1744 Communications to the Editor ble; however, the BAL fluid grew Mycobacterium kansasii. The patient was started on a triple antituherculotis drug regimen. Follow-up chest radiographs showed a decreasing but persistent airfluid level up to four months after the BAL procedure. Sarcidosis is frequently associated with large fibrocystic spaces that cmmunicate with the airways. It is surprising, ...

The risk of patients with Hirschsprung's disease later developing multiple endocrine neoplasia remains a matter of concern. The multiple endocrine neoplasia 2-Hirschsprung's disease association has been shown to cosegregate in Hirschsprung's disease patients with both short- and long-segment aganglionosis, although patients with long-segment aganglionosis a to carry the greatest risk. The Hirsc...