Everolimus induced organizing pneumonia in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex.

Organizing pneumonia is characterized by a distinct histologic pattern in the lung interstitium and presents clinically as hypoxemia, fever, cough, and dyspnea that is not attributable to concurrent infection. Typical etiologies of this condition include inflammatory disease, malignancy, toxic inhalation, and an array of medications including the mTOR inhibitor everolimus. In this report, we describe the case of a female with tuberous sclerosis complex on everolimus therapy for renal angiomyolipomas who presented to the hospital with persistent cough, dyspnea, and fevers and bilateral lower lobe opacities on chest X-ray despite multiple courses of antibiotic therapy.

A case of left atrial compression secondary to angioedema.

Angioedema due to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is an uncommon, but deadly adverse reaction with an overall incidence of 0.1%-0.2%.

Patient Demographics and Socioeconomic Characteristics of an Ambulatory Care Clinic Served by a University PCCM Training Program.

Objectives: Continuity clinics are an important aspect of pulmonary medicine fellowship training. We provide a description of a pulmonary outpatient clinic in an inner city, county-owned, university-affiliated hospital.

Methods: This is a descriptive study of administrative data on consecutive patient visits to the University of Tennessee Regional One Health at Memphis ambulatory clinic (Medplex) between January 2000 and August 2006.