Publications by authors named "Malay Maikap"
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- Chronic arsenic exposure leads to various health issues, including skin conditions, heart disease, respiratory problems, and diabetes.
- A 24-year-old woman with a history of chronic arsenic exposure was admitted for progressive shortness of breath, identified as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
- After ruling out other potential causes of PAH—like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and genetic factors—the case suggests a link between PAH and chronic arsenic exposure, which is not previously documented.
Pulmonary mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic infection of immunocompromised individuals. Here, we report a case of 70-year-old male, smoker presenting with high-grade fever for 2 weeks and episodes of hemoptysis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) thorax revealed a solitary pulmonary nodule measuring 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pleural effusion is a common problem encountered in daily practice. To Establish aetiology of exudative effusions is a diagnostic challenge to general practitioners and even to pulmonologists especially in resource poor government hospitals with lack of investigations like thoracoscopy. Some recent studies had shown that around 2% of patients remained undiagnosed even after these investigations.
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