FOREIGN-BODY PSEUDO-TUBERCULOSIS OF THE PERITONEUM

Endobronchial tuberculosis simulating foreign body aspiration.

A case of sudden onset of severe respiratory distress is reported. Appropriate clinical and roentgenologic findings suggested foreign body aspiration. The foreign body was removed by fiberoptic rigid bronchoscope. Bronchoscopic, histopathologic, and microbiologic findings revealed that the foreign body was a granulomatous mass originating from endobronchial tuberculosis.

the foreign policy of russia toward caucasus 2000-2008

after the soviet union dissolution, a chaotic period was begun in the russia. russia lost its glory and felt disgrace. the first group of elites came to power under yeltsin; they tried to re-define russia’s identity as a european country and build a foreign policy on this baseline. therefore russia tried to become closer with the west especially with the u.s. according to their view the sovie...

Unusual Presentation of Cervical Esophageal Foreign Body

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of odynophagia and neck pain after swallowing a piece of bone. Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral neck X-ray showed the foreign body. Rigid esophagoscopy under general anesthesia was performed and foreign body extracted by rigid bronchoscopy.

Pneumo-Peritoneum in the Treatment of Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...