Re: Word Help please

From: Barbara Carlson (bbcarlson_at_snappydsl.net)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:10:42 -0500

Thanks. I just hadn't run into that before (the brain is not something I've
had experience with) and she didn't say what the CAT scan was of--and being
cardiology oriented I just assumed heart!!!!

One never stops learning in this business. I appreciate the input.

Barb C.

"kathycarp" <kathycarp@comcastprivacy.net> wrote in message
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>I believe they are talking about the lateral ventricles of the brain, and
>sometimes they are prominent (at least on ultrasounds of fetuses).
>
> --
> Kathy
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> "Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@snappydsl.net> wrote in message
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>> The patient had a CAT scan that showed mildly-enlarged lateral ventricles
>> with lack of s/l sulci prominence.
>>
>> I found sulci (plural of sulcus) but that doesn't seem to fit with
>> ventricles, which I assume are cardiac-- I've done cardiology for years
>> and never run across this, or are there ventricles somewhere else I'm not
>> familiar with--sulci seems to refer to the brain! Or could it be a
>> different word--she pronounces it sulsi or selsi/selside? She is reading
>> a report and appears not to be that familiar with what she is reading,
>> which does not help!
>>
>> Barb C.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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