[Wegener's granulomatosis overlapped with Takayasu arteritis complicated by thrombosis of the internal jugular vein].

A 30 year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis with typical lesions of nose, mouth, skin, lung and positive c-ANCA titre was admitted to our hospital because of ineffective treatment with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide. Infiltration of the left side of chest wall and collateral circulation were seen during physical examination. Ultrasound examination revealed thrombus in the left internal jugular vein and in the left subclavicular vein.

[Evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in the course of lung diseases in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging].

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance to provide differentiation between malignant and benign mediastinal or hilar lymph nodes. The group of 109 patients were examined, with lung carcinoma (63 patients) and sarcoidosis (46 patients). Relative signal intensity increase after administration of Gd-DTPA in standard dose (0.

[Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma mimicking Wegener's granulomatosis].

We report 39 years old man with the history of chronic sinusitis and rhinitis. After tooth extraction he gradually developed unilateral proptosis with ophtalmoplegia and visual loss caused by retroorbital mass which was related to destruction of the adjacent orbital walls, sinuses and base of the skull. During the following month the progressing lung nodules with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy, macular skin lesions, renal insufficiency with proteinuria and anaemia appeared.