Chronic cough and chest pain should be dealt seriously in a young adult. Sometimes we may miss a diagnosis in such patients. We present a case of Pulmonary Langerhans Histiocytosis who presented with complaints of cough and chest pain

a 22-year-old woman presented with acute left-sided pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea 6 days after surgery for revision of the stenotic central aortopulmonary shunt. she had a history of tetralogy of fallot (tof), pulmonary valve stenosis, ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral artery. her waterston shunt was placed when she was 5 years old and stented and re-dilated after...

Background and Objective: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic obstructive and irreversible disease which has a high mortality and morbidity rate. Systemic inflammation and the thrombotic process can influence the prognosis of these patients. The objectives of this study were to evaluate prognostic effects of CBC indices (WBC, PMN, MPV, RDW), forced expiratory volume-one se...

Air pollution is one of the world’s most serious environmental problems. Air pollutants continue to be major contributing factors to chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma), cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. We conducted a systematic literature review to provide some insight into what we currently know about the health problems associated with ...

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a chronic multisystem disease with a considerable burden. One of its most common complications is pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). It has been demonstrated that the development of PAH is correlated with decreased quality of life and survival. Different medications have been proposed for the treatment of PAH, among which one can name statins. Howeve...

Pulmonary abnormalities and symptoms are common in patients with chronic liver disease. If questioned, up to 70% of cirrhotic patients undergoing evaluation for liver transplantation complain of dyspnea.1 In screening studies of patients with chronic liver disease, arterial blood gas abnormalities are found in as many as 45% and abnormal pulmonary function tests in as many as 50%.2 A variety of...

REFERENCES 1. National Clinical Guideline Centre. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary and secondary care. Updated. London: National Clinical Guideline Centre, 2010. 2. Department of Health/Respiratory Team. Consultation on a strategy for services for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in England. London, Dep...

The hypothesis that chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension results from unresolved pulmonary embolism has strongly influenced the diagnosis and management of this disease since the 1960s. However, it is nearly impossible to induce chronic pulmonary hypertension in any animal species by means of repeated embolization of thrombotic material. The haemodynamic effects of thrombotic pulmonary...

background: nail disorders comprise approximately 10% of all dermatological conditions. abnormalities in the color of nails are called ungal dyschromia or chromonychia. ungual dyschromia may be endogenous or exogenous. yellow discoloration of the nails has been reported during the last years as separate observation related to drug administration, during hemodialysis and associated with pulmonar...