[Novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis].

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease of unknown cause. The clinical course is unpredictable, but the disease is usually progressive with a median survival of 2-5 years as a result of advanced respiratory failure. The current hypothesis of the disease mechanism is recurrent injury to the respiratory epithelium which leads to an uncontrolled wound healing process resulting in fibrosis rather than repair.

[Pathology of organ transplantation: experience of the Rabin Medical Center].

Solid organ transplantation is currently the treatment of choice for renal, heart, and pancreas insufficiency and selected bowel diseases. Thanks to advances in medical technology, the lifespan of transplanted organs is currently about 10 years. To prevent graft rejection, patients need to take immunosuppressive drugs, usually for the rest of their Lives.

[Tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma: seven case reports].

Background: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the respiratory tract is a rare form of malignant neoplasm that arises from salivary glands. A surgical resection with or without radiotherapy is commonly recommended. For inoperable patients, radiotherapy and endobronchial treatment, which include laser and stent insertion, are important therapeutic modalities.

Improved survival following lung transplantation with long-term use of bilevel positive pressure ventilation in cystic fibrosis.

Bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation (BIPAP) has been used in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients as a bridge to transplantation. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of BIPAP use before transplantation on post-transplantation morbidity and mortality. We performed a retrospective study at a tertiary care center.

[Ocular manifestation of bronchogenic carcinoma: simultaneous occurrence of diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation and uveal metastases].

Systemic cancer may affect the eye and orbit as metastatic disease or paraneoplastic retinal degeneration. This is a case report of a 55-year-old man with unilateral visual loss as the presenting symptom of metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung in one eye and diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation in the other. Fundoscopy, B-scan ultrasonography, fluorescein angiography and the workup for inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic diagnoses are presented.