Splenic tuberculosis is an extremely rare clinical entity and a frequently forgotten cause of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO). We present the case of a 42 year old man who presented with fever of unknown origin. Ultrasonography revealed multiple hypoechoic areas within the spleen. As the abscesses did not respond to broad spectrum antibiotics splenectomy was done. The excised organ showed multi...

The spleen has the same relationship to the circulatory system that the lymph nodes have to the lymphatic system. A wide range of diseases can affect the spleen. Pathologic conditions of the spleen can be classified into the following categories: congenital diseases (accessory spleen, polysplenia, and asplenia); trauma; inflammation (abscess, candidiasis, histoplasmosis, and sarcoidosis); vascu...

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BACKGROUND Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome manifested by a spectrum of benign and malignant tumors.  CASE REPORT The patient presented here was a 31-year-old female with unremarkable family history who presented initially complaining of intermittent abdominal pain. Abdominal CT scan revealed an inhomogeneous solid mass (13×9×7 cm) originating from the tail ...

PURPOSE To compare contrast-enhanced sonography (CEUS) with contrast-enhanced CT in the assessment of nontraumatic focal lesions of the spleen. METHODS CEUS and CT findings in 22 patients with fever of unknown origin and ultrasound-detected splenic focal lesions were analyzed retrospectively. CEUS was performed using an ultrasound unit equipped with a 3.6-MHz probe and contrast-specific softw...

Presenter: Elizabeth Klein DO | The Jewish Hospital Background: Abdominal pain in bariatric patients after sleeve gastrectomy and significant weight loss is concerning for multiple differential diagnoses from food intolerance, concern hiatal hernia, to biliary disease. We present a unique case of 32-year-old female presenting with left upper quadrant abdominal pain, that began losing 100 pounds...

Congenital true pancreatic cysts are very rarely seen in children. We report magnetic resonance imaging features of a case of congenital true pancreatic cyst with a high level of enzymatic activity which, to the best of our knowledge, have not previously been reported. A 4-month-old boy was admitted to our clinic with a history of abdominal swelling for one month. A mobile, smooth, non-tender m...

A reduction of peripheral CD4+ cell levels has been correlated with the onset of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients. Most in vivo drug discovery and development for P. carinii have been conducted in corticosteroid-treated rats. There is need for the development of new small animal models with more selective methods of immunosuppression. This study outlines a new mouse model in whic...