Idiopathic pulmonary artery dissection: a case report.

Introduction: The occurrence of pulmonary artery dissection is extremely rare in patients without pulmonary hypertension, congenital cardiac abnormalities or cardiac intervention. A diagnosis of pulmonary artery dissection is rarely made during life because it generally leads to cardiogenic shock and sudden death. The progression or natural course of pulmonary artery dissection is not known and the optimum management is not defined because of the paucity of cases in the literature.

Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient with no known risk factors.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare life-threatening necrotizing infection of the kidney and perirenal space with gas formation. It is usually unilateral and affects patients with a risk factor such as diabetes or urinary obstruction. In the past, most patients required nephrectomy, and in bilateral cases long-term dialysis was inevitable.

Calcifications of portal venous system wall: CT findings in three patients.

Three cases of portal venous system wall calcifications demonstrated by computed tomography are presented. The clinical features, possible pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic significance of this condition are reviewed.