[The diagnosis and surgical treatment for 56 cases with pulmonary and pleural aspergillosis].

Objective: To summarize the experience of diagnosis and surgical treatment for pulmonary and pleural aspergillosis.

Methods: The clinical data of cases with pulmonary and pleural aspergillosis were analyzed retrospectively between September 1972 and June 2003. There were 53 cases with pulmonary aspergillosis and 3 cases with pleural aspergillosis.

[Value of serum-vascular endothelial growth factor in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule].

Objective: To evaluate serum-vascular endothelial growth factor (S-VEGF) in the differentiation of solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN).

Methods: Serum level of VEGF of 68 patients with SPN was measured by ELISA kit, and compared with the control group of 20 normal subjects. The nodules were diagnosed by operation and pathology.