We report an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt (IPVS) detected by ultrasound in an asymptomatic newborn. The lesion, which was further documented using color Doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), had almost totally disappeared 6 months later without any treatment. Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts (IPVS) are uncommon and their etiology is controversial. Some cases of IPVS have been reported in the literature, most of them in adult patients with portal hypertension and cirrhosis of the liver. However, only scattered reports describe IPVS in the absence of liver pathology. A revision of the proposed etiologies of IPVS is made and the usefulness of gray-scale and color Doppler sonography and MRI in diagnosing IPVS is discussed.

Antrochoanal polyp (Killian polyp) is an infrequent, benign lesion of maxillary origin. We describe the basic characteristics of this lesion and a rare case of autopolypectomy. Coronal and axial CT images are presented before and after autoexpulsion of an antrochoanal polyp in a patient with long-standing nasal obstruction. The initial CT examination revealed a typical left antrochoanal polyp filling all the maxillary sinus and passing through the ethmoid infundibulum until the choana. The CT after autopolypectomy showed the secondary mass effect at surrounding structures and residual inflammatory changes.

Según la OMS se define la salud como “un estadode completo bienestar físico, psíquico y social y nomeramente la ausencia de enfermedad o dolencia”(Gil-Montoya, J., et al. 2015).Sin embargo, en las personas adultas mayores esteestado se observa más como un proceso dinámicoen que ambas condiciones, salud y enfermedad vande un lado hacia el otro, más frecuentemente queen grupos de edad menores. En la condición desalud física de las personas mayores las afeccionesrespiratorias son muy frecuentes, incluso muchasveces letales.