abstract bronchoalveolar carcinoma presenting as non-resolving consolidation is an uncommon presentation. the typical presentation of bronchoalveolar carcinoma is asymptomatic (solitary nodule) and remains without symptoms even as disease disseminates. we report a case of bronchoalveolar carcinoma presenting as non-resolving consolidation in a young male with productive cough, exertional breath...

Background: Clinically solitary thyroid nodule may be defined as a goitre which on clinical examination appears to be a single nodule in an otherwise normal gland. In reality, solitary thyroid nodule is not a single disease process but a constellation of processes encountered in a variety of clinical diseases such as dominant nodule of a multi nodular goitre, true adenoma, malignancy, thyroidit...

Introduction solitary thyroid nodule is defined as a single discrete mass of abnormal tissue in an otherwise normal thyroid gland. In different studies, thyroid nodules were found in 4-7 percent of American adults. Thyroid nodule is probably one of the commonest endocrine problems in the wold. In a report from the thyroid clinic, IPGMR, Dhaka, 32.67 percent of all thyroid patients had solitary ...

CONTEXT Endemic area and iodine supplementation may affect the pathogenesis of the nodule which commonly occurs in endemic thyroid enlargement due to iodine deficiency. AIMS To establish pathological changes in solitary solid and larger nodule of the thyroid in endemic area. SETTING AND DESIGN Retrospective study in Surgical Department of University Hospital. METHODS AND MATERIAL We deter...

background: computed tomography (ct) scan is one the most useful devices in chest imaging. ct scan can be used in mediastinal abnormality, lungs, and pleural evaluations. according to the high prevalence and different causes of pulmonary nodules, we designed this study to evaluate the prevalence and the types of pulmonary nodules in noncancerous patients who underwent chest multi-detector ct (m...

OBJECTIVE To review the radiological management of a solitary pulmonary nodule. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE literature search (1958-2002). STUDY SELECTION All review articles and original articles. Key words for the literature search were 'solitary pulmonary nodule' and 'imaging'. DATA EXTRACTION All relevant information and data. DATA SYNTHESIS The solitary pulmonary nodule remains a perennia...

Primary cutaneous CD30+ T cell lymphoma is rare lymphoma originally in and confined to the skin. These lymphomas usually present as a large solitary and often ulcerated nodule. Its prognosis is a good and has a good response to radiotherapy. We report a 34- year- old man who had primary cutaneous CD30+T cell lymphoma on his face, which presented as an ulcerated nodule.

A 46-year-old man with no past history of underlying disease was admitted to our hospital for examination of abnormal chest shadow on chest radiograph. He had no respiratory symptoms on admission. Chest radiograph showed a solitary nodule (35 × 20 mm) in the left upper lung field. On chest CT, this nodule in the left upper lobe (S(1+2)) did not demonstrate calcification, the margin was clear bu...