Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung is a rare condition, with a reported incidence between 0.04 - 1.2% of all tumors of the lung.

Pneumonia caused by diesel fuel aspiration.

An 18 years old Turkish boy was admitted to hospital due to cough, chest pain and shortness of breath for 4 days. Twentyfour hours before the onset of symptoms, the patient had accidentally aspirated diesel while siphoning from the fuel tank of a car. On admission, he was febrile and tachypnoeic.

Coexisting pulmonary tuberculosis and unsuspected bronchial foreign body removed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy after 42 years.

Aspiration of foreign bodies into the tracheobronchial tree is extremely rare in adults without an underlying predisposing factor. A high index of suspicion is the most important factor leading to a diagnosis of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration. Unless the patients give a clear history of aspiration, a foreign body may remain occult for years.

Patient and doctor delays in smear-negative and smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending a referral hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Objectives: To measure delays from onset of symptoms to initiation of treatment in patients with smear-negative and smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis and to identify reasons for these delays.

Methods: A total of 136 newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire.

Results: The patients were divided into two groups.

Venous hemangioma of the anterior mediastinum.

Mediastinal hemangiomas are rare tumors, with an incidence of 0.5% or less. We herein present a case of venous hemangioma in the anterior mediastinum.