Publications by authors named "Margaret Zambon"
Article Synopsis
- The case report discusses a rare medical situation involving empyema, nephropleural fistula, and perinephric abscess in a 90-year-old female patient presenting with chest pain and a left-sided pleural effusion.
- Imaging revealed not only the pleural effusion but also a nephropleural fistula and perinephric collection.
- The patient underwent thoracic surgery, had her kidney removed due to chronic infection, and showed improvement after treatment, ultimately resolving her symptoms two weeks post-discharge.
Metachronous and Synchronous Triple Primary Lung Cancers in a Chronic Smoker.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
March 2024
Multiple primary lung cancers (MPLCs), characterized by the presence of more than one distinct primary lung tumors, may develop either synchronously (simultaneously) or metachronously (after initial cancer treatment). This case describes a rare occurrence of three primary lung cancers in a chronic smoker. After a lobectomy for right middle lobe adenocarcinoma (ADC), the patient was diagnosed with synchronous small cell carcinoma (SCLC) in the right upper lobe and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the right lower lobe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The authors examined the tongue bacteria associated with oral halitosis (bad breath originating from the oral cavity), focusing on noncultivable bacteria-bacteria that cannot be identified by bacterial culture techniques.
Methods: The authors took samples from the dorsal tongue surface of eight adult subjects with halitosis and five control subjects who did not have halitosis. They identified the bacteria in these samples by using both anaerobic culture and direct amplification of 16S ribosomal DNA, a method that can identify both cultivable and noncultivable microorganisms.
Objective: To assess trends and correlates of youth cigarette purchasing behavior on the Internet.
Methods: In 2000-2001, Roswell Park Cancer Institute conducted a survey asking 7,019 ninth grade students in Erie and Niagara Counties in New York State about their tobacco use and purchasing habits, including use of the Internet to buy cigarettes. The 2004-2005 survey is a replication of the 2000-2001 survey.