Congenital lobar emphysema is a rare disease, which is characterized by pulmoner hyperinflation. Depending on the degree of bronchial obstruction, the clinical presentation may be variable. We report a rare case with congenital lobar emphysema in a 38-days-old male infant who presented with severe respiratory distress and hypertension. Air trapping in the left upper lung and significant mediast...

1. Rupture of marginal alveoli into the pulmonary interstitial tissue and thence to the mediastinum 2. Mixed aetiological factors (The mode of production is not yet certain.) (a) Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (b) Trauma to the chest wall 3. Air entering the mediastinum from the deep fascial planes of the neck 4. Air entering the mediastinum from the retroperitoneal space 5. Perforation of the t...

PURPOSE Because both emphysema and lung cancer can arise from biological damage caused by cigarette smoking, we investigated if the development of emphysema is associated with the clinical features of smoker's lung cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The subjects were a consecutive series of 100 smokers who underwent lobectomy with hilar and mediastinal dissection for clinical stage I non-small cell ...

30-year-old male was admitted with general weakness and drowsy mental status. He had eaten only 3-4 spoons of brown rice and fresh vegetable without salt for 3 months to treat his tic disorder, and he had been in bed-ridden state. He has had weight loss of 14 kg in the last 3 months. We report a patient with orthorexia nervosa who developed hyponatremia, metabolic acidosis, subcutaneous emphyse...