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Abdominal Pain/etiology , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/diagnosis , Flank Pain/etiology , Hypertension/etiology , Pheochromocytoma/diagnosis , 3-Iodobenzylguanidine , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/surgery , Aged, 80 and over , Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use , Atenolol/therapeutic use , Catecholamines/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/etiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy , Female , Flank Pain/therapy , Humans , Hypertension/therapy , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Pheochromocytoma/surgery , Radiopharmaceuticals , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Most urinary tract calculi are formed in the upper urinary tract while urethral calculi are uncommon. In young men, lower urinary tract symptoms are often due to infections and are treated with antibiotics, but unusual causes may be overlooked. We present a case of an impacted urethral calculus in an otherwise healthy young male who presented with several months of lower urinary tract symptoms.
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Urethral Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Urinary Calculi/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Cystoscopy , Humans , Male , Pelvis/diagnostic imaging , Ultrasonography , Urethra/diagnostic imaging , Urethra/surgery , Urethral Obstruction/surgery , Urinary Calculi/surgeryABSTRACT
A patient was initially believed to have a cavernous sinus and sphenoid ridge meningioma and presented to the University of Connecticut Health Center for radiation therapy. Initial radiation planning computerized tomography (CT) revealed the mass to be a lipoma. Conservative management with serial monitoring was the revised plan. This paper describes the rare entity of an intracranial lipoma not located in the midline, and some pitfalls in imaging of intracranial masses.
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Cerebellar Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Cerebellopontine Angle , Lipoma/diagnostic imaging , Meningioma/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Adult , Cerebellar Neoplasms/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Lipoma/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningioma/pathologyABSTRACT
A 70-year-old woman was examined because of increasing problems with cognition. She had a history of a cerebral shunt placed surgically 10 years previously. Introduction of Tc-99m DTPA directly into the ventricular cavity revealed good ventricular distribution, followed by progression downward, as though into a previous ventriculoperitoneal shunt. However, a chest radiograph revealed what appeared to be a shunt tube in the right atrium. Delayed lateral images showed activity in proximity to the vertebral column, indicating migration of tracer and cerebrospinal fluid into the dorsal and lumbar subarachnoid space.
