ABSTRACT
A large urothelial tumor was detected by ultrasonography in the dilated collecting system of a well-functioning renal allograft 15 years after transplantation. The tumor was confirmed at computed tomography. Nephrectomy showed a transitional cell carcinoma. The occurrence of malignant tumors in renal allografts is a well known but rare complication.
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Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/diagnosis , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis , Kidney Transplantation , Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
We report on a patient who presented an abdominal wall abscess two years after percutaneous cholecystectomy. The diagnosis of wall abscess caused by migrating gallstones could be made sonographically, whereas thin-section spiral CT failed to show the cause of the abscess: a non-calcified gallstone.
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Abscess/etiology , Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic/adverse effects , Cholecystitis/surgery , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Abdominal Muscles , Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Abscess/microbiology , Aged , Cholecystitis/complications , Cholelithiasis/complications , Escherichia coli/isolation & purification , Humans , Klebsiella/isolation & purification , Male , Time Factors , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Three cases of first branchial cleft anomalies are presented. The embryology and pathology of first branchial complex anomalies, their imaging characteristics and differential diagnosis are discussed.
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Branchial Region/abnormalities , Branchioma/diagnosis , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Branchial Region/diagnostic imaging , Branchial Region/pathology , Branchioma/etiology , Diagnosis, Differential , Head and Neck Neoplasms/etiology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We present the case of a young comatose female patient in whom a massive pulmonary embolism was diagnosed by pulmonary angiography. During the angiography, not only successful thrombolytic therapy with recombinant human tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) (100 mg) was performed, but measuring of the pulmonary artery pressures, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels was also possible. Thrombolysis seems to be a good alternative to surgical thrombectomy.
