Hepatic rupture associated with pregnancy: treatment with transcatheter embolotherapy.

Spontaneous rupture of the liver associated with pregnancy is a rare and very serious complication, usually occurring in association with eclampsia or preeclampsia. Survival has generally been dependent on early recognition of characteristic signs and symptoms and prompt surgical intervention. Even with surgery, maternal mortality approaches 40% and fetal mortality is even higher.

Calcified abdominal Castleman's disease: plain film and sonographic features.

Benign lymph node hyperplasia or Castleman's disease is an unusual entity, which rarely calcifies and is characteristically found near the hila of the lungs or in the mediastinum. In the case we have reported, a calcified mass in the left upper abdominal quadrant proved to be a rare case of abdominal Castleman's disease.

Sonography of systemic lupus nephritis.

Renal sonography was compared with commonly obtained laboratory and pathologic data in 31 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Sonography was 95% sensitive in the detection of lupus nephritis, with the major abnormalities being abnormal renal size and cortical echogenicity. Sonography was useful in locating the kidneys for biopsy and in excluding hydronephrosis.