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BMC Pulm Med
January 2025
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Lishui Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 800 Zhongshan Road, Liandu District, Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, China.
Background: Legionella pneumophila is an uncommon pathogen causing community-acquired atypical pneumonia. Acinetobacter baumannii is a major pathogen responsible for hospital-acquired pneumonia, but it rarely causes serious infections in a community setting. Without prompt and appropriate treatments, infection from either of these two pathogens can cause a high mortality rate.
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January 2025
Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, National Research Oncology Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Biliopleural fistula (BF) is an uncommon complication that can occur after liver transplantation (LT). This condition, characterized by pleural biliary effusion, can lead to severe complications, particularly in immunocompromised patients. In this report, we present a clinical case detailing the successful treatment of BF following an adult-to-adult left lobe living donor LT (LDLT).
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January 2025
Radiology Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Tangier, Morroco.
Cardiac metastases are the most frequent cardiac tumors. They can cause dysrhythmia, myocardial dysfunction, pericardial effusion, and heart failure. In decreasing order, the major primary malignancies associated with cardiac metastases are pleural mesothelioma, lung adenocarcinoma, undifferentiated carcinomas, lung squamous cell carcinoma, and breast carcinoma.
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December 2024
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech School of Medicine, USA.
Chronic obstructive lung disease is the third leading cause of death worldwide. It affects the airways and lung parenchyma leading to emphysema. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction is another strategy that aims to reduce air trapping and hyperinflation, leading to improvement in symptoms and pulmonary function.
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December 2024
Department of Pneumonology, Medical University of Gdańsk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.
This review presents current opinions on an uncommon condition called catamenial pneumothorax (CP), which is usually associated with thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES). TES is characterized by the presence of endometriotic lesions in pleura and lung parenchyma and presents with various clinical signs and symptoms, including catamenial pneumothorax. Their diagnosis is often delayed.
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