A case of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis due to with elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels.

A 78-year-old Japanese woman without any history of asthma or smoking presented prolonged cough. Laboratory data showed elevated serum CEA levels and a chest CT revealed a mass with abnormal uptake in the left lower lobe. One month later, the mass spontaneously regressed, and CEA levels improved.

A case of PD-L1 negative advanced pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma effectively treated with atezolizumab, carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bevacizumab.

Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is an extremely rare neoplasm with poor prognosis and no established treatment. A 50-year-old man presented with fever, was found to have a mass measuring 14 cm in the right upper lobe of the chest, along with right pleural effusion on computed tomography (CT). Positron emission tomography-CT revealed abnormal tracer uptake in the area corresponding to the mass in the upper lobe.

[Development of eosinophilic pneumonia in a patient with latent tuberculosis infection resulting from isoniazid].

We report a 37-year-old patient with latent tuberculosis infection who received isoniazid (INH) antituberculosis chemoprophylaxis. However, he developed fever and productive cough 3 weeks after treatment. Chest radiography and computed tomography showed bilateral infiltrative shadows in upper fields.

Relationship between exercise performance and water distribution measured by new bioelectrical impedance analysis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Body composition analysis is useful for objective evaluation of malnutrition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of body composition on exercise performance by patients with COPD using a new method of bioelectrical impedance analysis. Twenty patients with COPD performed incremental exercise ramp tests to the symptom-limited maximum and constant work rate tests for 10 min.

Interferon therapy induces the improvement of lung function by inhaled corticosteroid therapy in asthmatic patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a preliminary study.

Study Objectives: Several reports have suggested that subsets of asthmatic patients with chronic viral infection fail to respond to corticosteroid therapy. Therefore, this study was designed to determine that asthmatic patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection fail to improve lung function by inhaled corticosteroid therapy, and that interferon (IFN) therapy against HCV is effective for such patients.

Design: Prospective observational study.