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A 79-year-old man was found to have multiple nodules in the lung fields on chest computed tomography. Metastatic lung cancer was suspected; however, the primary site remained elusive. After 1 year of follow-up, both the nodules had enlarged.
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January 2025
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, No. 155, Sec. 2, Li-Nung Street, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Background: Despite the fact that an increasing number of studies have focused on developing therapies for acute lung injury, managing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains a challenge in intensive care medicine. Whether the pathology of animal models with acute lung injury in prior studies differed from clinical symptoms of ARDS, resulting in questionable management for human ARDS. To evaluate precisely the therapeutic effect of transplanted stem cells or medications on acute lung injury, we developed an animal model of severe ARDS with lower lung function, capable of keeping the experimental animals survive with consistent reproducibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Ethnopharmacol
January 2025
School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. Electronic address:
Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Xiao'er Feike Granules (XFG), containing eighteen incompatibilities, is an approved and widely used classical Chinese medicine prescription for the treatment of pediatric respiratory diseases. Extensive clinical studies have reported that XFG demonstrates high efficacy and minimal adverse reactions in treating acute bronchitis (AB). However, there is an urgent need for a more cohesive evaluation of the evidence regarding the safe clinical use of XFG for AB.
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January 2025
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Rationale: Patients with extensive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) generally have a dismal survival rate and are conventionally treated with chemotherapy. This study aimed to explore an alternative treatment approach by combining traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Patient Concerns: A 68-year-old male was diagnosed with extensive-stage SCLC.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital, Kanagawa, JPN.
Gastrointestinal (GI) metastases from lung cancer are relatively rare, and their management strategies and outcomes in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors are unknown. A 59-year-old man with lung cancer was hospitalized. He presented with vomiting due to a small intestinal metastasis.
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