Background Juvenile ossifying fibroma is an uncommon benign fibro-osseous tumor commonly involving the craniofacial skeleton of young patients with locally aggressive behavior and a high recurrence rate. Depending on the site of involvement it can present clinically as nasal obstruction, facial swelling, or proptosis. Case presentation Here we present a case of juvenile ossifying fibroma with an aneurysmal bone cyst component in the left nasal cavity in a 15-year-old boy who presented with gradually progressing left-sided nasal obstruction. Imaging findings were consistent with juvenile ossifying fibroma. Endoscopic resection of the tumor was done, and histopathological examination revealed it to be a psammomatoid variant of juvenile ossifying fibroma. Here we discuss its imaging findings, differential diagnosis, treatment options, and histopathological features. Conclusion Despite being a slow-growing benign tumor, early diagnosis and treatment are necessary due to its locally aggressive nature and invasion of adjacent structures. Complete surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment because of the high recurrence rate.
Background Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is a very rare benign tumor that constitutes less than 0.5% of all bladder tumors. It can be functional and non-functional. Functional tumors present with symptoms of catecholamine excess, and non-functional tumors usually remain asymptomatic. Case presentation Here, we present a case of non-functional urinary bladder paraganglioma in a 36-year-old female who presented to us with a history of intermittent hematuria. The routine hematological and biochemical parameters were within normal limits. Diagnostic computed tomography (CT) revealed a hypervascular lesion in the urinary bladder dome with no significant uptake in gallium-68-labelled-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid peptides-NaI3-octreotide positron emission tomography (DOTA-NOC PET/CT). Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of paraganglioma. Conclusion We present this case because of the rare location of paraganglioma in the urinary bladder and being non-functional with low/absent somatostatin receptor expression.
Vascular compression syndrome is a topic of both interest and controversy. There is a gamut of such processes in abdomen and pelvis which have characteristic imaging appearances. Computed tomography scan with contrast is the imaging modality of choice. Since such syndromes are frequently encountered in asymptomatic patients as well, precautious diagnosis has to be made strongly considering the relevant clinical history and deciphering the specific imaging features that would suggest the grave side of the pathology. This pictorial essay will address the clinical and imaging features of abdominal and pelvic vascular compression syndromes with relevant teaching points.
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