Tuesday, February 23, 2010

? DANDY WALKER VARIANT

CT scan brain showing dilatation of fourth ventricle ..
??dandy walker variant


Dandy-Walker malformation is a rare congenital malformation that involves the cerebellum and fourth ventricle.
Dandy-Walker malformation is characterized by
  1. agenesis or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis
  2. cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle
  3. enlargement of the posterior fossa

A large number of concomitant problems may be present, but Dandy-Walker malformation is recognized whenever these 3 features are found

Dandy-Walker complex is characterized by

  1. an enlarged posterior fossa
  2. a high position of the tentorium, with upward displacement of the lateral sinuses
  3. torcular herophili associated with varying degrees of vermian aplasia or hypoplasia
  4. a cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle that nearly fills the entire posterior fossa.

Dandy-Walker variant consists of vermian hypoplasia and cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle, without enlargement of the posterior fossa.

?GLIOBASTOMA MULTIFORME



CT scan brain....(with contrast)
a heterogenous density mass iss seen in the right frontal and peri ventricular region .
there is significant mass effect on the ibsilateral lateral ventricle and midline shift.
there is perilesional edema ..seen as hypodense area surrounding the mass....
Bone window reveals erosion of both inner and outer table of overlying bone



there is marginal enhancement of the mass.
ASO...
?glioblastoma multiforme
?? metastasis

SPALDING'S SIGN


In intrauterine maceration, the skull vault bones may partly overlap each other.
This is called as Spalding’s sign . It is also detectable by X Ray examination before the birth of the dead fetus .

Thursday, January 7, 2010

thickened mucosal folds...?? COLITIS

Barium enema ...
there id thickening of mucosa seen in the region of sigmoid and descending colon...the thickened mucosal folds show overlapping...the appearance also suggests possibility of pseudopolyps...






HORSE SHOE KIDNEY


There is fusion of lower poles of both kidneys in the midline with 1.8 cm thick renal tissue anterior to the aorta..
Also there is grossly distended fluid filled colon with enhancing walls

AORTOGRAM

AORTOGRAM


a normal aortogram is seen showing the normal anatomical pattern of coronary vessels arising from the aorta

complication of coronary angiography

one of the serious cpmlications of coronary angiography......is the damage to the wall of coraonary vessel...!!!!!!
this is an angiogram taken from a patient whose left main stem got damaged from the catheter and resulted in extravasation of the contrast into the pericardium......