Introduction: Carcinosarcomas are malignant biphasic tumours of epithelial and mesenchymal tissue. They are most often found in visceral organs, but also appear on the skin. Older age, male sex and chronic sun exposure are risk factors for its development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report on a 40-year-old male with a 9-month-long history of snapping of his right hip caused by a previously undescribed etiology of internal extra-articular snapping hip, namely due to a localized tenosynovial giant cell tumor. Both dynamic ultrasound evaluation and MRI proved to be crucial in the diagnosis of this rare entity. Auto-provocation of the snapping showed an anterior hip mass moving posteriorly to the psoas tendon which elucidated the pain and clicking sensation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cystic lesions in the renal pelvis may cause a diagnostic dilemma. These lesions may be benign or (pre)malignant and primary of secondary.
Case Report: A 65-year-old woman presents with a complex cystic mass in the lower pole of the left kidney measuring approximately 16 cm in size and classified as Bosniak type 2F with minimally thickened septa and thick calcifications on non-contrast-enhanced computed tomography.
We present a rare case of an intra-articular synovial lipoma, which was diagnosed in a patient after a knee trauma. MRI is the imaging modality of choice to suggest the diagnosis preoperatively, by demonstrating a well-delineated fat-containing lesion. The differential diagnosis of an intra-articular lipomatous lesion consists of lipoma arborescens and synovial lipoma.
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