A young woman with an opacity on the left hemithorax

Opacity over the left hemithorax after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

A 77-yr-old male was admitted for aortic aneurysm repair. His history recorded hypertension, left carotid artery desobstruction, stroke and an anterior invocardial infarction. Aspirin was discontinued 1 day before surgery. For periand postoperative haemodynamic surveillance, a Swan-Ganz catheter (7.5 Fr thermodilution catheter; Criticath; Ohmeda, Bilthoven, the Netherlands) was introduced throu...

A young woman with multiple hypopigmented patches

A 33–year-old woman was visited at the dermatological clinic of Loghman-e-Hakim Hospital with multiple hypopigmented patches on her right arm, buttocks and flanks. Her lesions developed over the past year with no regression. Lesions were resistant to multiple antifungal therapies. Clinical examination revealed multiple circular or oval patches on the right arm, flank and sacral area. There was ...

A pink papule on the forehead of a young woman

Adult male with non-resolving opacity in the right hemithorax

Pulmonary agenesis is a well-known but rare congenital anomaly of the respiratory system. It represents failure of development of the primitive lung bud. We are reporting bilobar agenesis of the right lung associated with multisystem involvement in an adult patient.

A Left Hemithorax Mystery

On examination he was sweaty and looked ill. The blood pressure was 140/90 mm Hg, heart rate 95 beats/ min, axillary temperature 38 ° C and respiratory rate 25/ min. The left hemithorax was dull to percussion and there were decreased breath sounds. The abdomen was found to be soft but tender with normal bowel sounds. Routine full blood counts and serum chemistry were normal, except for a raised...