Tuberculous bronchial “emboli”

Obstruction after Self-expanding Metallic Stents in Tuberculous Bronchial Stenosis

Expandable metallic stents seemed to be a good method in tuberculous bronchial stenosis that does not respond to medical therapy. But there was no long-term follow-up study after stents insertion in tuberculous bronchial stenosis. We report a case of obstruction after successful Gianturco metallic stents insertion due to tuberculous bronchial stenosis.

Extrinsic bronchial compression by primary tuberculous adenopathy, simulating foreign-body aspiration.

July 2005, Vol. 95, No. 7 SAMJ A 5-month-old boy was well until the day before admission, when he developed a cough. On the morning of admission he was irritable and his mother noticed a blue tinge to his lips during episodes of crying. This prompted her to bring him to the emergency unit at Red Cross Children's Hospital, where he was found to be distressed and cyanosed, with a respiratory rate...

Bilateral pulmonary emboli.

To cite: Galante O, Lador N, Schwarzfuchs D. BMJ Case Reports Published online: 17 December 2012 doi:10.1136/bcr-2012007827 DESCRIPTION A 79-year-old woman presented with an aggravating effort dyspnoea during the preceding week. On examination, her oxygen saturation was 87% while breathing ambient air; her blood pressure was 120/75; she had distended neck veins; normal breath sounds and regular...

Genesis of fat emboli.

Calcified cerebral emboli.

Intracranial calcifications may represent calcified cerebral emboli. Calcified emboli may be overlooked even though cerebral CT is widely used as a stroke assessment. We report 4 cases of calcified cerebral emboli and demonstrate the value of CT in the diagnosis and temporal evaluation of such emboli.