Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in six children.

Background: Pulmonary involvement in Kaposi sarcoma is rare in children and can be difficult to distinguish from other pathology.

Objective: To describe the radiological findings in paediatric pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma.

Materials And Methods: Sequential chest radiographs of six children and CT scans of four of these children were evaluated retrospectively.

Chylothorax as a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis in children.

Chylothorax is a rare clinical entity characterized by a milky white aspirate with increased triglyceride levels. The commonest aetiology is malignancy and trauma. Pulmonary tuberculosis is an extremely rare cause of chylothorax.

Localized basal meningeal enhancement in tuberculous meningitis.

Background: Focal basal meningeal enhancement may produce a confusing CT picture in children with suspected tuberculous meningitis (TBM).

Objective: To demonstrate the incidence, distribution and appearance of localized basal meningeal enhancement in children with TBM.

Materials And Methods: CT scans of patients with definite (culture proven) and probable (CSF suggestive) TBM were retrospectively evaluated by two observers.

Anatomical and pathological considerations in percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: a reappraisal of the vertebral venous system.

Objectives: To focus attention of the clinician on the anatomy and (patho)physiology of the vertebral venous system, so as to offer a tool to better understand and anticipate (potential) complications that are related to the application of percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

Background: Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are newly developed, minimally invasive techniques for the relief of pain and for the strengthening of bone in vertebral body lesions. With the clinical implementation of these techniques, a number of serious neurologic and cardiopulmonary complications have been reported in the international medical literature.