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A 58-year-old male ex-smoker was admitted to hospital because of nodular infiltrates on chest x rays. He was complaining of fatigue, dyspnoea with exertion, low grade fever and weight loss. Physical examination was unremarkable. Bronchoscopy was inconclusive but revealed endobronchial lesions of
A 69-year-old man was admitted with general fatigue, dyspnea, cough, fever and right pulmonary infiltrations on a chest X-ray films. He had suffered from myocardial infarction 8 years before. Since September 1987, he had been given Aprindine in addition to previous drugs. In early November 1987, he
A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of slight fever, general fatigue, joint pain and proximal muscle weakness. Severe elevation of serum enzyme levels of CPK, transaminase and aldolase was noted. The chest roentgengram showed diffuse reticular and nodular infiltrates.
Morbidity and mortality derived from asthma continue to be a main public health problem in many countries, in spite of the advances in the knowledge on the disease and its treatment. There are several risk factors for asthma attack which have to be considered in the management of patients in order
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Radiotherapy in breast cancer patients is limited by lung tissue tolerance. Two complications involving the lung are known: radiation pneumonitis (RP) and radiation fibrosis. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pattern of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in patients with RP after
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) was described by Carrington in 1969. It is twice as common in women as it is in men and is probably most common at middle age. Symptoms usually associated fever, weight loss, fatigue and dyspnoea. Extra-respiratory manifestations are rare but may involve many