Case 276: Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease and Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Disease.

HistoryA 34-year-old man presented to the emergency department of our hospital for progressive shortness of breath and worsening productive cough of 2 weeks duration. He reported a 10-kg weight loss over 4 months but denied experiencing fever, chills, night sweats, or gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, or neurologic symptoms. His medical history was unremarkable.

Case 276.

HistoryA 34-year-old man presented to the emergency department of our hospital for progressive shortness of breath and worsening productive cough of 2 weeks duration. He reported a 10-kg weight loss over 4 months but denied experiencing fever, chills, night sweats, or gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, or neurologic symptoms. His medical history was unremarkable.

Effect of total lung capacity, gender and height on CT airway measurements.

Objective: Testing the hypothesis that CT airway measurements could be influenced by total lung capacity (TLC), gender and height in normal individuals.

Methods: In this ethics committee-approved prospective trial, 87 healthy never-smoking volunteers who provided written informed consent were included. From a helical CT scan of the chest, the wall thickness (WT) and the lumen area were twice measured in the third- and fourth-generation airways by three readers using a dedicated software.

Osteoid osteoma of the pisiform bone: A rare cause of wrist pain.

Non-traumatic wrist pain remains a diagnostic challenge. An accurate diagnosis is crucial in order to choose the appropriate treatment. We report the case of a 23-year-old female with a four-month history of mainly nocturnal wrist pain.

Effect of total lung capacity and gender on CT densitometry indexes.

Objective: Testing the hypothesis that CT densitometry indexes could be influenced by total lung capacity (TLC), gender and height in normal individuals.

Methods: In this ethics committee-approved prospective study, 100 healthy non-smoking volunteers who provided written informed consent were included. From a helical scan of the chest, the relative area (RA) of the lung with attenuation coefficients lower than -960 HU and the 1st and 15th percentiles of the distribution of attenuation coefficients were calculated.