A 46-year old female patient was admitted after a 5-m height fall. Contrast-enhanced CT scan discovered dissection of the right pulmonary artery (Figs 1 and 2) as well as rib fractures, pneumo-/ haemothorax, pulmonary contusions and pneumomedistinum. The dissection was confirmed by another CT scan 6 days later. The course was nonoperatively and uneventful. Figure 1: CT scan revealed dissection ...

pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is an uncommon infiltrative pulmonary disease characterized by deposition of microliths in the alveoli. we present the case of a young adult with complaints of shortness of breath on exertion. chest radiograph showed innumerable small, dense nodules, diffusely involving both the lungs - predominantly in the lower zones. high-resolution ct scan illustrated wides...

To expand the search for central pulmonary arteries in six patients with absence of cardiac-pulmonary continuity, computerized axial tomography (CAT) of the chest was performed. The CAT scans were compared with previous arteriograms and pulmonary vein wedge angiograms. Three patients with type IV truncus arteriosus were studied, and none had a central, right or left pulmonary artery on CAT scan...

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan has been widely used as standard method of assessing bone density. Artefacts and incidental findings are frequently encountered on the DEXA scan images, some of which may affect bone mineral density values and the others are only of incidental findings. In this case report, we present a 44-year-old male diagnosed with pulmonary microlithiasis that wa...

Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM) is a rare abnormality of pulmonary airway malformation and may remain undiagnosed until it discovered as an incidental finding later in life. Reported here are two cases CPAM, seven-month-old infant two-year-old toddler. A ex-premature male presented with recurrent pneumonia failure to thrive. He had unresolving consolidation on chest radiograph w...

Radioisotope131 I scanning of the lungs has been used primarily as a diagnostic tool in suspected pulmonary embolism. The present study has analyzed 71 consecutive scans in relation to independent observer grading, interpretation of the scan versus the posterior-anterior chest film and lung scan grade versus multiple pulmonary function parameters. The scans were done in patients with obstructiv...

Pulmonary involvement secondary to Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WMG) is described in a 40-year-old male by incidental findings on a bone scan. He was examined for right leg pain, and bone scan revealed unexpected pulmonary uptake of Tc-99m MDP. CT scan of the thorax revealed pleural effusion and slightly disseminated micronoduler density increase in the right lung and parenchymal infiltrati...