A 1983 CMCC graduate, Dr. Marshall Deltoff completed his radiology residency at Los Angeles College of Chiro- practic. He is a past radiology department chairman and resi- dency coordinator at CMCC, and he initiated the radiology curriculum at UQTR. Dr. Deltoff has lectured throughout North America, and is co-author, along with Dr. Peter Kogon, DACBR, of the radiology text “The Portable Skeletal X-ray Library” published by Mosby- Yearbook of St. Louis. Dr. Deltoff can be reached at: Images Radiology Consultants, 16 York Mills Road, Toronto, Ont. M2P 2E5 Tel: (416) 512-2225 Fax: (416) 512-2226 e-mail: [email protected] M Figure 1 ay you, my friends and colleagues, and your families, have a safe and most enjoyable holiday season. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Bill Mulhall for organizing my Radiology Rounds Seminar for the Manitoba Chiropractors’ Association in their beautiful new facility, and Dr. Salima Ismail, presi- dent of the Eastern Ontario Chiropractic Society for her hard work in putting together my Radiology Rounds Seminar in Ottawa last month. It was very enjoyable to meet and interact with all of the doctors in Winnipeg and Ottawa. Now, on to today’s case. Many thanks to Dr. Paul Kennedy of Toronto for sharing this dramatic case. This 69-year-old woman presented with chronic, dull low back pain and abdominal fullness. Radiographic examination (Figure 1) revealed two large spheres of mottled or flocculent calcifi cation in the pelvic inlet; the fi rst measuring approximately 95mm x 110mm and the second measuring 85mm x 100mm. DISCUSSION Uterine fibroids (fi broma, leiomyoma) are benign tumors which grow from the mus- cle layers of the uterus. They are the most common benign neoplasm in females, and may affect about 25 per cent of white and 50 per cent of black women during the reproductive years. Uterine fi broids often do not require treatment, but when they are problematic, they may be treated surgically or with medication — possible interventions 62 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | DECEMBER 2008 Continued on page 41 www.canadianchiropractor.ca Marshall Deltoff, DC, DACBR, FCCR(C)
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