Publications by authors named "M Virginia Trujillo-Ariza"

Pulmonary cysts are thin-walled radiolucent lesions that may appear in a variety of uncommon disorders known as diffuse cystic lung diseases (DCLD) that essentially includes lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP), Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP), and Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS). Moreover, they have been reported in several cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this review is to provide a practical approach for evaluating lung cysts when encountered on CT.

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Objectives: The groin is a complex anatomic region that has traditionally been ignored by radiologists because most lesions can be diagnosed from clinical data and physical examination. Nevertheless, ultrasound examinations of the groin are increasingly being requested to confirm injury or to resolve diagnostic uncertainty. On the other hand, some conditions involving the groin are found only in pediatric patients.

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Introduction: The aetiology of autosomal dominant mental retardation type 1, also known as pseudo-Angelman, MBD5-associated neurodevelopmental disorder or MBD5 haploinsufficiency, lies in a microdeletion of chromosome 2q23.1 or in a specific alteration of the MBD5 gene, which constitutes the minimum region affected in the aforementioned microdeletion.

Aim: To report the case of a girl with a heterozygous de novo mutation in the MBD5 gene associated with bilateral band heterotopia and polymicrogyria.

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Glomus tumors are usually benign tumors that occur in the skin and soft tissues of the extremities. Visceral locations, such as stomach, intestines or lung, are extremely rare because glomus bodies are rare or absent in these organs. This report describes our experience in a 47-year-old woman diagnosed with a peritoneal malignant glomus tumor.

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