It is reported a case of an eight-year-old Yorkshire Terrier dog, with a history of prolonged use of prednisone in a dosage of 1mg/kg of body weight each 24 hours during two years. The helical computed tomography revealed hepatomegaly associated to a hyperattenuation of the parenchyma, with a radiodensity value of 82.55 Hounsfield units (HU). The spleen presented a mean radiodensity of 57.17HU, and a radiodensi...
Hb H Disease is caused by the loss or inactivation of three of the four functional a-globin genes. Patients present chronic hemolytic anemia and splenomegaly. In some cases, occasional blood transfusions are required. Deletions are the main cause of this type of thalassemia (α-thalassemia). We describe here an unusual case of Hb H disease caused by the combination of a common αº deletion [-(α)20....
PET-CT with 18F-DG studies are frequently used in the management of patients with lung malignancies. Unfortunately respiratory movements may influence significantly disease evaluation, particularly during longitudinal follow-up. Our aim is to investigate the influence of forced inspiration (I) and expiration (E) on shallow breathing (S) results (anatomic registration and SUV calculation). We included 18 patient...
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