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Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. [ 1] Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. [ 1] Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever in the beginning of the disease. [ 1]
Frequency. >50% of people with cirrhosis [ 4] Ascites ( / əˈsaɪtiz /; [ 5] Greek: ἀσκός, romanized : askos, meaning "bag" or "sac" [ 6]) is the abnormal build-up of fluid in the abdomen. [ 1] Technically, it is more than 25 ml of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, although volumes greater than one liter may occur. [ 4]
Congenital pulmonary airway malformation in a fetus, ultrasound at 19 weeks - transverse. Stomach on left image; heart on right image: displaced to right by cystic mass. The earliest point at which a CPAM can be detected is by prenatal ultrasound. The classic description is of an echogenic lung mass that gradually disappears over subsequent ...
Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare condition when pain occurs due to transposition of a loop of large intestine (usually transverse colon) in between the diaphragm and the liver, visible on plain abdominal X-ray or chest X-ray. [ 1] Normally this causes no symptoms, and this is called Chilaiditi's sign. The sign can be permanently present, or ...
21–22. Right and left kidneys. The front border of the liver has been lifted up (brown arrow). [ 3] The bile duct[ 1][ 4] (formerly known as the common bile duct[ 4]) is a part of the biliary tract. [ 4] It is formed by the union of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct. It ends by uniting with the pancreatic duct to form the ...
Pneumatosis intestinalis (also called intestinal pneumatosis, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, pneumatosis coli, or intramural bowel gas) is pneumatosis of an intestine, that is, gas cysts in the bowel wall. [ 1][ 2] As a radiological sign it is highly suggestive for necrotizing enterocolitis. This is in contrast to gas in the intestinal ...
Chylothorax. A chylothorax is an abnormal accumulation of chyle, a type of lipid -rich lymph, in the space surrounding the lung. The lymphatics of the digestive system normally returns lipids absorbed from the small bowel via the thoracic duct, which ascends behind the esophagus to drain into the left brachiocephalic vein.
Oncology . Adenocarcinoma in situ(AIS) of the lung—previously included in the category of "bronchioloalveolar carcinoma" (BAC)—is a subtype of lung adenocarcinoma. It tends to arise in the distalbronchiolesor alveoliand is defined by a non-invasive growth pattern. This small solitary tumor exhibits pure alveolar distribution (lepidic growth ...