An 80-year old woman with a history of surgical fixation of her acromio-clavicular joint with three Kirschner wires 3 months earlier presented with shortness of breath and a dislocated shoulder. Computed tomography scan confirmed the diagnosis of a retained Kirchner wire in the right ventricle (Fig. 1) with pericardial effusion (Fig. 2). Figure 1: Scout view showing one wire within the heart sh...

Micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia (MNPH) is often associated with tuberous sclerosis complex and/or lymphangioleiomyomatosis. We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with MNPH without evidence of either. A preoperative high-resolution chest computed topographic scan demonstrated a ground-glass opacity 8 mm in diameter that revealed the possibility of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH) ...

FIGURE 1. Computed tomographic scan showing a correctly positioned nasogastric tube and no radiologic evidence of mesenteric strangulation or ischemia. CLINICAL SUMMARIES Case 1 An 81-year-old woman with two-vessel coronary disease and preserved left ventricular function underwent elective off-pump coronary surgery to the posterior descending and left anterior descending coronary arteries. A pr...

A-34-year-old Chinese man who had smoked about 20 cigarettes per day for the past 14 years presented with cough and hemoptysis that had persisted for 2 months. Chest radiography revealed mass shadow in the left lower field. A computed tomographic scan of the chest revealed the tumor in the left lower lobe, occupying left main bronchus lumen with polypoid endobronchial growth (Figure 1). Physica...

Bilateral heterochronic spontaneous hemothorax as a result of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is a very rarely happened disease. A 34-year-old woman presented major symptoms with right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. The following contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan of the chest showed a large amount of fluid in the right thorax with mediastinal shift, but without major v...

OBJECTIVE Primary bony tumors of the chest wall are usually benign and most commonly located in the ribs or sternum. Chondrosarcoma is regarded as one of the most frequent primary malignancies of the chest wall and its incidence after a sternotomy for a cardiac procedure is extremely rare. We present a case of sternal chondrosarcoma. METHODS The patient presented with a sternal mass 4 years a...

Myelolipoma is an uncommon tumor composed of adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic elements, and is most often found in the adrenal glands. We report a patient with a posterior mediastinal myelolipoma. The 68-year-old male patient showed a right lower mediastinal shadow in a chest X-ray. A computed tomographic scan demonstrated a right posterior mediastinal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging pr...

Radiologic findings of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a novel coronavirus infection, have been rarely reported. We report a 30-year-old male presented with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, who was diagnosed with MERS. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed rapidly developed multifocal nodular consolidations with ground-glass opacity halo and mixed consolidation, mainly in the ...

A 61 year old man was bought to the emergency department having suddenly collapsed a few hours earlier. He admitted to a 4-week history of worsening headaches and a fluctuating right sided paraesthesia. On examination bilateral papilloedema was noted. The rest of the general and neurological examination was unremarkable. The full blood count, electrocardiogram, chest radiograph and serum electr...