Time-dependent haemoperfusion after acute paraquat poisoning.

Early haemoperfusion (HP) therapy has been found to be very effective in acute paraquat (PQ) poisoning, but the effective rescue window is still uncertain. Demographic data and the type of therapies administered of 621 patients were included as confounding factors in this retrospective study. After receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and intra-group/subgroup analysis, the initiation of glucocorticoid therapy within 3 hrs of exposure with a second treatment given <21 hrs after exposure, HP initiated within 4 hrs of exposure with a second treatment given <20 hrs after exposure, the appearance of pulmonary lesions ≤8 days after exposure and six other variables were used in a multiple analysis.

Pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch: A rare case report of pulmonary cancer complication.

Background: Pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch is uncommonly associated with cancer, and is extremely rare in pulmonary cancer. Here, we report an unusual and successfully treated case of aortic arch pseudoaneurysm in a male patient with lung squamous cell carcinoma.

Methods: A 64-year-old male patient was admitted to the Emergency Department, presenting with massive hemoptysis (>500 mL blood during the 12 hours prior to treatment).

Successful treatment of patients with paraquat intoxication: three case reports and review of the literature.

Objective: To report on three patients with paraquat (PQ) intoxication surviving after combined therapy with hemoperfusion (HP), cyclophosphamide (CTX), and glucocorticoid.

Methods: Three patients suffered acute renal failure in a few days after ingesting a lethal amount of PQ. Chest computed tomography (CT) scans revealed obvious pulmonary inflammation, pleural effusion, and fibrous lesions several days after ingestion.

Pulmonary epithelioid haemangioendothelioma mimicking central lung cancer.

A 40-year-old woman was hospitalized for investigation of dry cough, dyspnoea, and pain and swelling in the large joints of the arms and legs. Chest CT revealed a left hilar mass with partial atelectasis in the apical segment of the left lower lobe. X-ray of the wrists, elbows, ankles and knee joints showed a periosteal reaction, associated with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.