Testicular imaging!

Started by Pilgrim, October 28, 2011, 01:29:22 PM

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Pilgrim

http://chronicle.com/blogs/tweed/the-face-of-testicular-pain/29118?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en


When the image of Jesus appears on a Wal-Mart receipt or the Virgin Mary shows up on a slice of toast, the secular world howls with derision at the faithful who line up to witness these Rorschach "miracles."



But when the scrotal ultrasound of a 45-year-old patient with severe testicular pain and a possible mass revealed the surprising image of a man in distress, urologists at Queen's University, in Ontario, followed proper scholarly procedure: They submitted it to Urology, the official journal of the International Society of Urology.

"The residents and staff alike were amazed to see the outline of a man's face staring up out of the image, his mouth agape as if the face seen on the ultrasound scan itself was also experiencing severe epididymo-orchitis," wrote the authors, G. Gregory Roberts and Naji J. Touma, in an article that appeared in the journal's September issue. "A brief debate ensued on whether the image could have been a sign from a deity (perhaps 'Min,' the Egyptian god of male virility); however, the consensus deemed it a mere coincidental occurrence rather than a divine proclamation."

The patient underwent an orchiectomy, or testicular removal, and the mass proved benign, but evidently not divine.
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uwe

That was a good read. All the way up to here that is:

"The patient underwent an orchiectomy, or testicular removal ...".

I didn't have a ball reading that.
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Barklessdog

The face of evil living in a testicle, how poetic.


Grog

There's no such thing as gravity, the earth just sucks!!

Rob


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uwe

Rob, which part of you is that a close-up again?
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...