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Objective: to determine the frequency of hepatic steatosis by ultrasonography in diabetics and compare with non-diabetics
Material and methods: this case-control study was carried out in a private clinic at Hyderabad, Sindh - Pakistan, on 100 patients out of which 50 were known diabetics and 50 were controls. Liver ultrasound findings were studied in both study groups
Results: bright liver was shown in 20 [40%] diabetics out of which 12 were females and 8 were males. Control group showed bright liver in 15 [30%] out of which 6 were males and 9 were females. Focal/patchy infiltration was seen in 4 [16%] of diabetic men and 5 [20%] of diabetic women, whereas control group showed patchy infiltration in 10 [20%] patients, equals in males and females. In addition peri-portal fibrosis was found in 4 males and 6 females in the diabetic group. Liver biopsy/CT-scan confirmed the sonographic findings
Conclusion: ultrasonography is a cost effective and non-invasive procedure to diagnose steato-hepatitis. It is readily available and the results are comparable to other invasive and or expensive diagnostic tools
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Colloid cysts are benign congenital cysts that arise in the anterior part of the third ventricle of brain at the level of foramen of Monro and constitute 1% of all cerebral tumors. They occur usually in the younger age and are asymptomatic unless they compress foramen of Monro and cause hydrocephalus. They can be symptomatic and fatal, if not treated properly. A case is reported here who had an outside referral for CT Scan of brain with main complaints of persistent recurrent headache and positional vertigo
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Humans , Male , Colloids , Cysts , Headache , Vertigo , Hydrocephalus , Third Ventricle/pathology , Lateral Ventricles/pathologyABSTRACT
This case report describes a young man with bilateral flank pain for one year following a gunshot trauma to abdomen. On ureteroscopy a pellet was found in the right ureter