RADIODIAGNOSIS OF PLEUROPULMONARY AFFECTIONS

Mental Affections

a subject. The volume is divided into three parts, the first deals with the broad questions of morbid heredity; the evolution of and the determining causes of insanity. Part II is physiological and pathological, and the third and longer part deals the clinical symptomatology of diseases of the mind. As regards the vexed question of the transmission of acquired characters, as it affects disease,...

Pleuropulmonary complications of pancreatitis.

a notable exception. A patient with this type of effusion, complicated by a spontaneous bronchopleural fistula and then by an empyema, is reported. The literature relating to pancreatic enzyme-rich pleural effusions (pathognomonic of pancreatitis) is reviewed. Of several possible mechanisms involved in pathogenesis, transdiaphragmatic lymphatic transfer of pancreatic enzymes, intrapleural ruptu...

Congenital Affections of the Heart

Streptococcal Affections of the Skin

are really cases of streptococcal dermatitis with superficial staphylococcal infections. In each case a culture was taken on blood agar, glucose agar and ordinary agar slopes. During this period in about 200 cases cultures were made to isolate these streptococci, and 40 per cent, showed positive streptococci. The reason for the failures is that the streptococci lie deep in the lymphatics and so...

Pleuropulmonary Blastoma: Report of 2 Cases

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare, malignant intrathoracic tumor that occurs mostly in children before 5 years old. It consists about 15% of all primary pediatric pulmonary tumors and shows various mesenchymal components. Its presentations are nonspecific and common symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain, respiratory distress, and pulmonary infection. PPB should be considered in the ...