Diagnostic yield and complications of ultrasoundguided trans-thoracic biopsies by pulmonologists: a single-centre retrospective study of lesions with pleural contact.

Introduction Ultrasound-guided trans-thoracic needle biopsy (US-TTNB) is a method of choice for the diagnostic management of peripheral lung lesions and pleural masses for pulmonologists. If complication risk factors and diagnostic yield have been well reported for CT-guided biopsies, publications for US-TTNB in this field are very scarce. Methods The primary objective of this study was to describe the diagnostic yield of US-TTNB carried out by pulmonologists defined by a definitive histopathological diagnosis Secondary objectives were to identify factors that may influence diagnostic yield and to describe complications of this procedure.

Visceral Leishmaniasis Masquerading as Drug-Induced Pancytopenia in Lung Cancer Patients.

Maintenance chemotherapy is a standard treatment in patients with non-progressive advance staged IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer after induction therapy. Here, we report the case of a 53-year-old man undergoing a maintenance monotherapy with pemetrexed who presented prolonged pancytopenia despite filgrastim injections. A bone marrow aspiration revealed a macrophage activation syndrome with amastigotes.

Bifurcated Silicone Stents for the Management of Anastomotic Complications in Lung Transplanted Patients: Ten Years' Experience.

Background: In lung transplantation (LT), the actual surgical practice is to cut the donor bronchus as short as possible in order to reduce anastomotic complications (AC). Consequently, the anastomosis is very close to the secondary carina. If AC occur, regular straight stents may be unsatisfactory and on-site modified bifurcated stents may represent an alternative.