Computed tomography findings of pathologically confirmed pulmonary parenchymal endometriosis.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of computed tomography (CT) in the localization of parenchymal pulmonary endometriosis and to correlate the CT findings with fiberoptic bronchoscopic and pathologic findings.

Methods: A prospective study of 5 patients presenting with catamenial hemoptysis was conducted. The CT scans and fiberoptic bronchoscopy were performed twice during and 2 weeks after menstruation.

The effect of supraclavicular lymph node irradiation upon the thyroid gland in the post-operative breast carcinoma patients.

To identify the effect of post-operative irradiation to the thyroid gland in patients with breast carcinoma. Seventy seven patients with partial or total mastectomized breast carcinoma who received routine irradiation therapy (Hockey stick method: supraclavicular, internal mammary lymph nodes, and chest wall irradiation with 5,040 rads, divided into 30 treatments) were reviewed in terms of their ipsilateral thyroid gland response. All patients had the bilateral thyroid sizes measured annually by ultrasonography before and after radiation therapy.