CT-guided thoracic biopsy:Evaluating diagnostic yield and complications
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore / 42 / 6 / 285-290 / AAMSC
Middle lobe syndrome associated with major haemoptysis
Published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
A 60-year-old Indian woman who was suffering from recurrent pneumonia presented with major haemoptysis and a right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Initially the patient required resuscitation to optimise her haemodynamic parameters while oxygenation remained satisfactory. An urgent computed tomography pulmonary angiogram revealed right middle lobe synd...
Factores predictores de recanalización arterial en pacientes con hemoptisis amenazante que requieren embolización arteri...
...Published in Archivos de Bronconeumologia
IntroductionArtery embolization (AE) is a safe and useful procedure in the management of massive hemoptysis. The objective of our study was to describe the experience of AE in a tertiary referral center, to characterize angiographic findings at the time of recurrence, and to analyze factors associated with these findings. Material and methodsObserv...
Bronchial cast hiding a lung cancer
Published in Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
A 70-year-old man was admitted for severe hypoxia, haemoptysis and cough. Chest-X-ray and CT-scan indicated a right-lower-lobe collapse. Bronchoscopy showed its occlusion by whitish dense mucus. Aspiration revealed a Bronchial Cast (BC) and a stenotic and inflamed orifice of the right-lower-lobe-bronchus which was biopsied. Histopathologic examinat...
Embolizzazione delle arterie bronchiali e/o sistemiche non bronchiali nel controllo dell’emottisi: 31 anni d’esperienza
Published in La radiologia medica
ObiettivoScopo del nostro lavoro è riportare l’esperienza di 31 anni nell’embolizzazione delle arterie bronchiali (BAE) e/o sistemiche non bronchiali (NBAE) nel controllo dell’emottisi.Materiali e metodiDal 1979 al 2010, 534 pazienti sottoposti ad angiografia delle arterie bronchiali per emottisi sono stati retrospettivamente valutati; 477 (89%) av...
Cavernostomy x Resection for Pulmonary Aspergilloma: A 32-Year History
Published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
BackgroundThe most adequate surgical technique for the treatment of pulmonary aspergilloma is still controversial. This study compared two groups of patients submitted to cavernostomy and pulmonary parenchyma resection.MethodsCases of pulmonary aspergilloma operated upon between 1979 and 2010 were analyzed retrospectively. Group 1 consisted of pati...
Pericardiophrenic artery embolisation for control of massive haemoptysis
Singapore Medical Journal / 52 / 5 / e104-e107 / SIMJA
Immediate and long-term outcomes of bronchial and non-bronchial systemic artery embolisation for the management of haemo...
Published in European Radiology
ObjectiveTo evaluate the immediate and long-term results of arterial embolisation in the management of haemoptysis and to identify factors influencing outcome.MethodsA retrospective analysis was carried out of the medical records and angiograms of 50 patients who underwent transarterial embolisation for haemoptysis.ResultsThe most frequent causes o...
Mukoviszidose im Erwachsenenalter
Published in Der Internist
Die Mukoviszidose ist eine häufige, autosomal-rezessive Erbkrankheit mit deutlich reduzierter Lebenserwartung, die sich überwiegend bereits im Kindesalter manifestiert. Der therapeutische Fortschritt hat dazu geführt, dass die Lebenserwartung dieser Patienten in den letzten Jahren deutlich gestiegen ist: Mittlerweile ist etwa die Hälfte der Patient...
Fatal hirudiniasis in a cow
Published in Comparative Clinical Pathology
A four-year-old cow with acute respiratory distress and continuous profuse bleeding from both nostrils was examined. The animal’s clinical symptoms had persisted for more than a week, and her condition rapidly deteriorated. Four leeches were removed from the nostrils, and supportive treatment was given. The animal, however, died after a few hours. ...
