asbestosis/fever

A 76-year-old woman with pulmonary asbestosis was admitted with fever and polymyalgia. She subsequently developed a visual disorder, hemoptysis, and hemoperitoneum. A biopsy of the temporal artery revealed the presence of giant-cell arteritis. CT and angiography showed hemorrhaging from the

Immunoblastic lymphadenopathy was diagnosed in a 71-year-old white man who had weakness, with weight loss, fever, cough, and generalized lymphadenopathy. The patient had a long occupational history of shipyard work. Diagnosis of asbestosis was made clinically by chest x-ray, and ferruginous bodies

We experienced three cases of lower respiratory tract infections worsened after Rhinovirus infection. Case 1: A 42-year-old male with diffuse panbronchiolitis was admitted to our hospital with the complaint of dyspnea on November 21, 1988. Rhinovirus was isolated from nasal washing and P. aeruginosa

The function of inflammasome in the cell is to sense intracellular danger signals and--perhaps as the last cry of distress of a cell invaded by a microorganism--at an emergency situation to release interleukins (IL) outside of the cell, causing an inflammatory reaction and fever and also leads to an

A 69-year-old man with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and fever was referred to our hospital. He had a history of asbestosis exposure. Computed tomography(CT)revealed a mass at the right subhepatic space, and an antibiotic was administered after a diagnosis of an abdominal abscess. However, the

Better working and living conditions resulted by scientific technical revolution in agriculture. Nevertheless specialization of agricultural labor created a higher risk against inhalative hazards among few professions. Among biological hazards that are for instant zoonoses and ornithosis, Q-fever,

A 75-year-old man presented with fever, dyspnoea, chest pain and findings suggestive of severe pneumonia including hypoxia and bilateral chest infiltrates. He was given antibiotics without significant effect. He took long-term amiodarone therapy for persistent atrial arrhythmias and also had a

A 30-year-old man suffered from a chest-pain on his left side and was also having a low-grade fever though he actually neglected these symptoms for a while. Later, he was referred to our hospital due to the detection of chest abnormal shadows through the mass examination of chest X-ray taken on 18th

BACKGROUND Endometriosis remains a challenging condition for clinicians to treat. To improve our results, we have to develop new treatment strategies based on pathophysiological mechanisms targeting the etiologic and pathogenic processes involved. OBJECTIVE Revise new inflammatory pathogenic

The role of the fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) technique positron emission tomography (PET) is well established in the management of patients with lung cancer. Increasingly, it is becoming evident that FDG-PET can be effectively employed to diagnose a variety of benign pulmonary disorders. Knowledge of