From my teaching files

Preparing patients for interventional radiological procedures. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

Most interventional radiological (IR) procedures are safe and help patients immensely, but sometimes they are associated with complications. Some complications are inherent to the nature of a procedure, while others are not and are preventable by taking some precautions before, during, and after a procedure. Here, I offer general guidelines to physicians and patients on […]

Benign ovarian cystic teratoma. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

History This is a 20-year old female who visited the emergency department because of pain in the left lower quadrant of her abdomen. She had no significant past medical problems, but on examination had an excessive amount of hair on her lips, chest, and lower belly. Her pubic hair, though also excessive, was feminine in […]

Fractures of the temporal bone. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

History This was a young female victim of a fatal motor vehicle accident. Radiologic findings Images A and B are bone-window axial sections of the petrous portions of the right and left temporal bones taken at slightly different levels. Both show longitudinal fractures of the petrous pyramids with slightly different orientations (see the arrows). In […]

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