Address for reprint requests: Dr SA Sahn, Division of Pulmonary Sciences, Box C-272, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenuc, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. Fig 1 (a) Posterior-anterior chest radiograph at discharge from hospital. Arrow points to small pleural density which represented the early stage of the staphylococcal empyema. (b) Anterior-posterior chest radiog...

We report on a case where a temporary pacing wire that was inserted through the left internal jugular vein was subsequently noted to follow an unusual course on the chest radiograph. A 12-lead electrocardiogram showed right bundle branch block pattern during pacing, suggesting that the lead was pacing the left ventricle. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated that the likely path of the ...

were unremarkable except for mild hepatosplenomegaly. Labo¬ ratory tests revealed a serum hemoglobin level of 11.4 g/dL, WBC count of 3.4X109/L, and platelet count of 79X109/L. Results of liver and renal function tests and urinalysis were within normal limits. Findings on chest radiograph were normal. Thirty-six hours later, the patient had high-grade fever (40.5°C), tachypnea, dyspnea, and acu...

In this issue of Thorax (see page 854), Thirumaran and colleagues describe their experience with a consecutive group of patients evaluated for haemoptysis who had a normal chest radiograph. Over a 4year period these investigators identified 270 patients who were evaluated for this problem. They made two important observations. First, they found that 26 of the 270 patients (9.6%) had respiratory...

The purpose of this study was to determine the association between common clinical features in general practice, and chest radiographic findings among children with suspected bacterial or viral pneumonia. The study was prospective hospital-based carried out in Northern Thailand, from 2000 to 2001. One thousand three hundred ninety-six children under age five years admitted with suspected pneumo...

A 25-year-old female presented with hemoptysis one year after ASD closure. Chest radiograph revealed large mediast-inal opacity (Fig. 1b) not present immediately after the previous surgery (Fig. 1a). Multislice CT (Fig. 2) revealed two ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms. Resection and homograft patch reconstruction of ascending aorta was successfully performed. Fig. 1. (a) Chest radiograph immedi...

A 66 year old woman presented to the accident and emergency department with history of collapse, hoarseness of the voice, and swelling and bruising of the neck. The diagnosis was not initially obvious because of the absence of chest pain. The findings on the radiograph of the soft tissue of the neck and chest radiograph suggested the need for computed tomography of the neck and chest. This conf...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical and radiographic findings associated with growth of Mycobacterium gordonae in cultured sputum and to determine the proportion of cases that fulfill criteria for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease as established by the American Thoracic Society. DESIGN A retrospective review of charts and radiographs of all patients from whom M gordonae was...