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The ascending lumbar communicant vein is a communication between the left ascending lumbar vein and the left renal vein. Because of its retr...

Benign extra-axial fluid, previously known as idiopathic external hydrocephalus, is rapid head growth in neonates accompanied by increased...

An Rh-positive fetus in a sensitized mother should be monitored for fetal anemia. Serial amniocentesis for evaluation of bilirubin (the Delt...

A cecal bascule is a variant of cecal volvulus that is thought to result from anteromedial folding of the cecum in relation to the ascending...

Chemical shift imaging imaging is used for the detection of microscopic fat, whereas fat suppression techniques affect macroscopic fat. Les...

A cystic hygroma ("moist tumor") is thought to form because of absent or delayed formation of lymphatico-venous connections, leadi...

Due to limited lateral resolution, an apical 4-chamber view of the heart may give the appearance of a ventricular or atrial septal defect if...