Spreading Suppurative Pneumonitis

Spreading suppurative pneumonitis.

PuLlmonary cavitation not associated with specific inflammations of the lung has been increasingly recognized in recent years, and we now feel justified in presenting a study of a condition which we describe as " spreading suppurative pneumonitis." To differentiate this condition from others associated with cavity formation, we also suggest a new classification of excavating lung lesions. The g...

Suppurative Pancreatitis

CLINICAL HISTORY. The patient (R. G. S.) was a man of 55. There was no relevant history of previous illness except a transient attack of pyrexia, vomiting, and diarrhoea in May, 1943. The patient's final illness, which lasted sixteen days, began on 23/7/43 with vague upper abdominal pain. Pulse and temperature were normal, and there were no abnormal physical signs. Two days later the pain becam...

Pneumonitis

Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis vs usual interstitial pneumonitis.

My colleague and collaborator, the late Edgar G. Harrison, Jr., M.D., was of the opinion that “desquamation” was a fundamental phenomenon in the spectrum of usual interstitial pneumonitis. In our report’ on classic interstitial pneumonitis-flbrosis, we found that almost two-thirds of our biopsies revealed this finding. Harrison believed that the designation, “desquamative interstitial pneurnoni...

Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis vs Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis

My colleague and collaborator, the late Edgar G. Harrison, Jr., M.D., was of the opinion that “desquamation” was a fundamental phenomenon in the spectrum of usual interstitial pneumonitis. In our report’ on classic interstitial pneumonitis-flbrosis, we found that almost two-thirds of our biopsies revealed this finding. Harrison believed that the designation, “desquamative interstitial pneurnoni...