-menopausal, pregnant, or the mean diameter is >3 cm (see the 1-2-3 rule) There are many types of ovarian cyst:
CYST OR TWIST? - prod-images-static. radiopaedia. org Pancreatitis history (4 to 6 weeks) Or alcoholism Possible communication Enhnaced thin wall, ×No calcification Debris, necrotic tissue, simple cyst No : Solid component, central scar
R23 073 Ultrasound Use in Traumatic Pneumothorax Some impressive numbers • The average time to perform varies from 2 - 3 minutes; less than one minute to rule out a pneumothorax and several minutes to rule it in • In traumatic pneumothorax ,ultrasound has a higher sensitivity than CXR, 48 8 and 20 9%, respectively, and a similar specificity of 99 6 and 98 7%, respectively