New On-Line Radiology Resource
As part of NIH's effort to tap into the power of
the World Wide Web, the Clinical Center's Department of Diagnostic
Radiology is encouraging intramural researchers to check out its
new home page, replete with an electronic radiology and medical
teaching file. The goals of this innovative teaching site are
to store a collection of educational and illustrative radiographs
and to provide information about the diseases the radiographs
depict. In addition to the instructional file, organizers of the
diagnostic radiology home page are currently developing files
to promote the Clinical Center, recruit patients, and report conference
proceedings. Other possible applications include the electronic
storage of imaging-related lectures, as well as the presentation
of research posters in digital format. Organizers are also seeking
additional teaching materials, including more cases and, more
importantly, other interesting imaging-based applications. Although
the site is still under development, diagnostic radiologists are
opening it up to the NIH community for preliminary evaluation
of its format and utility. At the bottom of each on-line page
is a link that enables users to send an e-mail message to the
site's developer, or "webmaster." Users are encouraged
to click on such links after exploring a site and provide the
webmaster with feedback. To access this new radiology resource,
launch a World Wide Web browser program, such as Netscape or Mosaic,
and enter the following address, or Uniform Resource Locator (URL),
in the "Open location" or "Open URL" box:
http://www.cc.nih.gov/drd/home.htm.
CASE: Colonic Gangrene Complicating Burkitt's Lymphoma
HISTORY
A 20-year-old male previously diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma complains
of a mild fever earlier that day due to inflammation of the colon. His condition
escalated rapidly and within a few hours he was overcome by gas
gangrene and deceased shortly after.
Learn more about Burkitt's Lymphoma
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