Feasibility of a home-designed respiratory rehabilitation program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Background: According to international guidelines, respiratory rehabilitation (RR) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a cornerstone of standard non-pharmacological treatment.

Aims: To evaluate feasibility of a home-designed RR program and analyze its medium-term impact on respiratory parameters and quality of life.

Methods: This was a prospective study involving 74 COPD patients enrolled in January 2019 and put on inhaled bronchodilator treatment associated with RR at home following a written protocol, for 16 weeks.

Non-resectable pulmonary alveolar echinococcosis with multi-stage vertebral location.

Alveolar echinococcosis (also known as Hydatid cyst or Hydatydosis) is a zoonosis with a high degree of disability and morbidity. Bone echinococcosis is a rare presentation. Authors are always defending a personalized approach taking account of the particularities of the cyst location.

An unusual clinical manifestation of a relapsed typical pulmonary carcinoϊd tumor.

Typical carcinoid tumors of the lungs carry an excellent prognosis after complete surgical excision. However, recurrence of these cancers remains poorly described in the literature and may occur many years after surgery. We report a case of carcinoid tumor of the lung.

A Delicate Surgical Resection to Treat a Proximal Pulmonary Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.

Pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma (PACC) is an exceedingly rare tumor of low-grade malignancy. Diagnosis is often late, so the tumoral process may be huge at presentation. Surgical resection could be challenging, and the recurrence rate would be greater.