Metastatic pulmonary calcinosis and leukocytoclastic vasculitis in a patient with multiple myeloma.

Unlabelled: Both leukocytoclastic vasculitis and metastatic pulmonary calcification are conditions that rarely occur during the course of multiple myeloma. We present a multiple myeloma patient that had severe dyspnea due to metastatic pulmonary calcinosis, and ulceronecrotic skin lesions caused by leukocytoclastic vasculitis. After 3 courses of standarddose chemotherapy all skin and pulmonary lesions disappeared.

Multi-center transferability of a breath-hold T2 technique for myocardial iron assessment.

Background: Cardiac iron overload is the leading cause of death in thalassemia major and is usually assessed using myocardial T2* measurements. Recently a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) breath-hold T2 sequence has been developed as a possible alternative. This cardiac T2 technique has good interstudy reproducibility, but its transferability to different centres has not yet been investigated.

Solitary osteochondroma causing popliteal pseudoaneurysm that presented as a mass lesion.

Osteochondromas are the most frequently occurring bone tumors and can rarely lead to vascular complications. A 14-year-old boy with solitary exostosis of the right femur presented with a mass lesion at the posterior aspect of the thigh. Radiological studies demonstrated a popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm.

Gene therapy: applications in interventional radiology.

Gene therapy is a new and rapidly developing area in medicine. Although it is a new therapy method, recent studies look promising. Since vascular wall is a good target for this treatment, interventional radiologists should become familiar with this new therapy and be involved in this multidisciplinary collaboration.