Bowler's side strain

This is an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, by Humphries D from Tasmania, describing the MRI and clinical features of this entity, that occurs in cricket bowlers. The injury to the abdominal wall muscles occurs in the non-bowling arm and is associated with the action of the non-bowling arm being pulling down during bowling associated with lateral trunk flexion.

Dogs sniff out bladder cancer

In a novel, proof-of-concept study, the recent issue of the British Medical Journal carries an article by Willis CM et al that shows that trained dogs were able to sniff out bladder cancer in urine samples of affected patients.

The accompanying editorial explains the article as well.

Whirlpool sign on ultrasound due to a mesenteric cyst

The September issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine has a case report by Boopathy Vijayaraghavan et al from Coimbatore of a child with a mesenteric cyst showing the "whirlpool" sign, without altered SMA-SMV relationship.

Unfortunately access to this article is limited, but those interested could contact Dr. Booopathy directly on the address given in the article...S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan, MD, DMRD, 16 B Venkatachalam Rd, R. S. Puram, Coimbatore 641 002, India. E-mail: sonoscan@vsnl.com and sboopathy@eth.net.

Baked beans

In the British Journal of Radiology, in February, Offiah C et al report the case of a patient who had unusual white, "tablet-like" structures in the stomach, on a CT scan, which were eventually found to be recently consumed baked beans. The authors then diligently scanned different cans of baked beans to find out what they looked like. They were looking for an explanation based on iodine content.

Whitehouse offers a different explanation in this month's issue, using the basis of electron density, which actually seems to make sense.