Gabriel Lacerda Fernandes; Arivaldo Araújo Teixeira; Ana Graziela Santana Antón; Alan Timóteo Rodrigues Reis; Ana Carolina Rezende de Freitas; Dunya Bachour Basílio
Radiol Bras 2014;47(4):259-261 - CASE REPORT
Churg-Strauss syndrome is a rare systemic disease primarily characterized by hypereosinophilia, asthma and vasculitis. The lung is the organ most frequently involved. In the present report, the authors describe a relatively rare finding in this disease – the presence of a pulmonary nodule –, while recalling the main radiological findings and the most relevant differential diagnoses.
Rafael Lemos Nascif; Ana Graziela Santana Antón; Gabriel Lacerda Fernandes; George Caldas Dantas; Vinícius de Araújo Gomes; Marcelo Ricardo Canuto Natal
Radiol Bras 2014;47(6):384-386 - CASE REPORT
The authors report a case of a 48 year-old female patient with moderate abdominal pain and bulging in the abdomen. Physical examination demonstrated the presence of a palpable abdominal mass. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneously enhancing retroperitoneal mass in close contact with the inferior vena cava. En bloc resection of the mass and of the attached vena cava segment was performed. Histological analysis revealed leiomyosarcoma.
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