Clinical imaging
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Case Reports
Renal vein thrombosis and asymptomatic massive pulmonary embolism: case presentation and diagnostic recommendations.
Isolated renal vein thrombosis is a rare radiographic finding. We present a patient whose complaint of flank pain led to the diagnosis of a renal vein thrombosis and uncovered massive pulmonary emboli. In this case, computed tomography (CT) of the chest was helpful in diagnosing the pulmonary emboli that were asymptomatic and allowed clinical management to be properly directed.
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To investigate the feasibility of determining local inflammatory activity of Crohn's disease by measurement of bowel wall perfusion kinetics using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ⋯ Determination of the perfusion kinetics of the bowel wall by MRI enables quantitative evaluation of local inflammatory activity in patients with Crohn's disease.