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A 16-year-old Caucasian male presented with acute perineal pain and retroscrotal swelling during the hours following an extensive bike-ride. His past medical history was unremarkable.

A 55-year-old Caucasian man presented with weight loss, cramping abdominal pains, an increasing abdominal circumference and diarrhea. Physical examination showed no abnormalities besides a puffy abdomen. His past medical history included a recent subcutaneous swelling in the neck, histologically compatible to a benign solitary fibrous tumor. All blood results were within normal limits. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a tumor with diameter of 6.7 cm, probably originating from the pancreas, with ascites and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy...

A 27-year-old man presented at the emergency room with episodic acute headaches and nausea for a few weeks. Neurological examination was normal.

A 28-year-old man was referred to the neurology department of our hospital with difficulty of social interaction, impairment in carrying out daily life activities and muscle rigidity. He had a history of head trauma 3 years ago. Neurological examination revealed bradykinesia, hypophonic speech, resting and postural tremor, rigidity, spasticity, hyperreflexia and psychosis.

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AIM: To assess exudative pleural effusions with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) in order to determine non-invasive differentiation criteria for inflammatory-infectious and malignant effusions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-two patients with pleural effusions underwent DW-MRI with 4 different b values (10, 500, 750 and 1000 s/mm2). ADC maps were generated automatically. Signal intensity and ADC values were measured. Following MRI, pleural fluid of 10-15 ml was obtained and analyzed...

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Lunotriquetral coalition (LTC), the most frequent and often bilateral type of carpal coalition, is in general considered as asymptomatic. In rare cases - however - fibrocartilaginous LTC may be an uncommon cause of ulnar sided pain in the wrist due to the pseudarthrosis or a post-traumatic disruption of LTC. Two rare cases of symptomatic LTC are presented and the role of MRI is emphasized. MRI shows the pseudarthrosis and may additionally show bone marrow edema and subcortical cysts. In symptomatic cases surgical lunotriquetral fusion may be considered as treatment option...

Transitional liver cell tumor is an extremely rare entity and has a poor prognosis. It has similar histopathologic findings with hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Up to now, only 10 cases have been reported in the literature. We report on an 8-year-old boy with histologically proven transitional liver cell tumor and describe the pertinent radiological findings.

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PURPOSE: To assess the normal values of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) of L4, L5 and S1 nerve roots using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in healthy volunteers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 37 subjects without previous history of lumbalgia or radiculalgia were prospectively examined: 27 at 1.5T and 10 at 3T MRI. The protocol included standard anatomical sequences and a DTI acquisition. Nerve root fibers were semi automatically extracted from DTI tractography...

The appearance of cystic Brunner's gland hamartomas (BGHs) on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has only been reported in a very small number of cases. Imaging diagnosis of cystic BGHs is usually difficult. We present a case of cystic BGH and characterize it in conjunction with previously reported cases. We found that the cysts of BGHs are smaller than those of other cystic duodenal lesions. The presence of cysts in BGHs can limit the differential diagnosis to cystic duodenal lesions, and our observations may assist others in the discrimination of cystic BGHs from other cystic duodenal lesions...

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown aetiology. The most common sites of involvement are the long bones, skin, orbit, pituitary and retroperitoneal space. Isolated breast involvement is rare in the literature. ECD of the breast has been rarely reported. ECD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of histiocytoid breast lesions, including fat necrosis and histiocytoid invasive mammary carcinoma. In this case report, we present an unusual presentation isolated breast involvement of ECD with radiological and histopathology findings...

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We report a case of rapidly growing pleural empyema due to endobronchial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by chest computed tomography (CT). Endobronchial lipoma is a rare benign tumor of the tracheobronchial tree which can cause irreversible damage to the distal lung parenchyma if diagnosis and treatment are not carried out in time.