Late Prevertebral and Spinal Abscess following Chemoradiation for Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Jawad Hindy, Ilan Shelef, Yuval Slovik, Ben-Zion Joshua

“…We describe a 55-year old female who presented with respiratory distress and paraplegia seven years after treatment for a T3N0M0 supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma. CT scan showed prevertebral and intraspinal air descending from C4 to D3 vertebras. …”
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Cricoid chondroma presenting as upper airway obstruction: A report of a rare case by Samuel Sisay Hailu, MD, Eyoel Degafu, MD, Tequam Debebe, MD, Yonas Shumiye, MD, Bizunesh Dires, MD, Bethlehem Tesfasilassie Kibrom, MD

“…Radiologic imaging with a contrast-enhanced CT scan of the neck was done and showed a lobulated mass lesion with popcorn-like calcification arising from the endolaryngeal surface of the cricoid cartilage. …”
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Ameloblastoma of the Sinonasal Tract: Report of a Case with Clinicopathologic Considerations by Maria Grazia Tranchina, Paolo Amico, Antonio Galia, Carmela Emmanuele, Vincenzo Saita, Filippo Fraggetta

“…Nasal endoscopy showed the right nasal cavity completely obstructed by a polypoid lesion attached to the lateral nasal wall. A preoperative CT scan was performed showing a solid lesion, measuring 2 cm in the maximum diameter, extending from the nasopharynx area with obstruction of the ostiomeatal unit and sphenoethmoidal recess into the lateral pharyngeal space, laterally to the parotid, without continuity with maxillary alveola and antrum. …”
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Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Dushyant Pawar, Anna Calara, Roy Jacob, Nancy Beck, Alan N. Peiris

“…Physical exam, vital signs, blood, and electrolyte counts were normal, but CT scans showed mucosal thickening of the rectum and colon. …”
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Primary Bilateral Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of the Adrenal Gland: A Case Report by Ahmed Amine Bouchikhi, Mohamed fadl Tazi, Driss Amiroune, Soufiane Mellas, Jalaledine El Ammari, Abdelhak Khallouk, Mohammed Jamal El fassi, Moulay Hassan Farih

“…After stabilization, the imaging investigations demonstrated large bilateral adrenal masses. The CT-scan guided biopsy of both adrenal glands allowed the diagnosis of primary bilateral adrenal NHL. …”
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Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumour Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Christos Petrides, Kyriakos Neofytou, Aamir Z. Khan

“…She required several transfusions. CT scan demonstrated a mass at the head of the pancreas measuring 4.2 cm in maximum diameter. …”
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Conservative Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Patient by Logan D. Glosser, Brandon S. Zakeri, Conner V. Lombardi, Obi O. Ekwenna

“…A 65-year-old male with history of type 1 diabetes and a 14-year status post deceased donor pancreas-kidney transplant presented with 3 weeks of gross hematuria. CT scan showed multiple bladder masses. Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) showed papillary UCC. 5 months later, the patient reported new-onset gross hematuria. …”
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Management of Tracheal Perforation following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature by Xinhu Guo, Hongquan Ji

“…The thorough debridement and drainage performed in both patients allowed a complete healing of the anterior wound in both of them, with no sign of infection or subcutaneous emphysema, as confirmed by postoperative CT scan and flexible bronchoscopy. Both patients acquired a solid fusion of the cervical spine at last follow-up (16 months and 24 months). …”
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Optimizing the graft size in the Evans osteotomy to minimize the calcaneocuboid joint pressure by highly realistic in-silico analysis by Luca Quagliato, Youngbin Lim, Yunjeong Choi, Kyoung Min Lee, Sewon Kim, Taeyong Lee

“…The developed FEA was then employed to investigate the effect of the graft size on the calcaneocuboid joint pressure and improvement in the medial-longitudinal arch for a flat foot patient, where the soft and hard tissues’ geometries were acquired by a CT scan. The results quantitatively demonstrated that the maximum pressure at the calcaneocuboid joint follows a quadratic trend where the minimum point also represents the best compromise to alleviate the flat foot condition while avoiding excessive pressure.…”
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Ocular Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in the Left Eye with Phthisis Right Eye: A Rare Occurrence in a Child by Sangeeta Shah, Badri Prasad Badhu, Poonam Lavaju, Anju Pradhan

“…The right eye was phthisical. CT scan showed a lobulated exophytic soft tissue mass in the preseptal region and along the anterior portion of the left globe extending from medial canthus to the lateral canthus. …”
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Effectiveness of Head MSCT Examination in Cases of Mild Head Injuries by Dyah Ayu Puspitaningtyas, Alfian Danie, Muhammad Fa’ik

“…Mild Head Injury (MIH) with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15, has symptoms of temporary loss of neurological function, mild to severe headache and vomiting, CT-Scan examination is performed if there are signs of skull fracture and vomiting more than once. …”
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Update on Nonsurgical Lung Volume Reduction Procedures by J. Alberto Neder, Denis E. O’Donnell

“…Pre-LVRS or ELVR assessment should ideally include cardiological evaluation, high resolution CT scan, ventilation and perfusion scintigraphy, full pulmonary function tests, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatic Metastasis from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by Anil Rahul, Fernandes Robin, Hiremath Adarsh

“…On admission, abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed hepatic metastatic lesion with a rupture and hemoperitoneum communicating to the subdiaphragmatic space. …”
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Road Traffic Accident Traumatic Vehicle Seat Belt Abdominal Wall Hernia by Mahmoud R. Manasra, Roua E. Farah, Arein A. Abufara, Bara M. AbuIrayyeh, Rahaf E. Farah, Mohammed A. Maraqa

“…The radiological investigative modality of CT scan has the highest index of diagnosing accompanied intra-abdominal visceral injuries. …”
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Oral Floor and Gingival Metastasis of Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yukihiro Nakanishi, Bo Xu, Charles LeVea

“…The patient presented with left sided rib pain. A CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis showed multiple pulmonary nodules and a single dominant mass in the right lobe of the liver. …”
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Paragonimus kellicotti: A Lung Infection in Our Own Backyard by Eric Johannesen, Van Nguyen

“…A 29-year-old male with a history of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma presented with hemoptysis. A CT scan showed a mass in the left upper lung lobe. …”
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Bilateral Renal Colic as an Initial Presentation of Erdheim-Chester Disease by Julien Sarkis, Fady Haddad, Sarah Nasr, Elie Hanna, Ahmad Mroueh, Elie Nemr

“…We present a rare case of a 75-year-old woman on long-term treatment for panhypopituitarism and steroid therapy for vasculitis, presenting to the emergency department with bilateral renal colic and acute kidney injury. Abdominopelvic CT scan revealed renal infiltration with signs of retroperitoneal fibrosis and hydronephrosis. …”
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A Rare Case of HHV-8 Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Stable HIV Patient by Nonso Osakwe, Diane Johnson, Natalie Klein, Dalia Abdel Azim

“…A bone marrow biopsy to investigate anemia revealed hemophagocytosis. A CT scan revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes and hepatosplenomegaly. …”
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Necrotizing Urethritis due to Aerococcus urinae by Abdulrahman A. Babaeer, Claudia Nader, Vito Iacoviello, Kevin Tomera

“…Serum white count (WBC) was 29.5 × 103/μL. A CT scan showed gas in the corpus spongiosum. Antibiotics were started with IV metronidazole, vancomycin, and piperacillin/tazobactam. …”
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Solitary Contralateral Adrenal Metastases after Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma by Nikolaos Antoniou, Demetrios Karanastasis

“…These types of metastases are usually asymptomatic they do not appear with signs of adrenal insufficiency, they are detected incidentally and the diagnosis is confirmed mainly with CT scan, which comprises the method of choice for the detection of such types of metastases. …”
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