introduction : the objective of this study was to give a description of the most prominent atypical radiological presentations of lung hydatidosis. materials and methods: all patients diagnosed with pulmonary hydatidosis by surgical exploration were included in this study. standard chest roentgenogram and computed tomography ct) were evaluated before surgery for lung cysts or unknown lesions. r...

A study of sarcoidosis among Japanese and American children suggests that there are more than the previously suspected number of children with asymptomatic sarcoidosis. The annual chest roentgenogram in Japanese school children detected the majority of these cases, while in the United States, where the annual chest roentgenogram is not required, the majority of children had sarcoidosis diagnose...

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 ...

A 77-year-old man presented with painful swelling of his Port-A-Cath insertion site soon after flushing with normal saline. No discomfort or abnormality was found during the saline flush. A chest roentgenogram showed that the disconnected catheter had separated from the disc and was absent from its original location. The disconnected catheter was found embolized, by chest roentgenogram and CT s...

A 12-year-old East African boy presented in June 1987 with fevers, cough, and malaise. His chest roentgenogram was interpreted as showing a right middle lobe infiltrate. He was treated with erythromycin for two weeks and had clinical resolution of his symptoms. The repeated chest roentgenogram showed persistent abnormalities (Fig 1 and 2). The patient had immigrated to the United States one yea...

A 57-year-old patient experienced acute decompensation of heart failure and pulmonary oedema (Fig. 1). Off-pump implantation of Jarvik 2000 was performed as a salvage procedure as well as bridge to transplantation with immediate clinical improvement (Fig. 2). Use of a short-term VAD for symptomatic relief can be avoided. Fig. 1. Chest roentgenogram showing a heart with idiopathic dilated cardio...

Twelve patients with a chest tube positioned in the major fissure of either lung were collected prospectively in a two-year period. In eight of these 12, there was evidence of chest tube malfunction, with poor drainage of pleural air or fluid collections; in six of these eight, placement of additional tubes or tube repositioning resulted in improved pleural drainage. In all 12, the tube had bee...

A72-year-old man scheduled for cardiac surgery presented for evaluation of an intrathoracic mass noted on a preoperative chest roentgenogram. He denied chest pain, dyspnea, cough, weight loss, or fever. In the 1950s, while working above ground with coal, the patient had a routine chest roentgenogram that showed a left pleural mass. He remained as-ymptomatic, however, and the mass enlarged only ...