Look before you leap: a curious case of giant pulmonary bulla.

Pulmonary Bulla in a Dog Secondary to Blastomycosis

Case description- A two-year-old intact Golden Retriever was affected with the 6-months previous history of blastomycosis and treatment was performed using fluconazole. Clinical findings- Cough, fever, nasal discharge, dry and harsh lung sounds with peripheral lymphadenopathy was observed. Emphysematous change and large pulmonary bulla was reported in computed tomography of the thorax. Treatm...

Rapid-growth lung cancer associated with a pulmonary giant bulla: a case report.

A giant bulla of the lung is suggested as a risk factor for lung cancer. Here we report a case with lung cancer in a giant bulla, which showed rapid progression. A 57-year-old man, who had a history of heavy smoking, was admitted to our hospital due to hemoptysis. A chest X-ray revealed a giant bulla with a ground glass shadow and a high fluid level in the right upper lung. Sputum cytology was ...

802.11n: Look Before You Leap: Key considerations for moving to 802.11n

Autobullectomy: Disease Itself Relieved The Dyspnoea of Patient. Can It Happen?

Pulmonary bullae occur as insulated abnormalities in approximate normal lung tissue or in the presence of emphysema. The steady expansion of lung bulla is common; however, its mechanism is still unclear, but can impulse life threatening conditions that requires emergent surgical intervention. Spontaneous complete or partial resolution also known as “autobullectomy” of giant pulmonary bullae is ...

Leap Before You Look: Information Gathering in the PUCCINI Planner

Most of the work in planning with incomplete informa tion takes a look before you leap perspective Ac tions must be guaranteed to have their intended e ects before they can be executed We argue that this ap proach is impossible to follow in many real world do mains The agent may not have enough information to ensure that an action will have a given e ect in advance of executing it This paper de...