ABSTRACT
Pleural hyaloserositis is an uncommon finding on routine chest X-rays. The images may simulate metastatic lesions. Four cases of pleural hyaloserositis are described in which computed tomography (CT) demonstrated calcified pleural pseudotumors.
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Hyalin , Pleural Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pleural Neoplasms/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Vague abdominal complaints and low back pain are common in modern medicine. We describe the case of a patient who presented these symptoms twenty-one years after a nephrectomy accompanied by persistent elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate for unknown reason. CT and fistulography showed a psoas abscess and a giant fistula.
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Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Fistula/diagnostic imaging , Nephrectomy , Abscess/complications , Female , Fistula/complications , Humans , Middle Aged , Muscles , Postoperative Complications/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
In a case of diffuse xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) were used. The MR proved to be more precise in the preoperative evaluation of inflammatory extension to the spleen and into the abdominal wall. The CT was more accurate in excluding spread to the colon.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Abdominal Muscles/pathology , Aged , Colon/pathology , Female , Humans , Spleen/pathologyABSTRACT
In certain cases it can be useful to perform percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and vascular surgery in the same session. The PTA procedure has to be performed by the radiologist through an artery that has been prepared and visualized by the vascular surgeon. This combined procedure usually lessens the number of hospitalization days and offers the patient the advantage of being cured in one session.
