Embolization of Ruptured Hepatic Hydatid Cyst to Pulmonary Artery in an Elderly Patient Multidetector computed tomography fndings

Pulmonary embolism due to hydatid disease is an unusual condition resulting from the rupture of a hydatic heart cyst or the opening of liver hydatidosis into the venous circulation. A 78-year old male patient complaini...

Quality of Diabetes Care: A cross-sectional observational study in Oman

Te objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of diabetes care in Oman. Methods: Tis was a crosssectional observational study. Fifty percent of all those attending six general health centres in June 2005 were sy...

Insulin Resistance and its Correlation with Risk Factors for Developing Diabetes Mellitus in 100 Omani Medical Students

Objectives: Te aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) in healthy young Omanis and relate this with their body mass index (BMI) and family history (FH) of diabetes mellitus (DM). Metho...

Fused CT/Ga-67 SPECT Images for Detection of Pleural Lymphoma

Focal Scalp Hair Heterochromia in an Infant

Hair heterochromia involves the presence of two different non-artifcially induced colours of hair in the same individual which can be due to either iron defciency anaemia, genetic mutations or mosaicism. We report a s...