Wegener's granulomatosis of the breast.

Wegener's granulomatosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and vasculitis of small vessels and can affect any organ system. The most common sites of involvement are upper and lower respiratory tracts, and kidneys. Breast involvement is unusual and very rare.

Multiple primary intrathoracic neoplasms: case report and a review of the literature.

This is a case report of a patient diagnosed with three distinct primary intrathoracic tumors (mesothelioma, carcinoid and B-cell lymphoma). The patient had previously had mycosis fungoides. The occurrence of multiple neoplasms in a single patient, synchronous or metasynchronous, is not a rare phenomenon; the incidence varies from 1-11% of all neoplasms.

[BOOP-bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia].

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is increasingly recognized in "Jordanovac" Clinical hospital for lung diseases. The characteristic pathohistologic finding is the granulated tissue plugs within the lumen of small airways which extend into the alveolar ducts and alveoli. Numerous conditions and diseases show such histologic picture but the clinician by means of clinical, radiologic and laboratory findings establishes the final diagnosis.

[Early recognition of Churg-Strauss syndrome].

We present a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome which appeared with asthma, chronic sinuitis, peripheral and tissue oeosinophilia, migratory pulmonary infiltrates and polyneuropathy but without histologically proven granuloma or vasculitis. The patient successfully recovered under corticosteroid therapy. The aim of this presentation is early recognition of Churg-Strauss syndrome in order to timely diagnose and treat these patients.