Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung with high FDG uptake.

We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with 2 episodes of hemoptysis. Computed tomography showed a small mass lesion with an adjacent cyst in the left lower lobe. On whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, the lesion had a high focal fluorodeoxyglucose-uptake (SUVmax 21.

Design and validation of an interpretative strategy for cardiopulmonary exercise tests.

Background And Objective: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a common investigation for the evaluation of exertional dyspnoea. At present, there is no consensus on the best interpretative strategy and none of the available algorithms have been validated. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a standardized strategy for the interpretation of CPET.

Long-term effects of plate osteosynthesis: comparison of four different plates.

Various phenomena have been observed subsequent to plate osteosynthesis, for example, refracture after plate removal. Experimental research has shown that changes in the cortex occur within the first three months after plating and again several months later. These changes are independent of the fracture and take the form of porosis under the plate and excessive bone growth around the plate.

[Progressive muscular weakness due to subacute postinfectious polyradiculitis and myelitis].

In a 67-year-old patient, generalised stable muscular weakness preexisting for several years became rapidly progressive within a few weeks prior to hospitalisation. He died one month after admission from acute cardiocirculatory failure. There was no history of muscular pain, clinical examination showed weak or absent tendon reflexes, hyposensibility of the dorsa of his feet, fasciculations and myocloni of the muscles of the lower limbs as well as a generalised muscular atrophy.