Surgical Treatment in a Case of Cogan's Syndrome Complicated With Proximal Aortic Vasculitis.

Cogan's syndrome is a rare idiopathic inflammatory disease with involvement of the eye and inner ear. This syndrome can be associated with aortic root vasculitis. We report the case of a young man with a history of uveitis and bilateral hearing loss who presented with proximal aortic vasculitis and dilatation after aortic valve replacement.

Diffusion weighted MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of haemangiomas and metastases of the liver.

Background: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the value of diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of haemangiomas from metastases of the liver. PATIENTS AND METHODS.: We analyzed 69 lesions in 38 patients (33 haemangiomas; 36 metastases) in the retrospective study.