Triathlete with Multiple Stress Fractures in the Lower Limbs: Case Report and Literature Review.

Recurrent stress fractures rarely affect the same athlete. We present the case of a female triathlete who suffered multiple stress fractures in both tibias, the right fibula, and the left femoral neck. Conservative treatment was instituted in all episodes, with rest, reduced training load, and physical therapy rehabilitation.

Does methylene blue attenuate inflammation in nonischemic lungs after lung transplantation?

Objective: To evaluate whether methylene blue (MB) could minimize the effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury in the nonischemic lung on a lung transplantation rodent model.

Methods: Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 20 donors and 20 recipients. The 20 recipient rats were divided into two groups (n = 10) according to the treatment (0.

Methylene blue attenuates ischemia--reperfusion injury in lung transplantation.

Background: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is one of the principal obstacles for the lung transplantation (LTx) success. Several strategies have been adopted to minimize the effects of IRI in lungs, including ex vivo conditioning of the grafts and the use of antioxidant drugs, such as methylene blue (MB). We hypothesized that MB could minimize the effects of IRI in a LTx rodent model.

[Primary pleomorphic sarcoma of the lung].

The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung cancers ranks the heterogeneous nonsmall cell lung cancer (N-SCLC) group, encompassing sarcoma or sarcoma-containing tumours under one heading: "carcinomas with pleomorphic, sarcomatoid or sarcomatous elements". This group contains entities such as pleomorphic carcinoma (PC), spindle cell carcinoma (SCC), giant cell carcinoma (GCC), carcinosarcoma (CS) and pulmonary blastoma (PB). These tumors are rare overall, making up approx.

Pulmonary amyloidosis: radiographic finding of nodular opacities in a heavy smoker.

Pulmonary amyloidosis is a rare disease, characterized by extracellular deposition of fibrillary protein in the lungs. Amyloidosis is a generic term for a heterogeneous group of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the respiratory system, it appears in various forms: tracheobronchial; nodular pulmonary; and alveolar septal (diffuse parenchymal).

Video-assisted thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of primary hyperhidrosis: a retrospective study of 521 cases comparing different levels of ablation.

Objective: To compare different levels of ablation in terms of the degree of patient satisfaction and extent of postoperative reflex sweating in sympathectomized patients.

Methods: A retrospective study involving 521 patients with primary hyperhidrosis, submitted to thoracic sympathectomy at the Monte Sinai Hospital and University Hospital of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, from January of 2001 to December 2005. All patients were submitted to thermal ablation of the sympathetic stem and were divided into three groups: up to T2 (group I, n = 162); up to T3 (group II, n = 65); and up to T4 (group III, n = 294).