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A 92-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with urinary symptoms, fever and suprapubic tenderness. Her inflammatory markers were raised. Urine and blood cultures were negative. Computed tomography performed to look for a source of sepsis showed distension of the uterine cavity with high-attenuation fluid, an air-fluid level and gas locules along the uterine wall. The causes, clinical presentation and imaging features of pyometra are discussed.
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A 25-year-old man presented with chronic low back pain and occasional radiation to the right lower limb. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography (CT) of the lumbar spine showed an osteolytic expansile lesion with a central sclerotic nidus in the right superior facet of the L5 vertebra and surrounding marrow oedema. The diagnosis of osteoblastoma was made based on imaging findings and confirmed after CT-guided biopsy. Radiofrequency ablation of the lesion was successfully performed. The patient tolerated the procedure well and showed symptomatic relief. The imaging features and management of osteoblastoma are discussed.
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Adult , Humans , Male , Catheter Ablation , Chronic Pain , Diagnostic Imaging , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Image-Guided Biopsy , Low Back Pain , Diagnostic Imaging , Lumbar Vertebrae , Diagnostic Imaging , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Osteoblastoma , Diagnostic Imaging , Osteolysis , Osteoma , Diagnostic Imaging , Radio Waves , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
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Adult , Humans , Male , Acidosis , Colonic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Gastrointestinal Tract/surgery , Intestinal Fistula/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A 46-year-old man presented with right loin tenderness following a road traffic accident. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-defined, smooth, enhancing oval lesion in the wall of the first part of the duodenum. The lesion was seen separately from the normal pancreas. It showed attenuation, intensity and enhancement similar to that of normal pancreas. Based on the imaging appearance, a diagnosis of ectopic pancreas was made. The patient underwent oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology of the lesion, which confirmed ectopic pancreatic tissue. Since the patient was asymptomatic, surgical resection was deferred. The embryologic origin, various locations, imaging appearance and clinical significance of ectopic pancreas are discussed.