Pneumonia due to with a chronic course resembling non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection.

is a common bacterium that rarely causes pneumonia. Determining whether is the cause of lung infection in patients suspected of having chronic infectious lung disease is challenging because it can present with colonization. We report a case of a 56-year-old immunocompetent woman suspected of having non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection on imaging examination and monitored for 3 years.

Spondylodiscitis and spinal epidural abscess related to long-term placement of an airway stent for malignant central airway obstruction.

A 70-year-old male was referred to our hospital with lower limb muscle weakness and numbness of the left hand. The patient had previously been diagnosed seven years ago with lung cancer accompanied by central airway obstruction and had received chemoradiotherapy following placement of a metallic stent. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an osteolytic lesion which was adjacent to the fractured stent.