Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with fibrotic diffuse parenchymal lung disease-characterization and treatment compliance assessment.

Introduction: Recent studies have reported a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) among patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), mainly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Effective OSA treatment appears to have a positive impact on morbidity and mortality in these patients. However, poor compliance to positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment in fibrotic DPLD patients has been reported.

Complete dorsal pancreatic agenesis and unilateral renal agenesis.

Dorsal pancreatic agenesis is a very rare congenital anomaly. Unilateral renal agenesis, on the other hand, is a relatively common congenital anomaly, although its etiology is not fully understood. Renal and pancreatic embryologic development appears to be nonrelated.

Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: A report of 13 cases in a tertiary university hospital.

Introduction: Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is a rare diffuse pulmonary disease, but it is not yet known whether it is a distinct form of interstitial pneumonia or simply a reflection of a tissue sampling issue.

Methods: Cross-sectional evaluation of clinical and radiological findings, treatments, and outcomes for patients with histologically confirmed AFOP at a tertiary university hospital between 2002 and 2015.

Results: Thirteen patients (7 women, 53.

WITHDRAWN: Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: A rare but increasingly recognized entity.

This article has been withdrawn for editorial reasons because the journal will be published only in English. In order to avoid duplicated records, this article can be found at http://dx.doi.

Wegener's granulomatosis and alveolar hemorrhage - case report.

The authors present a clinical case of 55 years old female patient with limited form of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), which first manifestation was non-erosive polyarthritis with rheumatoid factor positive that antedates one decade the pulmonary manifestations. She had acute episodes with purulent expectoration, fever and hemoptysis, with resolution in a week. The chest x-rays demonstrated migratory bilateral pulmonary infiltrates.

Efficacy and safety of propranolol in the treatment of parotid hemangioma.

A 2-month-old female patient presented an extensive bilateral parotid hemangioma (PH) focally ulcerated. Additionally, hepatic ultrasonography revealed a hemangioendothelioma located at right lobe. She was treated with oral prednisolone (3 mg/kg/day) during 10 months with clinical improvement of PH, despite failure to thrive and arterial hypertension.

Posterior cruciate ligament recess and normal posterior capsular insertional anatomy: MR imaging of cadaveric knees.

Purpose: To analyze the normal pattern of fluid accumulation adjacent to the posterior cruciate ligament and anatomic variations of joint capsule insertion sites in the posterosuperior corner of the human knee by using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in cadaveric specimens.

Materials And Methods: Fourteen fresh cadaveric knees (obtained and used according to institutional guidelines, with informed consent from relatives of the deceased) from 11 men and three women (six left knees, eight right knees; age range, 70-82 years at time of death; mean age, 76 years +/- 4.4 [standard deviation]) were studied with high-spatial-resolution MR imaging performed before and after intraarticular injection of 35-45 mL gadopentetate dimeglumine.