Received 7/4/2006; revised 9/29/2006; accepted 9/29/2006. For correspondence or reprints contact: Jui-Hung Weng, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 110 Section 1, Chien Kuo North Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: (886)4-24739595 ext. 32002, Fax: (886)4-24718073, E-mail: [email protected] Rectovesical fistula is a subgroup in the entity of ent...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Metastasis in retroperitoneal lymph nodes is one of the signs of advanced stage or terminal stage of malignancy. We performed a trial to assess the safety and efficacy of ultrasonography (US)-guided local neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser ablation for metastatic lymph nodes in the retroperitoneal region. METHODS We evaluated 4 cases of retroperitoneal me...

SummarySwallowed foreign bodies can be a source of morbidity or rarely mortality since they can impact in the pharynx and the oesophagus and cause discomfort or even perforate to cause mediastinitis. Most (80% to 90%)1 foreign bodies including swallowed bone pass into the stomach, proceed through the intestines and are passed in stool without problems. Swallowed bone has been documented to caus...

Enterovesical fistula (EVF) is a rare complication of diverticulitis, as well as Crohn's disease, intestinal malignancy, radiotherapy and trauma. EVF formation is associated with inflammation of the involved bowel segments. The current study presents the case of a 35-year-old man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who developed pneumaturia, fecaluria and recurrent urinary tract infections following ch...

BACKGROUND Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms of uncertain malignant potential, which have in common the co-expression of muscle and melanocytic immunohistochemical markers. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old man presented with dysuria, passage of urinary sediment and lower abdominal discomfort. A three centimeter mass was identified by cystoscopy in th...