[Pulmonary tuberculosis in smokers].

Introduction: Tobacco smoking and tuberculosis (TB) are two major public health problems, and the former may affect the morbidity and mortality rates for the latter. This study sought to compare the clinical and radiologic aspects of pulmonary TB, as well as outcome, in smokers and nonsmokers.

Methods: This retrospective case control study examined the files of 90 patients in our pulmonary department with active pulmonary TB, 45 of them smokers and 45, nonsmokers.

[Benign schwannoma: a case report about a uncommon localisation].

Schwannoma is a benign slow growing nerve sheath tumor which generally originates from cranial or spinal nerve roots. Peripheral nerve localisations are scarce. We report the case of a 76-year man who presented with a laterosternal chest wall mass located in the fourth intercostal space.

[Management of massive hemoptysis: current role of interventional endoscopy].

Massive hemoptysis represent a very serious pathology and a vital threat for the patients. In spite of the availability of several therapeutical tools, the prognosis remains dark: mortality more than 60%. We expose here, the pathophysiological mechanisms of this severe complication and the main predisposing conditions and etiologies, to then approach the contribution of new endobronchial interventional treatments.

[Pulmonary artery aneurysms in Behçet's disease: contribution of imaging in 5 cases].

Pulmonary involvement in Behçet's disease is an uncommon condition (12%). Thromboembolism of the superior vena cava and/or other mediastinal veins, aneurysms of the aorta and pulmonary arteries are the main vascular manifestations in addition to pulmonary infarct and intrathoracic hemorrhage. Despite their scarcity, respiratory symptoms may be life-threatening.