A 30-year-old man, a nonsmoker, was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of alcoholic withdrawal. A roentgenogram of the chest was obtained on admission (Fig 1). The physical examination was unremarkable except for neurologic changes. A few days later, he developed fever, became hypoxemic and dyspneic, and worsened clinically. A second chest roentgenogram was obtained 12 days after admission ...

Background and Objective: Smoking can be associated with the decreasing gingival blood flow and epithelial changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological changes of gingival epithelium and connective tissue in smokers. Methods: The study was case-control. Sixty male patients (28 smokers and 32 nonsmokers) suffering chronic periodontitis were participated...

CASE REPORT An 80-year old male nonsmoker who had undergone cadaveric renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease three years previously presented with irritative voiding symptoms and microscopic haematuria. His immunosuppression included cyclosporin for one year and tacrolimus subsequently. 27 years earlier he had undergone a left Orchidectomy for testicular seminorna and radiotherapy fo...

A rare case of a young nonsmoker woman with Sjigren's syndrome and salivary gland non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, diagnosed one year later, is presented. Three years after treatment of the lymphoma, asymptomatic progression of the Sjögren 's syndrome was observed with pulmonary involvement--predominantly bullous or cystic lung disease. To our knowledge, this is the only report of Sjögren 's syndrome as...

Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the most common form of lung cancer in nonsmokers. It is commonly seen in the periphery of the lungs. Myasthenia gravis is generally associated with mediastinal malignancies and rarely associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung. We present a case of a 38-year-old male nonsmoker with rapidly progressive adenocarcinoma of the lung associated with myasthenia gravis, a...

Pravastatin sodium is a 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase blocker used in the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. We report on a patient who developed bilateral pleural effusions while he was being treated with the drug. The patient was a 60-yr-old male, a nonsmoker who was under treatment with 40 mg?day pravastatin since September 2005. He had no history of allergy or significant envir...

The aim of the present case report was to demonstrate vertical gain in posterior resorbed mandible utilizing use an Allograft Customized Bone Block. presents a 66-year-old healthy female nonsmoker who lost her right mandibular molars long time ago. In past, she had implant placement, which failed due fracture implant. Due high risk nerve damage, left jaw and completely covered with bone. Since ...

A 45-year-old man presented with left-sided pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath that developed suddenly while playing golf. The man had been in his usual state of health when these symptoms developed. His medical history was significant only for atrial fibrillation that was successfully treated 8 months previously via circumferential radiofrequency ablation. The patient was a nonsmoker...