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Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal/surgery , Aortic Diseases/etiology , Blood Vessel Prosthesis/adverse effects , Duodenal Diseases/etiology , Fistula/etiology , Intestinal Fistula/etiology , Aged , Aortic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Duodenal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Fistula/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Intestinal Fistula/diagnostic imaging , Male , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A 27-year-old woman with known pulmonary, cutaneous and osseous histiocytosis X presented with vague abdominal pain. Double-contrast barium enema examination revealed multiple colonic bull's-eye lesions. Biopsy showed histiocytic infiltration similar to that already described at other sites in this patient (the lungs and bone). To the authors' knowledge, this case represents the first radiologic description of this manifestation of histiocytosis X. Though rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of colonic bull's-eye lesions.
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Colonic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Barium Sulfate , Enema , Female , Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell/pathology , Humans , Lung/ultrastructure , Microscopy, Electron , RadiographyABSTRACT
The authors describe the characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of moyamoya disease in a 51-year-old woman; the disease was confirmed by angiography. MRI demonstrated well the occlusions and collateral vessels that typically occur secondary to this rare disease. Although hemorrhagic complications often result in a poor prognosis for patients with moyamoya disease, the patient described here recovered.
