Pulmonary Infarction in a Young Man With Situs Inversus Totalis.

We report the case of a 45-year-old male patient, a smoker, with a known condition of situs inversus totalis (SIT), who was diagnosed with an alveolar consolidation process during a chest imaging examination. Thorough medical investigations, including a surgical lung biopsy, resulted in the diagnosis of pulmonary infarction. The patient's clinical picture began suddenly, with chest pain of a stabbing character on the left side, inspiratory dyspnea, one episode of hemoptysis, fever (40°C), chills, and profuse sweating.

Clinical and Paraclinical Characteristics of Endobronchial Pulmonary Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Brief Review.

Background: Endobronchial squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common types of tumors located inside the tracheobronchial tree. Patients often present in advanced stages of the disease, which most often leads to a targeted therapeutic attitude of pneumonectomy. Practicing lung parenchyma-preserving surgery led us to undertake this review.

Microbial Contamination and Survival Rate on Different Types of Banknotes.

In the COVID-19 pandemic context, numerous concerns have been raised regarding the hygienic status of certain objects we interact with on a daily basis, and especially cash money and their potential to harbor and transmit pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, in the present study, we analyzed different currency bills represented by British pounds (5 £, 10 £ and 20 £), Romanian lei (1 leu, 5 lei and 10 lei), U.S.

Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis--rare cause of calcified pulmonary nodules.

The article presents the case of a 60-year-old asymptomatic woman whose chest X-ray screening showed bilateral pulmonary nodules of uncertain etiology. Initially, the main suspicion concerned multiple pulmonary metastases, but the anatomical pathology examination of two of the surgically removed lung nodules revealed a benign pattern--foreign body granulomatous reaction to cholesterol crystals. Patient follow-up with a repeat computed tomography one year later showed that some pulmonary nodules had slightly increased in number and size, so the diagnosis required re-evaluation.

[Tracheal resection for post-intubation subglottic stenosis in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)].

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA or Wegener) is a systemic autoimmune disease with inflammation of small- and medium-size vessels. It can affect practically any organ or system, but renal, respiratory andjoint systems are most frequently damaged. Positive pANCA antibodies can raise the suspicion of diagnosis.