that affects women with a history of a uterine leiomyoma. However, a benign metastasizing leiomyoma without a history of previous surgery has rarely been reported. Typical radiographic findings include well-circumscribed solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules ranging from a few millimeters to several centimeters in diameter and scattered among the normal interstitium. We report a case of abenig...

RATIONALE The accurate diagnosis and staging of cavitary lung cancer is challenging but essential for the choice of therapy; therefore, the differential diagnosis of cystic pulmonary lesions needs to be elucidated. PATIENT CONCERNS A patient was admitted with multifocal thin-walled cystic lesions in chest computed tomography. DIAGNOSES The patient had been diagnosed as heterogeneous bullous...

were seen at the London Chest Hospital from 1964 to 1969. The primary sites were the large intestine (8), opposite lung (4), cervix (3), stomach, oesophagus, pancreas, and larynx (2 each) and anal canal and kidney (1 each). The size of the cavities ranged from I10 to 6-0 cm., and their wall thickness from 0 3 to 2 5 cm. Only in three cases was there an identifiable communication with the bronch...

Tuberculous glycolipid (TBGL) antigen is a cell wall component of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and has been used for the serodiagnosis of tuberculosis. We investigated correlations between the levels of anti-TBGL antibodies and a variety of laboratory markers that are potentially influenced by tuberculous infection. Comparisons between patients with cavitary lesions and those without cavitary les...

To cite: Shahani L. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015209726 DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old man with advanced AIDS (CD4 count=8 cells/mm; HIV-1 viral load=660 000 copies/mL) was admitted with fever and cough. CT of the chest demonstrated a 3×1 cm cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) failed to yield a ...

Background To determine the transmural pressure-dimension relations of the right atrium (RA) and right ventricle (RV) before and after pericardiectomy, six open-chest dogs were instrumented with pericardial balloons placed over the RA and RV free walls. Methods and Results RA appendage dimensions and RV free-wall segment lengths were measured using sonomicrometry. Intact-pericardium RA and RV t...

Background Prior research suggests that diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with increasing risk for developing cavitary lung disease in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Additionally, chest computed tomography (CT) scan may be more sensitive than chest X-ray in detecting cavitary disease in such patients. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of chest CT to chest X-ray...

Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, which can be isolated from soil contaminated with droppings from birds or bats. Chronic cavitary pulmonary histoplasmosis is one of the rarest clinical presentations of this disease. The differential diagnosis with tuberculosis should be made in patients presenting with cavitated lesions in upp...

A 64-year-old man presented with unintentional weight loss of 22 kg in the preceding 9 months, cough, night sweating and low-grade fever. The lag time between onset of symptoms and first medical visit was explained by a long history of homelessness and intravenous drug abuse. Posteroanterior chest radiogram showed biapical large cavities (Fig. 1, arrows), as well as reticulo-nodular opacities, ...

A pulmonary cavity is a gas-filled area of the lung in the center of a nodule or area of consolidation and may be clinically observed by use of plain chest radiography or computed tomography. Cavities are present in a wide variety of infectious and noninfectious processes. This review discusses the differential diagnosis of pathological processes associated with lung cavities, focusing on infec...