Giant hamartoma originating from the chest wall in an adult.

Hamartomas of the chest wall are rare benign lesions usually appear in infancy. We report an adult with giant hamartoma of the chest wall. A 21-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with swelling on his scapular region.

The value of pleural fluid anti-A60 IgM in BCG-vaccinated tuberculous pleurisy patients.

Objectives: To determine if detection of IgM and IgG antibodies against mycobacterial antigen A60, together with the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST), could be used in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy (TP) in BCG-vaccinated cases.

Methods: We investigated 125 BCG-vaccinated patients with pleural effusion. Of these, 88 had TP and 37 had non-tuberculous pleurisy (NTP).

Dental technician's pneumoconiosis: mineralogical analysis of two cases.

Pneumoconiosis was diagnosed by open lung biopsy in two dental technicians who had interstitial lung disease. Mineralogical analysis was performed to investigate the origin of the dust that had been inhaled. A marked accumulation of silicon and phosphorus was found in both cases.

Deaths in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of a chest diseases hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To evaluate the medical records of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in order to determine the inhospital mortality rate.

Materials And Methods: Medical records of 22,651 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Gulhane Military Medical Academia, Camlica Chest Diseases Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey from 1977 to 1999 were examined.

Results: Of the 22,651 patients, 133 (0.

Primary antituberculosis drug resistance at Turkish military chest diseases hospital in Istanbul.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of primary drug resistance to tuberculosis.

Methods: We evaluated the clinical data, radiological features and sputum samples from 365 newly diagnosed patients with a positive culture of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Turkish Military Chest Diseases Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. No patients had taken antituberculosis drugs previously.

The effect of pleural fluid content on the development of pleural thickness.

Setting: Residual pleural thickness (RPT) is a common complication of tuberculous pleurisy (TP), and the degree of RPT cannot be predicted in advance.

Objectives: To determine whether pleural fluid content has an effect on the development of RPT.

Design: Forty-seven patients with TP were enrolled in the study.

Can't lung cancer patients detoxify procarcinogens?

Background: Glutathione S-transferase mu (GST mu) enzyme detoxifies carcinogens in tobacco smoke. We assessed the clinical usefulness of serum assay of GSTm in determining the risk for lung cancer.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-nine patients with primary lung cancer and 32 control cases were enrolled.