A paraesophageal bronchogenic cyst with esophageal communication.

Paraesophageal bronchogenic cysts are a rare developmental anomaly of the upper digestive tract. Although often asymptomatic, their growth can cause severe symptoms and complications because of the location. The diagnosis is difficult and is mostly by histopathologic findings after extirpation of the cyst.

[Personal experience in embolization of liver hemangiomas].

Introduction: Cavernous haemangioma is the most often found benign liver tumour. Its size usually does not change, although there are cases in which it grows. Large haemangiomas can cause hepatomegaly, pain in the right subcostal area, and spontaneous ruptures.

[Intraarterial perfusion of inoperable adrenocortical carcinoma with emulsion of lipiodol and cytostatics in a patient with Cushing syndrome].

The therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma has not yet been standardized, and a palliative treatment with embolization of hormonally active metastases or adrenocortical tumour, could be a method of choice. We report on a case of adrenocortical carcinoma which was diagnosed as S. Cushing.

Improvement of metastatic endocrine tumors of the pancreas by hepatic artery chemoembolization.

We report the results of transcatheter intraarterial perfusion of liver with the emulsion of iodized oil and cytostatics performed as palliative treatment in three patients with hepatic metastases of pancreatic endocrine tumors. Two patients had insulinoma and one patient had glucagonoma. They were also treated by medical therapy from the time the diagnosis was made.

Catheter-aided extraction of a steel coil accidentally lodged in the right ventricle.

In one case a steel coil similar to the Gianturco coil accidentally lodged in the outflow tract of the right ventricle during the embolization of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Extraction of the coil with an intravascular foreign body retrieval set (Cook Inc., Bloomington Ind.