Often the picture of pulmonary mycosis is clinically indistinguishable from the clinical and roentgenologic manifestations produced by tuberculosis and certain primary neoplasms. If the sputum is negative for tubercle bacilli and no tumor can be demonstrated by biopsy or cytologic examination, the sputum should be examined for fungi. The following case clearly demonstrates some of the principle...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is frequently a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. It is a common opportunistic infection in people living with HIV/AIDS and other immunocompromised states such as diabetes mellitus and malnutrition. There is a paucity of data from clinical trials in EPTB and most of the information regarding diagnosis and management is extrapolated from pulmonary TB. Furth...

1. Pulmonary tuberculosis in unselected rabbits, induced by primary quantitative air-borne infection with human type tubercle bacilli, may retrogress or progress. Some animals whose disease was in a stationary condition might have fallen into one of the above groups had the experiments been prolonged. 2. Within the limits of the observations natural resistance or susceptibility appears to be th...

Anomalous unilateral single pulmonary vein (AUSPV) is a rare anomaly of the pulmonary venous system. Six cases have been documented in the literature, and two additional are reported here. Since AUSPV mimics pulmonary varices on pulmonary angiography, careful interpretation of the pulmonary venous anatomy by bidirectional and stereoscopic anglography is mandatory for diagnosing this anomaly.

Aorto-pulmonary window (aorto-pulmonary septal defect) is an uncommon congenital cardiac malformation which is repaired using cardiopulmonary bypass. A case is described of an infant with a small aorto-pulmonary window which was closed by transcatheter insertion of a double umbrella device. Complete occlusion of the defect was achieved without complications. Transcatheter umbrella closure of a ...

Although pediatric pulmonary thromboembolism is historically believed to be rare with relatively little information available in the medical literature regarding its imaging evaluation, it is more common than previously thought. Thus, it is imperative for radiologists to be aware of the most recent advances in its imaging information, particularly multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), the i...

1Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, TS, India 2Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, TS, India 3Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Bangalore, KA, India *Corresponding author Subhakar Kandi, MD Professor and Head Department of Pulmonary Diseases Osmania Medical College Hyderabad, TS, India Tel. 924...

Jaagsiekte was successfully transmitted to at least 2 out of 6 goats inoculated intratracheally with partially purified jaagsiekte retrovirus. Multiple, small, well circumscribed nodules found in the lungs consisted of typical papilliform proliferations of neoplastic Type II epithelial cells. Histological evidence of a mild interstitial pneumonia in 4 of the experimental animals can probably be...

Hartmut Grasemann, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Julijana Ivanovska, Crystal Kantores, Patrick J. McNamara, Jeremy A. Scott, Jaques Belik, and Robert P. Jankov Program in Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada...