Integration of PET/CT in Current Diagnostic and Response Evaluation Methods in Patients with Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is a systemic disease that still affects many people. While pleural involvement is frequently observed in extrapulmonary tuberculosis, multiple skeletal system and articular involvements are quite rare. FDG PET imaging could be a promising diagnostic and treatment monitoring method, especially in complicated cases and if the other methods are inadequate.

An uncommon procedure for a rare ailment: massive bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

As a rare procedure, massive bronchoalveolar lavage (MBAL) is a large-volume lavage which necessitates general anesthesia and one-lung ventilation (OLV). During MBAL isotonic saline is instilled into one lung and drained through one lumen of a double-lumen tube. MBAL is the most effective treatment for symptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP).

As a rare cause of drug-induced cough: topiramate.

The most common causes of chronic cough in nonsmokers are postnasal drip syndrome, asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Drugs are also important in the etiology of resistant cough. Most common drugs inducing cough are the ACE inhibitors.

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha in comparison to adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleuritis.

Background: Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is already used for the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis pleurisy. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) is another marker which has been investigated for this purpose.

Objective: We evaluated the diagnostic value of pleural fluid and serum TNF concentrations in tuberculous pleuritis and compared them to ADA.