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One of the cool things about doing obstetric ultrasonography is watching babies moving around and doing stuff within the uterus: kicking, clenching and unclenching their fists, yawning, sucking their fingers or toes or the umbilical cord, etc. 
Earlier (I mean a few years ago) the mother and family used to be most thrilled if we (as [...]

While looking through the archives of ultrasound images I came across a couple of instances of common diagnoses made through tests that are not commonly done to diagnose them. This is the second example. The first is here.
Hydroureteronephrosis with ureteric calculus is a common diagnosis on ultrasonography of the Abdomen (TAS = Transabdominal sonography). Here [...]

Watch this video first…

… and then read this article. Some excerpts…
A medical physicist in Alabama has noticed what could be a disturbing trend: exploding MRI magnets. Dr. Wlad Sobol of the University of Alabama-Birmingham, describes what may have caused the incidents and offers advice for avoiding potentially catastrophic incidents at medical facilities.
Wlad Sobol, PhD, a [...]

This one is for Bongi. Inspired by these two posts in his blog.

Diagnosis: Large pseudoaneurysm in the Superficial Femoral artery.
Cause: Bull gore injury.
Further reading:

Rads Wiki - Pseudoaneurysm.
Pseudoaneurysms and the Role of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Their Management. RadioGraphics 2005;25:S173-S189. Free fulltext.
Sonographic Evaluation of Vascular Injuries. J Ultrasound Med 2008. 27:95-107. Free fulltext available in India.

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Not something that we see everyday (like this one).

Transvaginal ultrasonogram showing an early second trimester intrauterine pregnancy with an intrauterine contraceptive device in situ (tiny white arrows) impinging on the gestational sac. Axial section of the fetal thorax (and the heart) and the fetal upper limbs are seen nearby.
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I saw my friend Ramona’s post and multiple posts on twitter about Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty earlier today yesterday. It’s past midnight and I know I am late.
I initially did not want to write anything. My reasoning was that any medical person in my country could fill volumes with the gut-wrenching instances of [...]

F I E L D W O R K . Ammampuram, originally uploaded by © Claude Renault.

Brings back memories of my ancestral village!
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dEr Dr. Pulmo,
tnx 4 referring yr patient Mr.X.
I found dat d CT scan of hs thorax showd a mild pleural effusion on d ryt cYd. there’s no abnormality n d lungs n mediastinum. I dnt tnk tube drainage or needl aspiration S needed @ dis point n tym.
We cUd w8 n woch d clinical [...]