[Clinico-radiological observations on pulmonary manifestations of leptospirosis during the Montefeltro epidemic]. / Osservazioni clinico-radiologiche sulle manifestazioni polmonari da leptospirosi durante l'epidemia del Montefeltro.

During the summer of 1984, in the Montefeltro area an epidemic of leptospirosis took place from a common source. In 15% of the people affected, the disease involved the lungs. In 3 patients the disease had a deadly course; one decrease was due to ARDS. The clinical, anatomopathological, and radiological features are described of the patients who presented with lung involvement. Such an outcome proved to be more likely than we thought. X-ray pattern of the chest was a polymorphous appearance, in spite of the same anatomopathological substratum, characterized by lung edema and endoalveolar hemorrhages.

[Renal oncocytoma. A diagnostic and therapeutic problem]. / L'oncocitoma renale. Un problema diagnostico e terapeutico.

Renal oncocytoma is a more common entity as one may believe. Five cases and their sonographic features observed in six months are reported; in none of these cases was possible a secure diagnosis before the operation.