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Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a syndrome caused by compression of the left renal vein (LRV), between the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery, resulting in hypertension of the LRV and hematuria. Doppler ultrasonography (US) has been commonly used for the diagnosis of NCS. However, several technical issues, such as Doppler angle and sample volume, need to be considered to obtain satisfactory results. In addition, morphologic changes of the LRV and a jetting phenomenon across the aortomesenteric portion of the LRV on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) are diagnostic clues of NCS. With proper Doppler US and CECT, NCS can be diagnosed noninvasively.
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Aorta, Abdominal , Diagnosis , Hematuria , Hypertension , Mesenteric Artery, Superior , Renal Veins , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Ultrasonography, DopplerABSTRACT
Duplex Doppler US may be useful for the detection of thyroid malignancies that show either anarchic winding or penetrating "sword like" neoangiogenic vessels. It may be helpful in selecting nodules that should undergo fine needle aspiration biopsy.
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Humans , Biopsy, Fine-Needle , Diagnosis, Differential , Thyroid Neoplasms/blood supply , Thyroid Nodule/blood supply , Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex , Ultrasonography, InterventionalABSTRACT
Una de las complicaciones neurológicas más devastadoras de la anemia drepanocítica son los ictus, tanto isquémicos como hemorrágicos. El 11 por ciento de los pacientes con hemoglobina SS (HbSS) tienen un ictus antes de los 20 años de edad. Se presenta el caso de un niño de 14 años, congolés, gravemente desnutrido, con anemia drepanocítica y antecedentes de ictus isquémicos de repetición, que fue atendido en la Clínica Internacional Cira García. La resonancia magnética evidenció signos de infartos antiguos a diferentes niveles en ambos hemisferios y zonas de encefalomalacia. Este paciente muestra la evolución natural de las complicaciones cerebrovasculares de la anemia de células falciformes
Among the most devastating neurologic complications from sickle-cell anemia are the ischemic and hemorrhagic ictus. The 11 percent of patients with SS hemoglobin (HbSS) has ictus before the twenties. This is the case of a child from the Congo aged 14 severely undernourished presenting with sickle-cell anemia and backgrounds of repeated ischemic ictus, seen in the Cira García International Clinic. Magnetic resonance showed signs of an old infarction at different levels of both hemispheres and encephalomalacia zones. This patient shows the natural course of the cerebrovascular complications of sickle-cell anemia