Emergency Articles

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) began in China in early December 2019 and rapidly has spread to many countries around the globe, with the number of confirmed cases increasing every day. An epidemic has been recorded since February 20 in a middle province in Northern Italy (Lodi's province, in the low Po Valley).

To evaluate the frequency of emergency diseases that were detected unexpectedly using FDG-PET/CT.

Interpretation reports for 11,663 FDG-PET/CT studies in our hospital were retrospectively reviewed.

Acute urinary retention secondary to vasculitic penile swelling in children is extremely rare. Henoch-Schönlein purpura is a self-limiting IgA-mediated cutaneous vasculitis, which can cause soft tissue edema.