Giant mucocele of the appendix: clinical and imaging findings in 3 cases.

Objective: Clinical and imaging (sonographic and computed tomographic [CT]) findings in 3 cases of giant mucocele of the appendix are described.

Methods: Clinical records of 3 cases of giant mucocele of the appendix were reviewed. All patients had a basal B-mode sonographic examination and a contrast-enhanced sonographic examination using a second-generation low-mechanical index contrast medium.

Association of Adams-Oliver syndrome with pulmonary arterio-venous malformation in the same family: a further support to the vascular hypothesis.

Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) is a rare disease characterized by congenital scalp defects, terminal transverse limb defects and cutis marmorata telangiectatica. A significant incidence of cardiac and vascular malformations has been reported, leading to the hypothesis of a vascular defect early involved in the pathogenesis. We report two members of the same family with previously diagnosed AOS based on clinical phenotype and later recognized to have pulmonary arterio-venous malformation (PAVM).