Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease Revealing Antisynthetase Syndrome.

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent manifestation of connective tissue diseases. They may be revelatory of the disease or occur during follow-up. Antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) is a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disorder.

Removal of an Atypical Foreign Body Using Flexible Bronchoscopy Under Local Anesthesia.

While uncommon among adults, the act of inhaling a foreign object is a grave incident that might potentially endanger one's life or result in substantial repercussions. A 43-year-old patient with a history of asthma and epilepsy from infancy appeared with worsening respiratory distress and the presence of purulent secretions one week following an epileptic seizure. The chest X-rays and abdominal ultrasound revealed no anomalies.

Idiopathic Mediastinal Fibrosis: A Study of a Case Using CT and Bronchoscopic Imaging.

An uncommon illness known as fibrosing mediastinitis causes the mediastinum to grow excessively thick fibrous tissue. Fungal or idiopathic origins are the most common etiologies of pathology. In an individual suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), fibrosing mediastinitis, which resembled a bronchogenic cancer, was identified during anatomopathological examination following mediastinoscopy.

Primary autonomic failure: a complex case of orthostatic hypotension in a hypertensive elderly patient.

Background: Primary autonomic failure (PAF) or Bradbury Eggleston syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder of the autonomic nervous system characterized by orthostatic hypotension.

Case Summary: We report the case of a 76-year-old patient with a history of hypertension, who presented with exercise-induced fatigue. He exhibited systolic hypertension and resting bradycardia in the supine position, with orthostatic hypotension without reactive tachycardia, suggesting dysautonomia.

Nitrogen and phosphorus recovery from hemodialysis wastewater to use as an agricultural fertilizer.

Introduction: Hemodialysis wastewater contains high concentrations of ammonia nitrogen and phosphorus. Recovery of these nutrients as soil fertilizers represents an interesting opportunity to ensure a sustainable fertilizer supply.

Methods: In this paper, a simple method for recovering phosphorous and nitrogen as crystalline struvite [MgNHPO·6HO] is presented.