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Late onset of biliobronchial fistula - a serious complication of hemihepatectomy for atrophic liver with hepatolithiasis: a case report and review of the literature.
J Cardiothorac Surg
December 2024
Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Background: Acquired bronchobiliary fistula (BBF) is a rare but life-threatening complication that can occur as a result of oncological processes, inflammatory reactions, parasite infections, thoracoabdominal trauma, or invasive procedures associated with iatrogenic injury. However, the potential etiology of BBF caused by instrumental issues when using ultrasonic scalpels resulting in diathermy burn and its post-burn effects has never been reported.
Case Presentation: Herein, we present a case of a 65-year-old woman who developed BBF one month after hepatectomy and presented with refractory irritating cough accompanied by yellow bitter sputum.
Silico-Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy.
Cureus
July 2024
Respiratory Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, IND.
Silico-tuberculosis is the combination of silicosis and tuberculosis (TB). Symptoms of TB such as dyspnea, cough, and hemoptysis may precede the diagnosis of an endo-bronchial mass lesion on chest imaging. Among workers who were exposed to silica, TB was more common, and experiments indicated that silica inhibits alveolar macrophage activity and severe exposure induces apoptosis.
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Service de Pneumologie, CHU Mohamed Taher Maamouri Nabeul - Tunisie.
Middle lobe syndrome is a rare but important clinical entity worth investigating in local obstructive or inflammatory cause. One of its rare etiologies is broncholithiasis. We report the observation of a young female patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis.
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Division of Respiratory Medicine, Mito Medical Center, University of Tsukuba, Mito-City, Ibaraki, Japan.
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