Cystic disease of the lung has been indicted by various writers as a precursor of carcinoma but only rarely has it been possible to prove the indictment reasonably valid. Complications of cystic disease of the lung are infection, enlargement of the cyst with compression of lung tissue, spontaneous pneumothorax, hemoptysis, perhaps bronchopleural fistula, and possibly carcinoma. Womach and Graha...

Cystic fibrosis airways are frequently colonised with fungi. However, the interaction of these fungi with immune cells and the clinical relevance in cystic fibrosis lung disease are incompletely understood.We characterised granulocytes in airway fluids and peripheral blood from cystic fibrosis patients with and without fungal colonisation, non-cystic fibrosis disease controls and healthy contro...

INTRODUCTION There are increasing reports of bowel cancer in cystic fibrosis, suggesting a possible causal link. Individuals with cystic fibrosis who have advanced lung disease present a high operative risk, limiting curative treatment options in early bowel malignancy. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a 41-year-old Caucasian woman with cystic fibrosis and severe lung disease who had been consid...

Cogswell, J. J., Risdon, R. A., and Taylor, B. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 520. Chronic suppurative lung disease in sisters mimicking cystic fibrosis. Two sisters are described with fatal chronic obstructive lung disease of unknown origin. The lung condition was clinically and histologically indistinguishable from cystic fibrosis and the salivary glands showed pathological cha...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease begins during infancy, and acute respiratory infections increase the risk of early development progression. Microbes involved in advanced stages CF are well characterized, but less is known about colonizers.

congenial cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (ccaml) is a rare lesion and is characterized by a multicystic mass of pulmonary tissue with an abnormal proliferation of bronchial structures. we report a case of ccaml type i presenting with heart displacement that was diagnosed prenatally.

hydatidsis is a zoonosis transmitted by domestic and wild animals. two distinct clinical presentations are as followes: unilocular of cystic hydatid disease and the more malignant form, called alveolar hydatid disease.this case report presents a patient who complained of chest pain and hemoptysis and his lung ct scan suggested solid tumor. he was found to have alveolar diseae which responded to...

Introduction: α1-antitrypsin deficiency (α1-ATD) is one of the most common genetic disorders in white race, a usual cause of liver disease in children, and hepatopulmonary involvement in children and adult. The aim of this case description is presenting a child with early lung disease without liver parenchymal disorder. Case presentation: We describe a 13 year old boy because of exertional dysp...

Hydatid disease, caused by larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, is a common parasitic infection of human and animal. Although liver and lung are the most commonly affected area, hydatid cyst may develop any part of the body. Primary subcutaneous hydatid cyst is extremely rare. We report a case of 54 years old man who presented with palpable mass in scapular region from 3 years ago....