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Chronic thromboembolic disease and necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis – A case report
Abstract: A 32 year old male presented to our services with severe, progressive breathlessness. Following a detailed clinical work-up he was found to have severe pulmonary arterial hypertension due to...
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Donall G. Forde,
Brian McCullagh,
Michael T. Henry,
Sean P. Gaine,
Desmond M. Murphy
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149-150
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A 42-year-old man with progressive dyspnea and a rapidly growing mass
Abstract: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), also known as undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma, accounts for 20–24% of all soft tissue sarcomas in the US. Peak incidence is in the fifth...
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Jinesh P. Mehta,
Juan Guardiola
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151-153
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Intracardiac thrombus in Behcet’s disease: A rare case in the United States
Abstract: Behcet’s disease is a rare systemic disorder which is associated with an underlying vasculitis. Most cases of BD occur in Asia and North American cases are rare. Patients often present with ...
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Swapna Gopathi,
Ryan T. Hurt,
Juan Guardiola
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154-156
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A pulmonary abscess, beware of lung cancer!
Abstract: A pulmonary abscess is defined as necrosis of the pulmonary parenchym caused by microbial infections. The most common organisms are anaerobe bacteria. Local conditions, host resistance and i...
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L.E.L. Hendriks,
M.M.H. Hochstenbag,
U.C. Lalji,
A.-M.C. Dingemans
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157-159
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Bronchial artery embolization: Managing ruptured pulmonary artery venous malformation – A case report
Abstract: A young 19 year old boy reported to the emergency with complaints of productive cough and mild haemoptysis over three days duration. Initial investigations were within normal limits. Symptom...
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Dharitri Goswami,
Shantanu Das,
Ashok Parida,
Joy Sanyal
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160-163
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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia due to ortho-phenylenediamine
Abstract: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a rare, potentially serious respiratory disease which may be idiopathic or secondary to other conditions. Exceptionally, cases of COP of occupationa...
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M. Sanchez-Ortiz,
M.J. Cruz,
M. Viladrich,
F. Morell,
X. Muñoz
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164-165
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Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis: The first reported case in Turkey
Abstract: Adiaspiromycosis is a world wide airborne infection and is a pulmonary disease in humans caused by the fungus Chrysosporium parvum var crescens (Emmonsia parva). It is caused by inhalation o...
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Melih Buyuksirin,
Sevket Ozkaya,
Nur Yucel,
Filiz Guldaval,
Kenan Ceylan,
Gulru Erbay Polat
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166-169
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An unusual case of hoarseness of voice related to corticosteroid treatment
Abstract: Invasive aspergillus infection of the larynx is extremely rare. This report describes the case of a 56-year-old lady with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease receiving long-term inhaled co...
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R. Naseer,
L.J. Buck,
M. Small,
M. Munavvar
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170-171
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Idiopathic constrictive bronchiolitis with rapidly progressive bronchiectasis and Mycobacterium kansasii infection
Abstract: Constrictive bronchiolitis results in airways obstruction with progressive lung hyperinflation causing dyspnea and eventual respiratory failure. There are many known causes including rheumat...
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Sandeep Raparla,
Eric P. Schmidt,
David B. Pearse
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172-174
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis presenting with cough variant asthma with spontaneous remission
Abstract: A 60-year-old woman presented with a dry cough without dyspnea or wheezing. Chest CT showed an image of mucoid impactions, which were identified as mucoid impactions by bronchofiberscopy. As...
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Hirofumi Matsuoka,
Towa Uzu,
Midori Koyama,
Yasuko Koma,
Kensuke Fukumitsu,
Yoshitaka Kasai,
Daiki Masuya,
Harukazu Yoshimatsu,
Yujiro Suzuki
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175-177
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An incidental finding of a lung lesion in a patient with systemic sclerosis
Abstract: We present the case of a 59-year-old lady, who was found to have an incidental finding of a lung lesion on a CxR following percutaneous endoscopic gastroscopy tube insertion. Subsequently a ...
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Ahsan R. Akram,
John H. Reid,
William Wallace,
Simon W. Watkin,
Jacqueline F. Faccenda
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178-180
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum revisited
Abstract: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is defined as free air within the mediastinum, not associated with trauma. Causes include exercise, drugs, asthma, vomiting, difficult labour and Valsalva maneu...
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José Meireles,
Sara Neves,
Alexandra Castro,
Margarida França
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181-183
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A forty-year old man with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates
Abstract: This report describes a 40-year old man with a history of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) twice prior to this admission, who pr...
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Ikjot Kaur,
Agustina Saenz,
Harish Iyer,
Glenn Eiger,
Robert Fischer,
Vladimir Zagrebelsky
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184-186
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The pulmonary radiologic findings of rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract: The rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is can affect multiple organs and tissues including the lung. Several pleuropulmonary manifestations are associated with rheumatoid arthritis involving the lung...
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Sevket Ozkaya,
Salih Bilgin,
Semra Hamsici,
Serhat Findik
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187-192
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Recurrent pneumonia due to esophageal migration of the gastrostomy MIC-Key tube remnant causing proximal esophageal obstruction
Abstract: A 16 years old female with history of cerebral palsy, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and severe scoliosis presents for recurrent pneumonia. Multiple prior plain films demonstrate progressive ...
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Qureshi Zeeshan,
Ramadass Satya,
Radhika J. Satya,
Jacob P. Pickering,
Nabeel Qureshi
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193-195
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Misleading chest radiograph in a case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Abstract: We present a case of apparent convincing bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on a chest radiograph, which on further investigation was found to be allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with sy...
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Ahmed M.A. Adlan,
Simon E. Brill,
Harman T. Saman,
David J. Evans
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196-197
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A case of hemothorax resulting from perforation of an esophageal diverticulum
Abstract: Esophageal diverticula are usually asymptomatic and clinically insignificant. We report a case of a hemothorax resulting from perforation of an esophageal diverticulum. A 45-year-old man com...
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Etsuko Watanabe,
Yoshiro Mochiduki,
Yasuharu Nakahara,
Tetsuji Kawamura,
Shin Sasaki
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198-200
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