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Utilization of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Injuries
Traumatic dental injuries can often result in immediate complications in the form of tooth fracture and mobility, as well as later complications in...
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Utilization of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Endodontic Diagnosis
Endodontic diagnosis is dependent upon evaluation of the patient’s chief complaint, medical and dental history, and clinical and radiographic...
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Non-surgical Retreatment Utilizing Cone Beam Computed Tomography
Successful discovery and localization of all roots and potential canal spaces are critical to favorable endodontic outcomes and therapies. This is...
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Root Resorption
Root resorption is the loss of dental hard tissue due to the action of clastic cells. In permanent dentition, root resorption is pathological in...
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CEUS in Visceral Emergencies
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of the gastrointestinal tract can provide useful information on the vascularization of the bowel wall and...
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Acute Appendicitis and US: A Never-Ending Story?
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal surgical emergencies. Diagnosis can be challenging, depending on clinical presentation,...
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US Anatomy of Hollow Viscus
The recent technological advancement, as well as the increased experience of physicians, determined a widespread use of ultrasound (US) examinations...
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Why a Surgeon Should Become Proficient in Visceral Point-of-care Ultrasound?
Acute abdomen refers to severe abdominal pain requiring urgent and specific care. It represents about 4–10% of all emergency visits and up to 25% of...
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Bowel Obstruction: The Clinical Questions Can Be Answered by US
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a relatively common presentation to the Emergency Department (ED), accounting for up to 15% of surgical admissions....
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Endocrinology and Metabolism
Graves’ disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, thyroid goiter, and ophthalmopathy. The disease arises due to the...
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Iatrogenic Conditions
Over a thousand medications are known to have the potential to result in lung injury. The constant development of new pharmaceuticals capable of...
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Tumors of Uncertain Histogenesis
This is a variable group of tumors for which a specific cell of origin is debatable. The tumors in this group do not share any histopathological...
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Pathology of the Lung Allograft
Recent advances in immunosuppressive medications, clinical immunology, patient selection, and surgical techniques have improved the outcome of lung...
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Non-Small Cell Carcinoma
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the world, with over two million new cases and over 1.7 million deaths reported in 2018. In the...
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Emphysema and Cystic Lung Disease
Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), that is defined by the Global Initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease...
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Thymic Carcinoma
Thymic carcinoma reflects a heterogeneous group of tumors that may be grouped into low- and high-grade tumors. Currently, thymic carcinoma is well...
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Interstitial Pneumonia
Interstitial pneumonia is an inflammatory change of pulmonary interstitium, with infectious etiology and noninfectious etiology [1]. Infectious...
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Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis (IE) refers to the inflammation of heart valve or ventricular wall intima, chordae tendineae, artificial valve, and implant...
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X-Ray Imaging and CT Imaging Techniques of Great Vessels in Chest and Heart
Conventional X-ray examination is an important part of imaging for chest and heart and is a widely used examination technique. Normal lungs are...
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is a group of diffuse nontumor, noninfectious lung diseases of unknown cause, involving pulmonary...