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C Molino Trinidad

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PubMed1994

[Spontaneous mediastinal hemorrhage: a study of 2 cases].

The clinical symptoms of two cases of spontaneous mediastinal hemorrhage, a rare entity of unknown etiology, are presented. In both cases the evolution was acute with initial symptomatology similar to that observed in the upper caval vein syndrome. The appearance of a large hematoma in the cervical-thoracic region constituted the outstanding clinical symptom. Imaging techniques provided the second key to diagnosis, which was made following the exclusion of the other causes of bleeding in the mediastinum. Given the apparent stability of the lesion and the absence of hemodynamic changes, treatment should only be symptomatic.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1979

[Phantom tumor (author's transl)].

Phantom tumors are accumulations of pleural effusion in the interlobular spaces of the lungs. They appear in patients with heart failure simulating a lung tumor but disappearing with medical treatment. The encystment of the fluid is apparently due to congenital defects in the pleura, which tends to store up the transudate produced by heart failure. Another pathogenetic possibility is the existence of pleural adherences. The most common localization is in the minor cissure, perhaps because it is more easily identified in the posterior view of the chest X-ray. In most of these cases the pleural effusion is due to left heart failure, though pleural effusion in normally associated with right congestive heart failure. On the posterior chest X-ray the fluid is observed as a round or fusiform mass. Differential diagnosis should be established for measotheliomas, pulmonary infarctions, pulmonary or metastatic tumoral nodules, hydatic cysts, and tuberculomas. Sixteen cases of phantom tumors are reported; nine of them were localized on the minor cissure, five on the right major cissure, one on the left major cissure, and one case of double localization on the left major cissure and minor cissure. All of them were due to left congestive heart failure.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
PubMed1979

[Pulmonary infarction as a cause of pneumothorax: report of two cases (author's transl)].

Pulmonary infarction is a very uncommon cause of pneumothorax. The authors report two patients with pneumothorax arising as a complication of pulmonary infarction. One was a 72-year-old man who had hemoptysis, pleural effusion, and alveolar condensation. Four days later he developed a hydropneumothorax and pulmonary cavitation. He died of heart failure. The pulmonary infarction was not septic in this case. The other patient was a 12-year-old boy who suffered a septic embolism with cavitation as a result of an infected wound. He later developed a tension pneumothorax and died in a state of shock. The authors have found only 16 cases of pneumothorax as a complication of pulmonary infarction in the literature. It is surprising that, even though all infarctions are in contact with the pleural surface, the incidence of pneumothorax is not higher. The infarctions may or may not be septic. Cavitation is not necessarily present, though infarctions are usually cavitated before pneumothorax develops. Tension pneumothorax occurs in some cases.

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PubMed1979

[Roentgenologic characteristics of Gaucher's disease (author's transl)].

Gaucher's disease is a rare metabolic disorder in which there is an abnormal accumulation of cerebrosides in the reticuloendothelial system due to a deficit of beta-glucuronidase. Three patients with this disease, 8, 14, and 23 years old, were studied. The purpose of this paper is to point out some of the roentgenologic findings, such as areas of femoral osteolysis, renal venous thrombosis, and in one patient, sclerosis of the sacroiliac joint. Splenomegaly and alteration of the tubular bony structure of the distal end of the femur were present in all three cases. The roentgenologic images of the disease are discussed. The osteoarticular system is the most often affected. Osteolysis is the basic lesion with expansion of the bone marrow and sclerosis. The earliest symptom and sometimes the only one is the Erlenmeyer flask deformity or widening of the distal portion of the femur. Sometimes there is a high degree of deossification without definite osteolytic lesions. Pathologic fractures and fractures caused by pressure of the vertebral bodies are common. Aseptic femoral necrosis are often present. Other less frequent sites of osteoarticular pathology are the skull, jaws, ribs, and sacroiliac joints. Splenomegaly is the most frequent visceral lesion. Other organs sometimes affected are the liver, kidneys, heart, lymphatic system, and lungs, with nodular or basal reticular infiltrations.

Adolescent↗
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[Comparative study of ureteral displacements].

A study ia mde of 15 patients with a known neoplasia: 2 retroperitoneal tumours, 5 lymphomas, 3 prostate neoplasias, 3 seminomas and 2 uterus neoplasias; with displacement of the ureter and in some cases ectasia of the excretion system. The displacement was always one-sided and most frequently found in the lower third of the ureter. Ectasia was found in two patients; we have never found this in any patients without a known neoplasia. Adenopathies were the most frequent cause of inferior ureter deviation but in only one case did they infiltrate into the wall and they were more constant on the right side. These cases are compared with other patients suffering from different pathologies, some of which are also neoplastic but in which no displacement or ectasia appeared even when the retroperitoneum was affected, and with another group of patients in whom there was found to be ureteral displacement or ectasia without any retro- or intraperitoneal pathology.

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[Subcapsular renal hematoma: report of a case of unusual etiology].

The authors present a case of myeloproliferative syndrome with an exceptional clinical picture of pain in the right hypochondrium and right iliac fossa, with no mictional syndrome or hematuria, caused by the appearance of a spontaneous subcapsular hematoma. They discuss the frequency of the different kinds of kidney hematomas and their causes. They also describe the typical radiological signs of the subcapsular hematoma in comparison with the other forms of kidney hematomas.

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