The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 738-740 , August 2009

Halos and Crescents

  • Nin-Chieh Hsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Jeng Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shuenn-Wen Kuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jih-Shuin Jerng, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Jih-Shuin Jerng, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

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 Michael A. Bettmann, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in gathering the data and preparation of the manuscript. N.C. Hsu and J.S. Jerng collected the clinical data and wrote the manuscript; W.J. Lee interpreted the medical images; and S.W. Kuo interpreted the operative findings.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00392-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.04.010

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 738-740 , August 2009

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