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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 might become a series of posts, if I stick with the theme.
Acute Appendicitis is, as everyone knows, a common diagnosis on ultrasonography of the Abdomen [...]

JSE Booth (The Scut Report) posted a DSA image of a critical Carotid stenosis yesterday.
Coincidentally, I had a patient for Carotid arterial Doppler ultrasonography yesterday who had similar critical Internal Carotid stenoses on both sides. Here are the pictures.
Colour Doppler US image of the right Common Carotid arterial bifurcation with a large eccentric fibrofatty plaque. [...]

The subtext of this post is obviously my inability to comprehend the high costs of healthcare in the USA. I am not going to add anything new to the arguments for or against defensive medicine. This debate has been raging in some corner or the other ever since the medical blogosphere came into existence.
What prompted [...]

Unlike other doctors who deal directly with people on a daily basis, a radiologist rarely encounters interesting individuals. My work is usually dull & drab, dealing with grey shadows and densities. But I do on occasion meet someone who makes an impression.
This is the story of one such encounter with an interesting person a [...]