INTRODUCTION Foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. Mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. The aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in th...

Introduction: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is rare in adults and its clinical presentation can be very diverse. Acute symptoms as dyspnea and choking are often immediately linked to FBA. However, mild or even asymptomatic chronic pulmonary symptoms can be presented as a result of FBA. Physical examination is usually nonspecific. Chest X-ray is often normal or shows nonspecific findings. Treatm...

We describe an 81-year-old man presenting to the emergency department with an unwitnessed syncope. All initial examinations and investigations were non-diagnostic. He was admitted for observation, during which he developed type 1 respiratory failure and mild fever. Computerised tomography of pulmonary angiography (CTPA) was carried out to rule out pulmonary embolism. This revealed a foreign bod...

A 51-year-old woman visited our hospital with massive hemoptysis. She had suffered from recurrent hemoptysis for five years and had undergone bronchial artery embolization many times. The patient had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. Chest radiography showed consolidation around the nodule in the lateral basal segment of the right lower lobe. We successfully performed a ri...

Primary pulmonary botryomycosis is a rare cause of haemoptysis and can enter the differential diagnosis of a mass on the plain chest radiograph. The case history is presented of a 63 year old man with botryomycosis which was initially thought to be a bronchial carcinoma. When the diagnosis was made several years later it was found to be secondary to persisting vegetable material in the bronchia...

Introduction: Tracheobronchial foreign body removal, is a common emergent problem especially in pediatric population and it is associated with greatest challenge to the anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon as the airway has to be shared by both. Various pulmonary changes associated with foreign body impaction also occurs. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of foreign body removal o...

A 40-year-old man with a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, progressive dyspnea and refractory ascites was referred to our hospital for heart transplantation. The patient underwent heart transplantation successfully from female donor who died of intracranial hemorrhage. After heart transplantation, the patient recovered uneventfully and discharged 1 month later. By chance, we found a linea...