Endobronchial ultrasound sonographic characteristics of mediastinal lymph node in the evaluation of lung cancer.

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) are essential components of lung cancer evaluation. Features of mediastinal lymph nodes on EBUS and CECT can help in predicting metastatic disease. Clinical, radiological, and EBUS data of patients with clinico-radiological suspicion of lung cancer who have undergone EBUS with no transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) or nonyielding EBUS-TBNA were retrospectively collected from medical records.

Tombs of Aspergillus: A missed cause of recurrent respiratory infections in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.

Broncholithiasis is an often overlooked condition and has been associated with symptoms such as cough, hemoptysis, and recurrent respiratory infections. The most common mechanism of a broncholith formation is the enlargement and subsequent erosion of a lymph node into an adjacent airway. Here, we describe this entity in a patient with advanced allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure, and with frequent infective exacerbations.

Impact of bronchoalveolar lavage multiplex polymerase chain reaction on microbiological yield and therapeutic decisions in severe pneumonia in intensive care unit.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of adding bronchoalveolar lavage multiplex polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) to conventional cultures (CC) on microbiological yield and therapeutic decisions in adult intensive care unit patients with pneumonia and severe sepsis or septic shock.

Material And Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, bronchoalveolar lavage cultures were taken for control (58 patients, 58 admissions) and study arms (57 patients, 58 admissions). Bronchoalveolar lavage M-PCR was sent simultaneously for the latter.