Severe Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy Associated With Biventricular Massive Mural Thrombi in Newly Diagnosed Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy.

Hemostatic system abnormalities have been previously associated with congestive heart failure (CHF). Here, we report a rare case of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) in the setting of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with right atrial and biventricular thrombus. We present a 55-year-old female with a past medical history of bronchial asthma who presented with a six-day history of bilateral leg swelling and dry cough.

Spontaneous bacterial empyema in patients with liver cirrhosis in Upper Egypt: prevalence and causative organisms.

Background: Spontaneous bacterial empyema (SBEM) is a complication in cirrhotic patients, in which a preexisting pleural effusion becomes infected.

Purpose: The purpose was to determine the prevalence and causative organisms of SBEM among cirrhotic patients with hydrothorax.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study included 901 cirrhotic patients.

Preoperative embolization in surgical management of massive thoracic tumors.

Background: The surgical excision of a highly vascular giant tumor may be challenging. The aim of this study was to describe our experience with preoperative percutaneous embolization of massive vascular chest tumors before surgical excision.

Methods: From 2009 to 2011, 8 cases of giant vascular thoracic tumor were treated at Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt, by preoperative embolization of the feeding arteries followed by successful excision after 48 h.

Diagnostic value of ex vivo pleural fluid interferon-gamma versus adapted whole-blood quantiferon-TB gold in tube assays in tuberculous pleural effusion.

Background: Noninvasive diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains a challenge due to the paucibacillary nature of the disease. As Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific T cells are recruited into pleural space in TB effusion; their indirect detection may provide useful clinical information.

Objectives: Evaluation of pleural fluid interferon (INF)-γ levels vs Quantiferon-TB Gold In tube assay (QFT- IT) in blood and its adapted variants, using pleural fluid or isolated pleural fluid cells in the diagnosis of pleural TB.