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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510090
Localized Anterior Arthrofibrosis of the Knee that Occurs after Meniscal Surgery
Ben Fatma Abderraouf, Souissi Marouen, Jemli Ameni, Ikbel Ammar and Jerbi Saida
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 18, 2022
A 45-year-old man with a history of an operation on the meniscus of the left knee, consulted for loss of full range of motion, tenderness along the joint line and discomfort while walking regarding the left knee. MRI showed poorly limited soft tissue nodule in the intercodylar notch near the tibial insertion of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) (Figure 1) and extended to hoffa’s fat bundle. This lesion showed predominantly heterogeneous signal intensity on T2-weighted and proton-density ima...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510089
Belma Cevik, MD and Kayıhan Akın, MD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 15, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan (Hubei, China) in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the World. Because of RT-PCR sensitivity limitations, the radiology literature has focused on detecting the probability of infection of non-contrast CT findings. However the elevated serum D-dimer levels and its relationship with poor outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia patients have been demonstrated. D-dimer is known as a biomarker of inflammation. Therefore, we considered that serum D-dimer levels may pr...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3235.1510088
Influence of Music in Anxiety Reduction in 18F-FDG PET-CT Studies
Alberto Martinez-Lorca and Manuela Martinez-Lorca
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 08, 2022
The purpose of this investigation was to find the anxiety levels, physical data and subjective perception and explore the relationship between demographic, clinical and cancer patients’ variables, pre and post-procedure during a positron emission tomography/computed tomography PETCT scan. The sample was distributed in two groups (experimental and control group), 54 subjects in each group, with clinical indication for performing an 18F-2- fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose [18F]FDG-PET/CT scan. The study...
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