Consequences of Losing Incidental Pulmonary Nodules to Follow-Up: Unmonitored Nodules Progressing to Stage IV Lung Cancer.

Introduction: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death globally. Incidental pulmonary nodules represent a golden opportunity for early diagnosis, which is critical for improving survival rates. This study explores the impact of missed pulmonary nodules on the progression of lung cancer.

Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis with lower airway involvement in a young woman.

Radiological presentation of bronchiectasis should prompt the respiratory physician to investigate various differential diagnosis leading to this condition. This case report describes a young non-smoking woman with HPV11 induced laryngeal Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) since early childhood, who developed progressive exertional dyspnea. A thorough diagnostic process revealed HPV11 infection in the lung parenchyma consistent with RRP in the lower airways, an HPV infection that was most likely obtained from the patient´s mother during vaginal birth.

[Electroconvulsive therapy is efficient in treating Cotard's syndrome].

Cotard's syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by nihilistic delusions in which the patient is convinced that death has occurred or the internal organs have perished. The treatment of Cotard's syndrome requires monotherapy or combination therapy with antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood-stabilizing drugs or electroconvulsive treatment (ECT). We describe a woman with severe depression and Cotard's syndrome who responded well to ECT.