Unusual arm collateralisation post classical Blalock–Taussig shunt revealed post haemoptysis

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt in post tubercular hydrocephalus.

Prior to the availability of effective therapy, tubercular meningitis was invariably fatal with most of the deaths occurring within weeks of initial presentation. Although antimicrobial agents have improved the survival rates, serious sequelae are still common. With the advent of CT scan, hydrocephalus can be diagnosed early and neurosurgical intervention can improve the outcome in such subject...

An unusual case of haemoptysis.

To cite: Mathew JJ, Hollings NP, Myers JD. Thorax 2013;68:796–797. An 18-year-old female subject with a history of decortication for right sided, postpneumonic pleural thickening presented with haemoptysis. A CT pulmonary angiogram showed marked hypoplasia of the right main, lobar and segmental pulmonary arteries, along with reduced volume of the right lung. Prominent bronchial artery supply to...

An unusual case of haemoptysis.

A 65-year-old Filipino man presented with a cough productive of heavily bloodstained sputum for 1 month with slight weight loss. He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a 60 pack-year smoking history, having quit 20 years previously, and his chronic mild dyspnoea was stable. He had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis 9 years previously but had not travelled abroad for 3 years. He ...

Unusual presentation post renal transplant lymphocele.

Retroperitoneal lymphocele is one of the common complications following renal transplantation, and usually present with persistent lymphatic drain in immediate post transplant period or perigraft collection in post transplant routine ultrasound. In this case report, we present a renal transplant recipient who presented with acute urinary retention and right sided lower limb swelling mimicking d...

An Unusual Post-Operative Phenomenon in Thyroidectomy