Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause that is characterized by the presence of non-caseous granuloma. The diagnosis is made whenever this histological finding occurs in the absence of other known causes. of non-caseating granulomas and whenever compatible clinical and radiographic findings are present. The usual chest radiographic findings in sarcoidosis are (1) bilateral hilar and occasion...

A normal cisterna chyli is a structure that may simulate retrocrural adenopathy on unenhanced CT. Our case report is significant because it highlights two cases in which patients with prior primary malignancies (medullary thyroid carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma) underwent PET-CT for re-staging, and in each case, a prominent right retrocrural structure is seen representing either a cisterna chyl...

PURPOSE The purpose of this review is to address the issue of unnecessary irradiation of the normal larynx. METHODS We performed a literature review and dosimetry evaluation of intensity modulated radiotheraphy (IMRT) techniques. RESULTS Data suggest that matching conventional parallel opposed photon fields through adenopathy is a reasonable alternative to the common practice of unnecessari...

Benign lymphoepithelial parotid neoplasm with associated cervical adenopathy is a newly described head and neck manifestation of HIV infection, characterized previously as purely cystic masses on both CT and MR evaluations. The CT and MR findings in nine cases of surgically proved benign lymphoepithelial parotid lesions are presented. Five (56%) of the nine cases demonstrated masses that appear...

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecologic malignancy. It usually spreads out of the abdomen involving thoraco-abdominal organs and serosal surface. This disease is poorly curable and surgery, at early stage, is supposed to achieve the best survival outcome. In systemic dissemination, chemotherapy is indicated, sometimes with neoadjuvant aim. The most common clinical expressions of advanced...

The authors present a case of Kikuchi's disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and autoimmune-like hepatitis. Kikuchi's disease, or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis is occasionally associated with SLE and mildly elevated aminotransferases. A 17-year old woman presented with fever, arthritis and bilateral cervical adenopathy. Histopathological and immunohistochemical exa...