Lymphangiomatosis is a rare disorder of the lymphatic system that is known to cause chylothorax. Chyloptysis may occur but chylous bronchial cast formation is rare. A case is reported of lymphangiomatosis in a 34 year old woman whose initial manifestation was cough productive of bronchial casts. Two years later the patient developed a chylothorax. Ligation of the thoracic duct through a low tho...

A case of respiratory failure in a domestic fire victim presenting with 1-3-degree skin burns on 10% of the total body surface, is reported. Forty-eight hours after admission to hospital, the patient developed severe respiratory failure that did not respond to mechanical ventilation. Severe obstruction of the airway had resulted from secretions and deposits of soot forming bronchial casts. The ...

The hypertrophy of the bronchial arteries in bronchiectasis has been known to surgeons ever since resection of the lung had been practised for this condition. Histologists have noticed and commented upon the extreme vascularity of the tissue round the bronchiectatic sacs, and have tried to explain this as part of the general inflammatory change. The physiological importance and significance of ...

cifi c. The high plasma creatinine level in the newborn sometimes refl ects the mother’s plasma creatinine level (9). However, kidney function of the mother of the newborn was within normal limits at the time of Caesarean section; plasma creatinine level of 0.7 mg/dL. An elevated plasma creatinine level is observed frequently in premature infants due to immaturity of the kidney tissue and will ...

Figure 2. Bronchial Cast showing complete casting of right upper lobe (RUL), right middle lobe (RML) and right lower lobe (RLL). Figure 1. Computed tomography of the chest showing consolidation of right lower lobe with arrow showing pulgged bronchioles. A 45-year-old male with a one-month history of dyspnea and cough presented with productive sputum consisting of bronchial casts for several day...

a " miserable looking wretch," too tall or too short, pale and emaciated or purple and obese, with spinal deformity, and a thorax also deformed and too small. These stigmata are attributed to rickets, the accompanying alteration in the bone marrow being held responsible for the eosinophilia. Typical asthma is preceded by signs of inflammation of the respiratory tract, such as colds and coughs, ...