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The typical CT manifestations of COVID-19 pneumonia include ground-glass opacity (GGO) with or without consolidation and superimposed interlobular septal thickening. These are often rounded in morphology and f...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:72
Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) has been discovered to be more sensitive and specific than two-dimensional full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in both screening and diagnostic settings. The aim of the st...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:71
It was important to develop a non-invasive imaging technique for early evaluation of spinal cord integrity after injury; MRI was the method of choice for evaluation of any cord abnormalities. However, some pat...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:70
The use of X-ray as a diagnostic tool for complication and anomaly in the neonatal patient has been helpful, but the effect of radiation on newborn stands to increase their cancer risk. This study aims to dete...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:69
Prostate cancer (PCa) is considered to be the commonest cancer among males. Early and precise diagnosis of PCa is essential for adequate treatment. Multiparametric MR imaging (mpMRI) is actually the most preci...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:68
Reports indicated that numerous factors, including inadequate personnel knowledge, contributes to insufficient patient data for setting up diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in developing countries. This study...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:67
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Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:66
Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; correct diagnostic approach results in better outcomes in patients with brain metastasis. Whole body 18 F-FDG PET/CT is a helpful m...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:65
Due to changes in the gastrointestinal system in geriatric people, there are higher rates of atypical presentations of common disorders. In order to decrease the mortality rate, an efficient and correct diagno...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:64
The study was done to compare the value of contrast-enhanced mammography and diffusion-weighted breast MRI in dense breast screening and accurate detection of the breast cancer with correlation of the findings...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:63
There is conflicting results of few published human 18F-FDG PET/CT studies about BAT activation in breast cancer (BC). The aim of the study is to evaluate the association between the levels of BAT metabolic activ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:62
The term adrenal incidentaloma (AI), by definition, is an adrenal mass that is unexpectedly detected through an imaging procedure performed for reasons unrelated to adrenal dysfunction or suspected dysfunction...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:61
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is considered as one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Microwave ablation (MWA) is a widely used treatment option having less morbidity and complications ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:60
The study aimed to compare the values of uterine artery Doppler indices including resistance index (RI), pulsatility index (PI), and systolic/diastolic (S/D) ratios in fertile female and female with unexplaine...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:59
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the commonest inheritable cardiac disorders. Being a global disease with diffuse myocardial fibrosis, it has a wide range of adverse outcomes ending with sudden card...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:58
We evaluated 45 benign thyroid nodules of 40 patients treated with radiofrequency (RF) ablation and followed up for 6 months. The inclusion criteria included unilateral or bilateral thyroid nodules with compre...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:57
Covid-19 pandemic is a major health calamity causing global crisis involving every aspect of the society. CT chest has become an essential diagnostic investigation and as a prognostic tool for assessment for C...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:56
The data on medium-term follow-up of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia survivors is scarce. Medium-term follow-up will generate knowledge and help in devising a structured follow-up plan and to facil...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:55
Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations are rare congenital malformations. It is extremely rare to have malformations that occur simultaneously. There is literature to show that extralobar sequestration is asso...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:54
Phase contrast MR imaging is a rapid and non-invasive technique which is sensitive in diagnosis and follow-up of different neurological diseases that cause CSF flow abnormality. MRI CSF flowmetry will be curre...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:53
Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic—as declared by the World Health Organization—is a major threatening public health problem. At the time of writing, more than 60,000,000 patients and more than 1,50...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:52
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by multifocal diffuse lung involvement. Similarly, COVID-19 has varied multispectral organ involvement. Patients with ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:51
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is considered the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CHD), accounting for about 10% of cases. It includes four main cardiac defects, in addition to various extra-...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:50
MRI provides several distinct quantitative parameters that may better differentiate renal cell carcinoma (RCC) subtypes. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of apparent diffusion co...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:49
Veiled by a myriad of monikers, there has been a growing recognition of cytotoxic lesions in the splenium of the corpus callosum as a distinct clinical entity. Despite the varied nomenclature, they all describ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:48
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common congenital cyanotic heart disease. Advances in surgical repair recently facilitate survival of the affected patients into adulthood with good quality of life. Despite ima...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:47
The predictive value of the new imaging sequences, especially T2 mapping in assessment of articular cartilage abnormalities of the medial knee compartments in patients with medial knee pain. The purpose of thi...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:46
Angiodysplasia (AD) is an abnormal, ectatic dilated, tortuous blood vessel that is found in the mucosa and the submucosa of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT). While colonic angiodysplasia is a recognized findi...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:45
Mammography has been the mainstay for the detection of breast cancer over decades. It has gradually advanced from screen film to full-field digital mammography. Tomosynthesis has evolved as advanced imaging fo...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:44
Cervical cancer still one of the most common causes of tumor-related death in developing countries presented in younger women. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the value of diffusion-weighted MRI in early d...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:43
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) of disorders is an important cause of post-partum hemorrhage and resultant maternal morbidity and mortality. Imaging plays an indispensable role in antenatal diagnosis of PAS. H...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:42
Ultrasound-guided lumbar pain interventions were thought to be difficult; the high acoustic impedance of bone hides the underling structures and needle path. Reviewing the sonoanatomy of the lumbar region usin...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:41
Since June 2020, an explosion in number of new COVID-19 patients has been reported in Iraq with a steady increment in new daily reported cases over the next 3 months. The limited number of PCR kits in the coun...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:40
A wide variety of congenital thoracic aortic variants and pathological anomalies could be assessed recently in diagnostic and interventional radiology. Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is one of the m...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:39
The gold standard for verifying COVID-19 mostly depends on microbiological tests like real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). However, the availability of RT-PCR kits can be known as a problem and false ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:38
Acute bilateral lower limb weakness is a common problem in children which necessitates a rapid method for diagnosis. MRI is a non-invasive imaging technique that produces high-quality images of the internal st...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:37
In women with diagnosed breast cancer, accurate loco-regional staging and preoperative examination are of utmost importance for optimal patient management decisions. MRI may be warranted for correct preoperati...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:36
Epilepsy is a chronic condition characterized by repeated spontaneous seizures. It affects up to 1% of the population worldwide. Children with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) negative (or “nonlesional”) focal...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:35
Intestinal obstruction is a surgical emergency with most cases being small bowel obstruction. Large bowel obstruction is comparatively uncommon and colonic malignancies are a usual cause. Such lesions cause in...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:34
Glioblastoma multiform is the most common and aggressive type of primary malignant tumor that affects the central nervous system in adults. It clinically presents with seizures, headache, and/or progressive fo...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:33
During the recent outbreak of COVID-19, various atypical extrapulmonary manifestations are being seen, including neurological ones. Reported cases mainly include encephalopathy, myelitis, and cranial nerve inv...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:32
Melorheostosis is a skeletal disorder giving rise to a dripping wax appearance. The exact cause is still unclear, and the diagnosis is always challenging due to its wide differential diagnoses. Soft tissue inv...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:31
Right ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an extremely rare finding than left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, associated with high mortality. The diagnosis of right ventricle pseudoaneurysm is often challenging because ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:30
The most effective treatment for osteosarcoma is neoadjuvant chemotherapy along with surgical resection of the tumor. The prognosis significantly correlates with the degree of tumor necrosis following preopera...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:29
This study aimed to investigate the chest computed tomography (CT) characteristics and laboratory findings in patients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia and to evaluate their relationship with clinical outcome.
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:28
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema are rare entities. A rising trend in the setting of COVID-19 even in patients who are not put on invasive ventilation can sugg...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:27
To study the qualitative efficacy and safety of percutaneous pain management under CT guidance. The success rate of medical management for chronic pain in long term is very less. This study aids in evaluating ...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:26
Conventional MR imaging is not enough for evaluation of symptomatic foraminal stenosis, because there is high incidence of false-positive results in asymptomatic elderly patients. Conventional MR cannot quanti...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:25
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease that affects the white and grey matter. The thalamus is responsible for many neurological functions, and it is liable to damage in multiple sclerosis in th...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:24
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most recent global health emergency; early diagnosis of COVID-19 is very important for rapid clinical interventions and patient isolation; chest computed tomography (...
Citation: Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2021 52:23
Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine is affiliated with the Egyptian Society of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.