Clinical implications of granulomatous inflammation detected by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected cancer recurrence in the mediastinum.

Background: Granulomatous inflammation has been previously reported in association with cancer. Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a new minimally invasive test for investigating mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The identification of granulomatous inflammation by EBUS-TBNA and the clinical implications of such detection in a series of patients with previously treated cancer and new mediastinal lymphadenopathy has not previously been performed.

Use of an indwelling pleural catheter for the management of recurrent chylothorax in patients with cancer.

Background: Recurrent chylothorax is a debilitating condition. We describe the usefulness of an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) in the palliative management of recurrent symptomatic chylothorax in patients with cancer relapse or progressive disease despite adequate treatment.

Methods: In 10 years, 5,594 patients underwent 8,498 pleural procedures at our institution.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for dry eye in the Indian population.

Purpose: To compare the prevalence and severity of dry eye in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with that in age- and sex-matched controls in the Indian population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 84 randomly selected eyes of 84 adult patients with well-documented rheumatoid arthritis and 84 eyes of 84 age- and sex-matched controls in the Department of Ophthalmology, Seth G.S.

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli is a cause of acute diarrheal illness: a meta-analysis.

Background: Conflicting studies exist regarding the role of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) as a cause of acute diarrheal illness. The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine whether identification of EAEC in stool samples is associated with acute diarrheal illness among different subpopulations, by geographic area.

Methods: A comprehensive search of electronic bibliographic databases (Medline and PubMed) from August 1985 to January 2006, as well as a search of conference proceedings, references of articles, and contacts with investigators of EAEC, yielded 354 studies.