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BMJ Case Rep
December 2024
Inova Fairfax Hosp, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
A spontaneous pneumothorax may be the heralding manifestation of diffuse cystic lung disease (DCLD). Historically, these diagnoses were differentiated by unique clinical, radiographic and tissue pathology characteristics. With recent advancements in genomics, several forms of DCLD can now be diagnosed through genetic testing and patients can thereby avoid undergoing an invasive lung biopsy.
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December 2024
Service d'Epidémiologie et Médecine Communautaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hedi Chaker de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisie.
The benefits of permanent cardiac pacing have been widely demonstrated. However, the literature on complications remains inconsistent. We lack precise information about the frequency of complications and their predictive factors in our center.
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December 2024
JSC National Scientific Medical Center, 42 Abylai Khan ave., 010009, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Cavitary sarcoidosis is a rare form and represents non-caseating granulomatous diseases of the lungs exhibiting a narrow range of differential diagnoses. The peculiarity of this case lies in the difficulty of distinguishing atypical manifestations of pulmonary sarcoidosis, such as cystic lesions, from cavernous tuberculosis. Both possess similar clinical and radiological features.
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December 2024
Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Room 0E48, De Boelelaan 1117 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lipoid pneumonia is a rare entity most often associated with inhalation of foreign material (i.e. "fire-eater's lung"), silicone injection, and severe trauma.
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December 2024
Department of Cardiology, St. John's National academy of Health Sciences, University-Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru 560034, Karnataka, India.
Background: Temporary pacemaker lead implantation is a common low-risk procedure, but can occasionally get complicated by infections, arrhythmias, thromboembolic events, and perforation of the vessel or the heart. However, intracardiac knotting of the temporary pacemaker lead has been rarely reported. This could lead to vascular or valvular injury, pneumothorax, symptomatic loss of pacing or haemodynamic compromise, and difficult lead removal.
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