Author name: Clinical and Medical Images

1. Abstract A rare condition that affects patients with colonic diverticulosis is the giant colonic diverticulum (GCD), which has a diameter of over 4 cm. The giant colonic diverticulum affects men and women equally, achieving highest incidence in groups between 35 and 90 years old (average 65 years) and is usually located on the antimesenteric

1. Abstract The authors report a rare case of a patient with epileptic seizures manifested six months ago due to intracranial foreig bodies of acue puncture platinum needles migrated from the subcutaneous regions of the shoulder and neck. The patient was treated for bronchial asthma with implanted platinum needles by an unlicensed acupuncturist 18 years

1. Abstract Three phase bone scan is performed routinely to identify bone and joint abnormalities in patients with suspected acute osteomyelitis with or without septic arthritis. However, abnormalities detected on bone scan may not always represent disease. We present two cases where the use of traditional medicine by the patients creates unusual pitfalls and artifacts.

1. Abstract Abernethy malformation is a rare type of congenital malformation of the hepatic portal system. It can take one of three forms and is classified as an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt between the portal vein and a large systemic vein, usually the inferior vena cava (IVC).