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We report a case of levator claviculae muscle presenting clinically as a hard mass in the clavicular area due to angular deformity of this bone. To our knowledge, this is the first report where the anomalous muscle shows this clinical presentation.
We present a case of forearm soft tissue mass caused by an accessory muscle, distal and deep to flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. Imaging studies, mainly magnetic resonance and ultrasound, allow a specific diagnosis, and obviate unnecessary surgery. In this case, the symptoms associated with ulnar compression led to surgery and confirmed the preoperative diagnosis.
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STUDY DESIGN: The incidence of calcification in ligamentum flavum and posterior capsule demonstrated by computed tomography was reviewed in a series of 147 patients in whom 419 lumbar levels were studied. OBJECTIVES: To find a relationship between mechanical lumbar pathology and the calcification of the ligamentum flavum and posterior capsule. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Calcification of the ligamentum flavum and posterior capsule has been found in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and in metabolic disorders. Although this fact is considered a manifestation of degenerative disease of the spine, it barely has been studied, and many questions remain unresolved. METHODS: Calcifications were classified according to location as follows: 1) ligamentum flavum: upper attachment, lateral or capsular extension, caudal attachment, interlaminar portion or 2) posterior capsule. RESULTS: The following statistical associations were found: 1) degenerative facet joint disease with posterior capsule and lateral or capsular extension calcifications, 2) lumbarized vertebra with lateral or capsular extension and upper attachment calcifications, and 3) isthmic spondylolisthesis with lateral or capsular extension calcification.
Two cases of jejunojejunal intussusception in whom diagnosis was reached preoperatively by ultrasonography and small bowel follow-through meal are presented. We review the sonographic patterns of intussusception that allow the differential diagnosis with miscellaneous gastrointestinal abnormalities detected by ultrasound.
We present a cervical thymic cyst clinically manifest as a lateral neck mass and studied preoperatively with ultrasound. We point to the sonographic findings that allow us to include the cervical thymic cyst as one of the diagnostic possibilities.