Diaphragm disease (DD) induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma (NMVH) are rare entities that can be difficult to recognize clinically, radiologically and pathologically. Both may cause small bowel obstruction and both reveal annular constrictions macroscopically. However, the 2 entities differ in that the constrictions are purely fibrous in DD whereas they have a hamartomatous histopathology in NMVH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report a case of primary germ cell testicular tumor that spontaneously remitted after metastasizing to the retroperitoneum, leaving histologically characteristic lesions of a fused tumor. The characteristic testicular ultrasound findings that permitted the diagnosis are described.
Methods/results: A 21-year-old male consulted for a retroperitoneal mass.
An unusual case of pharyngeal cyst in a 25-year-old man studied by Magnetic Resonance (MR) is described. Anatomic location and pathological findings indicated the second branchial pouch origin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report on an exceptional case of spontaneous, idiopathic, unilateral adrenal gland rupture that caused massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
Methods And Results: US and CT were performed in a patient who presented with acute abdominal pain. Urgent adrenalectomy was required to prevent the blood loss from continuing.