Sirolimus-related pulmonary toxicity mimicking 'asthma like' symptoms

An Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Like Symptoms Associated with Lead Toxicity

Abstract Lead is a heavy metal that affects many organs such as nervous system, liver, and kidney. The most important affected organ is central nervous system. The present study reported a case similar to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to lead exposure in an opium addicted person. The patient complaint was the weakness of upper and lower limbs in addition to the unsteadiness of gait...

Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Lung Cancer

Herein, we reported on a case of solid type of pulmonary actinomycosis in a 10-year-old boy. He had productive cough for 40 days. Bronchoscopy was normal. Cmputed tomography revealed a solid large mass in the upper lobe of his left lung with mimicking malignant leisions. He was referred for surgery and underwent left upper lobectomy. Macroscopically, the specimen measured 13×9×5 cm and was crea...

Ovarian Toxicity from Sirolimus

Prevalence of asthma-like symptoms with ageing

BACKGROUND Change in the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in populations of ageing adults is likely to be influenced by smoking, asthma treatment and atopy. METHODS The European Community Respiratory Health Survey collected information on prevalent asthma-like symptoms from representative samples of adults aged 20-44 years (29 centres in 13 European countries and Australia) at baseline and ...

Pulmonary schistosomiasis mimicking IgG4‐related lung disease

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disease characterized by tumefactive lesions in various organ systems, including the lungs. Clinical and radiological manifestations of IgG4-RD are relatively non-specific, and we report a case highlighting the importance of histopathological confirmation in cases of suspected IgG4-related lung disease. A 44-year-old male with signi...