A 71 year old lady presented to the accident and emergency department with a two-day history of severe abdominal pain. She had not opened her bowel for 24 hours which was unusual for her. Sh… Read More

A 47-year- old male patient was admitted to  hospital reporting acute onset of severe left iliac fossa pain. Past medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination revealed abdomin… Read More

42-years-old female patient underwent gastric banding 3 years before, had the gastric band extracted 1 year before because of complete intragastric migration.Now she complains of dyspepsia… Read More

A 27-month-old girl was referred to our hospital because of growth retardation. She was small for her age. Her weight and height were under 3rd percentile. She was vocalising well and her mo… Read More

52 years old female patient presented with acute onset of severe right-sided abdominal pain associated with nausea, vomiting and one episode of diarrhoea. This was preceded by similar episod… Read More

A 38 year old female presented with a sudden onset, severe occipital headache with vomiting, dizziness and blurred vision. The patient had just finished steroid treatment for a chest infecti… Read More

73-year-old diabetic male patient who was admitted to our hospital with severe left flank pain and high fever. Physical examination revealed a left flank palpable mass. Contrast-enhanced CT… Read More

6 years old boy presented with pain in the left hip and limping. Plain radiographs of the pelvis, AP and frog lateral views, were performed. Follow-up films were performed after 3 months. Fo… Read More

A 41-year-old Caucasian female patient presented with diffuse pustulous skin lesions and polyarthralgias. The patient had no other relevant past medical history. The histological study of th… Read More

An 11-year-old boy was referred with acute paraplegia and local tenderness over the left costovertebral angle. He had also history of left side insidious back pain, low grade fever and malai… Read More

A 22-year old woman was admitted for acute pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant. Laboratory analysis showed mild leukocytosis and slight elevation of C-reactive protein. Transvaginal s… Read More

28 year old femal patient. Hypostenia and hypoestesia localized at lower limbs and loss of sphincterial control. Sagittal T2, PD and T1 weighted images pre- and post- paramagnetic contrast m… Read More

A 50-year-old man, who was previously healthy, presented with symptoms that included progressive intermittent but severe dysphagia, halitosis, paroxysms of coughing and regurgitation of food… Read More

An 11-year-old boy who lived on a farm presented with a 2-week history of fever, vomiting and pain in the right hip that extended into the right buttock. The patient was non-weight bearing o… Read More

A 76-year-old man, with a long story of hypertension, arrived at the emergency room with sudden severe tearing thoracic pain, tachycardia and progressive hypotension. Few minutes after his a… Read More

A 60-year-old male who was being treated for acute-on-chronic pancreatitis with a large pancreatic-pseudocyst presented with acute abdomen to the emergency department. On presentation he was… Read More

T1 MRIT2 MRI A 21-year-old man was admitted with bilateral lower extremity weakness and low-back pain.Plain radiograph was performed prior to MRI.Sagittal… Read More

A 25-year-old healthy young woman twisted her neck while being turned over by a big wave on a summer holiday in Spain. Returning home, she went to see a doctor for diffuse right-sided neck p… Read More

A 9-month-old girl was brought by her parents because of swelling of the right leg since birth. On examination there was hemi-hypertrophy, venous varicosities and pinkish discoloration. P… Read More

80 year old female, with history of cryptogenic cirrhosis, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus admitted with abdominal pain and bleeding through the colostomy of a Hartmann's proce… Read More

63 year old male patient who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy just one month before this admission. Since then, he experienced pain in the upper abdomen, weight loss of approximately… Read More

A 70-year-old female patient with known Wegener’s granulomatosis presented with worsening stridor and exertional dyspnoea of 3 months duration; high-dose corticosteroid therapy did not… Read More

A 36-year-old woman presented with pain in the epigastric region and right upper abdominal quadrant that lasted for two weeks. The pain did not remit after taking analgesics. She vomited onc… Read More

Right upper abdominal pain, nausea and low-grade fever in a 79-year-old man with history of coronary heart disease and lung emphysema. Positive Murphy’s sign and mild jaundice at physi… Read More

60 year old male patient hospitalised due to recurrent febrile episodes each lasting 6-8 days (body temperature up to 39-40°C) during the past three months.His previous medical history r… Read More