Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) with Pneumocystic Jerovici (Carinii) Pneumonia


CT axial section of chest lung window in 50 year old male showing diffuse bilateral symmetrical patchy ground glass opacities with areas of air space opacities, interlobular septal thickening and peribronchovascular thickening. Features consistent with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

CT scan plain image axial section through superior aspect of liver showing few small simple cysts in segment VII.
CT scan axial section at the level of kidneys showing enlarged bilateral kidney and they are replaced by multiple cystic lesions of variable sizes. Features consistent with Austosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.



Retroperitoneal paraganglioma

 CT scan axila section of the abdomen in 35 year old female patietn showing well defined mildly enhancing rounded soft tissue mass lesion seen in the retroperitoneal region on the right side causing displacement of the pancreas and other adjacent structures.
 Coronal reformatted image showing the mass lesion.
Axial T2 fat saturated MR image showing mixed intensity lesion.
The USG guided FNAC of the lesion proved to be paraganglioma.