An unusual cause of pneumonia: seen but not heard

Pericardial cyst: an unusual cause of pneumonia

INTRODUCTION Pericardial cysts occur rarely with an incidence rate of 1 per 100,000. They are usually detected by chance and are clinically silent in most cases. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 66 year old Irish male, with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. A chest X-Ray confirmed left lower lobe consolidation. Further imaging including a CT thorax identified a large pericardial cyst ...

An unusual cause of nonresolving pneumonia.

Non-resolving pneumonia is a challenging clinical problem, with etiological, patient-related, and treatment-related factors to be considered during evaluation. When adequate treatment has been administered, other unusual causes of non-resolving pneumonia need to be considered (Table 1). Primary pulmonary lymphomas are very rare and represent only 3–4% of extra-nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and o...

An unusual cause of community-acquired pneumonia

We present a case of fatal community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rarely reported in the northeastern United States. Previously reported cases originate from tropical and subtropical climates, and infection tends to have an aggressive course with a poor outcome. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy is crucial; however, the associated systemic inflammatory respo...

Ttitle: Seen but Not Heard: Risks and Dilemmas Of/for Researching Women

Feminist political projects are currently characterized by a desire on the part of feminist researchers to unmask the apparent neutrality of contemporary contexts exposing the ways in which women and men are positioned differently. This position, in turn, postulates that there are political consequences of being positioned as a ‘woman’ or a ‘man’ within particular geographical, temporal and cul...

An unusual but important cause of sciatica.