Cardiac metastasis of a soft tissue sarcoma: Case report and review of literature.

Cardiac metastases are the most frequent cardiac tumors. They can cause dysrhythmia, myocardial dysfunction, pericardial effusion, and heart failure. In decreasing order, the major primary malignancies associated with cardiac metastases are pleural mesothelioma, lung adenocarcinoma, undifferentiated carcinomas, lung squamous cell carcinoma, and breast carcinoma.

Ganglioneuroma of the cervical sympathetic chain: A case report and review of literature.

Ganglioneuromas are rare benign neurogenic tumors of the sympathetic nervous system. Its presence in the neck is relatively rare, characterized by a slow growing mass, usually asymptomatic. Its imaging findings are nonspecific and its diagnosis usually requires surgical biopsy.

Emphysematous hepatitis: A case report and review of literature.

Emphysematous hepatitis (EH) is a recently described gas forming liver infection, often associated with diabetes mellitus. It is often associated with poor prognosis, with rapidly fatal course in most reported cases. Its diagnosis is based on CT findings when an extensive gas replacing the liver parenchyma is present.

Ortner's syndrome: Hoarseness of voice revealing severe secondary pulmonary hypertension.

Ortner's syndrome or cardiovocal syndrome is a rare condition referring to laryngeal recurrent nerve paralysis due to cardiovascular conditions. We report the case of a 66-year-old man, with a medical history of active smoking, who complained of hoarseness of voice secondary to vocal cord palsy. A neck and thoracic CT scan revealed severe enlargement of pulmonary main artery, which caused compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve in the aortopulmonary window The prolonged course of the left laryngeal nerve makes it susceptible to injury from cardiovascular structures in the mediastinum.

Twig-like MCA: A rare cause of intracranial bleeding.

Twig-like or unfused middle cerebral artery (MCA) is a rare congenital vascular anomaly defined by the absence of the M1 segment. It can be found incidentally or can be revealed by cerebral ischemia or hemorrhage. Although rare, neuroradiologists should be familiar with such findings in order to differentiate them from differential diagnoses such as Moyamoya disease and steno-occlusive disorders of the MCA.