Lungs damage in Behçet’s disease

Neuro-Behçets in a Child

We describe a case of neuro-Behçet disease diagnosed in a 12-year-old girl. This patient presented with recurrent oral ulcers, incontinence, spastic gait, blurry vision, and asymmetrical lower extremity hypertonia. Extensive testing revealed punctate lesions through the central nervous system, vitritis, papillitis, and uveitis. A thorough infectious and neoplastic workup was negative. She was t...

Penicillin in Suppurative Disease of the Lungs

Penicillin was first described in 1929 by Fleming,2 who suggested in his original report that it might prove to be a useful chemotherapeutic agent. It has more recently been developed through the investigations of Chain, Florey, and their collaborators'4' S to a point which has made it possible to undertake therapeutic trial in human infections.4 Among the considerable variety of bacterial spec...

Cystic Disease of the Lungs

WVITH the increased use of radiography, pulmonary cystic disease is being recog-nised with sufficient frequency to warrant more than the passing mentioni given to this condition in textbooks. The condition is regarded by some as a medical curiosity, and because of this and the complications to which the condition frequently gives rise, a wrong diagnosis is often made. It is hoped that the cases...

Hydatid Disease of the Lungs

Nose and lungs: one way, one disease

It's well established that asthma, allergic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis are three closely related disease. In pediatrics, these conditions represent a common issue in daily practice. The scientific community has recently started to simply evaluate them as different manifestations of a common pathogenic phenomenon. This consideration relates to important implications in the clinical management o...