Pancoast's syndrome due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the lung apex.

A case of Pancoast's syndrome was caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the lung apex. The infection extended to extrapleural structures of the thoracic inlet.

[Deletion of the long arm of chromosome 18, primary hypothyroidism, Biermer's anemia and IgM hypogammaglobulinemia].

We report the case of an adolescent girl who presents with the 18q-syndrome, primary hypothyroidism, pernicious anemia and IgM hypogammaglobulinemia. Her karyotype was performed during infancy because of malformations and showed deletion of the long arm of chromosome 18. The patient had been treated with levothyroxine (Elthyrone) since age 13 when primary hypothyroidism was documented.

Influence of the respiratory route on the resting breathing pattern in humans.

It has been shown that the pattern of breathing is modified when breathing through a mouthpiece (MP) with a noseclip (NC), although the reasons for this are not clear. We studied 14 healthy naïve subjects during unrestrained breathing, while connected to a spirometer without NC, and while connected to a spirometer with NC. Breathing pattern, studied with an inductive plethysmograph (Respitrace), was recorded during 4 min in each case, once a steady state was attained.