Opportunistic infections are common in patients after renal transplantation. This report describes a case of cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient with a normal chest roentgenogram and normal arterial oxygenation. An abnormal 111In-white blood cell scan led to the discovery of a pulmonary source of his recurrent fevers.

Congenital cardiopathies in adults are a rare clinical entity in the cardiology consultations. Advances in imaging techniques allow the fortuitous diagnosis of mild forms of these congenital abnormalities. We describe a case of an asymptomatic 41-year-old man, with a medical history of recurrent pneumonia during childhood and an established diagnosis of scimitar syndrome by computed tomography.

Kidney disease due to Aspergillus fumigatus is a rare finding in hyper-IgE syndrome. We report a patient with autosomal dominant hyper-IgE syndrome, recurrent pneumonia, and acute necrosuppurative pyelonephritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus with a fatal outcome. We emphasize the severity and the difficulties in the management of renal complications that could be limiting the survival of thes...

A patient with systemic sclerosis developed recurrent dysphagia consistently localised to the pharyngo-oesophageal region. This was due to narrowing of the lumen as a result of gross thickening of the pharyngo-oesophageal muscles. Histologically the changes were typical of systemic sclerosis. The lower oesophagus was less involved. Eventually she died of aspiration pneumonia and respiratory arr...

UNLABELLED Evidence of a relation between gastroesophaeal reflux and pediatric respiratory disorders increases every year. Many respiratory symptoms and clinical conditions such as stridor, chronic cough, and recurrent pneumonia and bronchitis appear to be related to gastroesophageal reflux. Some studies have also suggested that gastroesophageal reflux may be associated with recurrent laryngeal...

The diagnosis of Good syndrome is very difficult. It has various symptoms, and these symptoms can be present at different periods. In this report we present a patient with refractory chronic diarrhea, recurrent pneumonia, and dysgammaglobulinemia after thymectomy, who was finally then diagnosed with Good syndrome.

We present the case of a 50 yr old female with chronic obstructive lung disease, who, secondary to inhalation of a foreign body, developed recurrent pneumonia and a haemorrhagic pleural effusion (HPE). The foreign body (vegetable matter) was removed by rigid bronchoscopy and the patient recovered.

This is the first report of in vivo pneumococcal penicillin MIC drift from 4.0 to 16.0 mg/liter, possibly associated with alterations in the pbp1a gene. The case presented here is of an infant with early onset recurrent pneumonia and chronic bronchitis requiring repeated antibiotics.

The authors present a case of probable amphetamine-induced cerebral arteritis in a 31-year-old man with AIDS, testicular carcinoma, and recurrent pneumocystis pneumonia. MR enhancement was demonstrated in areas of focal arterial ectasia, presumably due to slow flow. CT, MR, and angiographic findings were strikingly confirmed postmortem. Angiography remains essential in the diagnosis of cerebral...

Haemoptysis is usually caused by focal disorders of the airways or lung parenchyma. The most common causes are bronchiectasis, pneumonia, lung malignancies, and tuberculosis. On rare occasions, the haemoptysis may be caused by diffuse alveolar haemorrhage. In this patient, recurrent haemoptysis, iron deficiency anaemia, bilateral parenchymal opacities, and haemosiderin laden macrophages in bron...