Weber-Christian disease developing into mediastinitis and pleuritis with massive pleural effusion.

A 53-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of high fever. Chest computed tomography showed left pleural effusion and mediastinitis. He developed painful red subcutaneous nodules in his bilateral lower extremities.

Successful treatment of sepsis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis in an adult with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

A 27-year-old woman visited our hospital because of high fever. She had been diagnosed as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.

Long-term Taenia saginata infection successfully treated with meglumine/diatrizoate sodium.

A 46-year-old Japanese man visited our hospital for chronic abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea and discharge of proglottids for 7 years. He had been living in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Ileography using meglumine/diatrizoate sodium (Gastrografin) revealed a long tapeworm.

Clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

To evaluate the clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, we examined the clinical manifestations and radiography/computed tomography (CT) findings in RA patients with tuberculosis (RA+/TB+). A total of 1121 tuberculosis patients were admitted to our hospital from 1995 to 2003, with the RA patients among them comprising 1.8% (20 cases; 9 men and 11 women).