Empyema manifesting more than two months after pulmonary resection.

Pulmonary Resection in the Presence of Localized Empyema

The purpose of this paper is to present in summary three cases of subtotal pulmonary lobectomy and one case of total pneumonectomy, all of which were carried out in the presence of a complicating encapsulated empyema without preliminary drainage. It has been rather commonly considered in cases of pleural empyema complicating suppurative disease of the lung parenchyma that preliminary drainage s...

Comparing More Than Two Groups

Regional cortical thickness matters in recall after months more than minutes.

The aim of this study was to determine the role of regional cortical thickness in recall of verbal material over an extended time period. MRI scans of healthy adults of varying ages were obtained. Two scans were averaged per person to achieve high spatial resolution, and a semi-automated method for continuous measurement of thickness across the entire cortical mantle was employed. Verbal memory...

Right Ventricular Fistula of More than Eighteen Months' Duration

THE establishment of a fistulous tract between the aorta and the right ventricle poses critical problems in cardiopulmonary dynamics. The higher aortic pressure drives an excessive flow of blood into the right ventricle and overloads it. The increased pulmonary arterial pressure and blood flow lead to pulmonary edema and right heart failure, thereby precipitating a fulminating course and early ...

More than Just another Pulmonary Embolism

A 25-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 1 week of progressive right-sided chest pain. The pain was sharp, radiated to the back, and worse with deep inspiration. He denied dyspnea and leg pain or swelling. The patient’s medical history was remarkable for a lower extremity deep vein thrombosis diagnosed 6 months prior. He’d selfdiscontinued anticoagulant therapy 2 months pri...