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A 36-year-old female, delivered by lower segment cesarean section two months back, with unremarkable postpartum period, presented with one-week history of pain in the right hypochondrium, fever (with rigors) and malaise.
Clinical History: A 31-year-old man with back pain. X-Ray Chest: Lower thoracic paravertebral soft issue with trabeculated T9. Lungs are clear. Heart size within normal limit. No other obvious bony abnormality.
Clinical History: An 84-year-old male patient, known case of HTN and dyslipidemia, complaining of dysphasia for three months. Anorexia and vomiting. Diagnosed as esophageal adenocarcinoma outside for evaluation.
An 84-year-old female presents for asymptomatic screening mammogram. Craniocaudal and MLO views of the right breast on demonstrate stable appearance of an intramammary lymph node in the upper outer quadrant.
A 17-year-old male patient, no past medical history, presented with two-month history of left groin swelling with gradual increase in size and now pain.
A 16-year-old female was referred for evaluation of fever of four days duration. The patient had a renal transplant done one week back and was found to be suffering from thrombosis of A.V. fistula in the upper extremity as per the history. The A.V.F thrombosis was confirmed by ultrasound examination. In addition patient had evidence thrombosis of the same upper limb.
A 47-year-old female with long stand history of hemodialysis and hypertension. No family history of breast cancer. No personal history of diabetes or smoking.
A 16-year-old female patient with repeated vomiting. First X-ray of the abdomen shows multiple dilated small bowel loops, represent distal small bowel obstruction. CT of the abdomen done for further evaluation.
A 56-year-old female presented with abdominal pain, R/O colitis. There is a long segment of asymmetrical wall thickening seen involving the ascending colon just above the ileocaecal region to proximal third of transverse colon associated with luminal narrowing and significant surrounding fat stranding and enlarged regional lymph node.
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