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USG Liver Elastography: A Non-invasive tool for Liver Fibrosis.

USG Liver Elastography: A Non-invasive tool for Liver Fibrosis. Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis affects millions of people worldwide. Causes range from Alcoholism to Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C to Hepatotoxic Drugs such as chemotherapy. It is estimated that 500 million people are affected by chronic viral hepatitis worldwide, of which 1 million people die of …

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A Heart Sign in Medial Medullary Infarction

INTRODUCTION: Bilateral medial medullary infarction (MMI) is a rare stroke syndrome. MMI presents acutely or subacutely, presenting with dysarthria, dysphagia, quadriparesis, quadriplegia and sometimes complicated by respiratory disorder, resulting in poor prognosis. Diagnosis of bilateral MMI was initially difficult on brain MRI but with advent of newer sequences like DWI (diffusion weighted images) its been …

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Pituitary Gland in Central Diabetes Insipidus: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: The normal pituitary gland’s anterior and posterior parts are distinct on MRI. The anterior part is isointense on both T1 and T2 weighted images. The posterior pituitary has intrinsic high T1 signal, and is of hypointense signal on T2 weighted images. Pituitary stalk shows normal top-to-bottom tapering on sagittal and coronal images. We present …

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