Fundamentals of Body CT
Perfect for radiology residents and practitioners, Fundamentals of Body CT offers an easily accessible introduction to body CT! Completely revised and meticulously updated, this latest edition covers today’s most essential CT know-how, including the use of multislice CT to diagnose chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, as well as the expanded role of 3D CT and […]
Read MoreReal blood vessels from a person who donated their body for artistic/scientific display purposes
How did they do this?They injected a plastinating agent into the blood, hardening the vessels, and then dissolved the body in a special acid solution, leaving behind only the blood vessel structures. Plastination is a technique of body tissue preservation with a great variety in its processes and development which is originally introduced to the […]
Read MoreThe kiss of death: a severe allergic reaction to a shellfish induced by a good-night kiss.
REPORT OF A CASE A 20-year-old woman presented to an emergency department of a Mayo Clinic-affiliated hospital with sudden onset of lip angioedema, throat swelling, diffuse flushing, urticaria, abdominal cramps, nausea, wheezing, severe dyspnea, and hypotension (noninvasive blood pressure level of 80/50 mm Hg) that developed immediately after kissing her boyfriend. Intramuscular diphenhydramine and methylprednisolone, […]
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