Asymptomatic pulmonary involvement in RA

Laryngeal tuberculosis without pulmonary involvement

Background: Tuberculosis of the larynx is a rare form of tuberculosis. Patients usually present with hoarseness or dysphagia and other nonspecific constitutional symptoms like fever or localized pain. In this study, we present a case of primary vocal cord lesion with tuberculosis. Case presentation: A 72 year old man presented with hoarseness of voice, low grade fever, and night sweating with i...

Alpha- 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency in Children: Pulmonary Involvement

Introduction: α1-antitrypsin deficiency (α1-ATD) is one of the most common genetic disorders in white race, a usual cause of liver disease in children, and hepatopulmonary involvement in children and adult. The aim of this case description is presenting a child with early lung disease without liver parenchymal disorder. Case presentation: We describe a 13 year old boy because of exertional dysp...

Pulmonary involvement in sle.

Sir, Grennan et al.1 recently reported in 22 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (5 with respiratory symptoms), a restrictive ventilatory defect or reduction in diffusing capacity for CO. Their paper is interesting but we should like to make a few comments: (a) Only 3 tests of lung function were employed: VC, FEVi%/FVC, and transfer factor. (b) Most patients were receiving corticosteroid...

Asymptomatic Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious and often fatal complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Because the diagnosis of PAH often is made years after symptom onset, early diagnostic strategies are essential. Doppler echocardiography currently is considered the noninvasive screening test of choice for evaluating pulmonary hypertension. AIM Screening for asy...

Asymptomatic pulmonary atelectasis in drug addicts.