Gunshot wounds to the heart. Utility of transesophageal echocardiography in assessment.

diagnosis of cancer of the lung and colon. The fact that a patient had a previous lung tumor is not an indication for routine periodic bronchoscopy unless clinical, roentgenologic, cytologic (sputum), and other findings warrant it. We are unaware of scientific evidence to support the statement that “¿ endobronchial tumors migrate down the path ofleast resistance If the tumor is found early and is confined to the distal bronchus, the best treatment for non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma in the 1990s is surgical resection, not laser and/or photodynamic therapy, unless the patient cannot undergo surgical resection. The single case report on the use of photodynamic therapy for control of hemoptysis is just that, a solitary anecdote. Lastly, Dr McCaughan's concluding statement is totally wrong, unjustified, and irresponsible since nowhere in the two articles did we state or indicate that which he alleges.