[Hilar adenopathy compressing the pulmonary arteries in the course of sarcoidosis].

Introduction: In pulmonary sarcoidosis, vascular involvement is usually limited to the small and medium-sized vessels. Enlarged hilar lymph nodes are usually considered to be soft and hence unlikely to cause pressure on adjacent bronchi or blood vessels.

Case Report: We report a rare symptomatic compression of a major pulmonary artery by lymphadenopathy in a case of sarcoidosis.

Occult alveolar haemorrhage in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension that affects predominantly post-capillary pulmonary vessels. A major concern with PVOD is the poor response to available therapies and the risk of pulmonary oedema with continuous intravenous epoprostenol. The present authors hypothesised that alveolar haemorrhage may be a characteristic feature of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, as compared with other forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension that predominantly involve pre-capillary pulmonary arteries.

A transvaginal ultrasound study comparing transobturator tape and tension-free vaginal tape after surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

This study was carried out to compare ultrasonographic findings on patients after transobturator tape (TOT) and tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedures to evaluate displacement of tapes up to a 2-year follow-up and to test the correlation between bladder outlet obstruction and the tape position. Forty-nine patients had a transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation after TOT (n=31) or TVT (n=18) procedures. Twenty-one patients from the TOT group and 12 from the TVT group had ultrasonographic evaluation both at 1 and 2 years follow-up.