Scedosporium Brain Abscess: A Rare and Fatal Drawback of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy.

The patient described in this case report was admitted to the San Luigi Hospital in Turin for confusion, drowsiness, and buccal and eye deviation. An acute neurological disease was suspected. He was affected by chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) on active treatment with the novel Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi) acalabrutinib.

Bedside lung ultrasound in the assessment of alveolar-interstitial syndrome.

Objectives: To assess the potential of bedside lung ultrasound to diagnose the radiologic alveolar-interstitial syndrome (AIS) in patients admitted to an emergency medicine unit and to estimate the occurrence of ultrasound pattern of diffuse and multiple comet tail artifacts in diseases involving lung interstitium.

Methods: The ultrasonic feature of multiple and diffuse comet tail artifacts B line was investigated in each of 300 consecutive patients within 48 hours after admission to our emergency medicine unit. Sonographic examination was performed at bedside in a supine position.

Low dose CT in early lung cancer diagnosis: Prevalence data.

Purpose: Lung cancer has a high mortality rate and its prognosis largely depends on early detection. We report the prevalence data of the study on early detection of lung cancer with low-dose spiral CT underway at our hospital.

Materials And Methods: Since the beginning of 2001, 519 asymptomatic volunteers have undergone annual blood tests, sputum tests, urinalyses and low-dose spiral CT.