A 60-year-old male with exertional dyspnea was referred to our hospital. Right pulmonary artery stenosis due to external compression by a calcified band was diagnosed by echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was conducted in vain due to vascular recoil and failure of stent delivery. Pulmonary bypass grafting was performed su...

Van Nes rotationplasty is a reconstructive and salvage procedure of the lower limb. The technique replaces the amputated thigh and knee with an autologus biological 'prosthesis', the patient's own ipsilateral ankle, which is rotated 180 degrees and fixed at the level of the contralateral knee. This procedure was first adapted by Borggreve of Germany in 1930 to treat a knee joint destroyed by tu...

Alexander Pope (1688±1744): his spinal deformity and his doctors. O.P. Sharma. #ERS Journals Ltd 1999. ABSTRACT: Alexander Pope was the towering figure of 18th century England. A poet and a wit he commanded unswerving loyalty from his friends and penetrating hatred from his enemies. His spinal deformity, either due to tuberculosis, trauma or congenital weakness, shaped his career. This brief re...

High-resolution computed tomography is an important diagnostic instrument in pneumology. The 'tree-in-bud' sign is a common finding in HRCT scans. The list of the most frequent differential diagnoses for 'tree-in-bud' sign includes infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and other bacterial, fungal, or viral pathogens. Other causes could be immunological, congen...

Odontogenic cutaneous fistula (OCF) is the result of an abnormal canalization originating from chronic periapical infection. It represents a diagnostic challenge, as it is frequently misdiagnosed as dermatological lesion. There is a broad differential diagnosis, including pyogenic granuloma, cutaneous tuberculosis or congenital malformations, among others. We report the case of a 46-year-old ma...

Introduction Descriptions of chyluria-the passage of milky white urine have been recorded since the time of Hippocrates (Foesius, 1665). The condition, although not uncommon in the Far East, is rare in Britain. On a world-wide basis, it most commonly results from filarial worm infection of lymphatics. Non-parasitic causes of chyluria include congenital malformations of the thoracic duct, trauma...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in developing countries, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations, varying from common primary pulmonary tuberculosis to the extremely rare tubercular otitis externa, as in this case. Tubercular otitis externa has an extremely low clinical incidence.   Case Report: We report the...

To the Editor, I have read with interest the extensive review article by Yenerel on atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in a recent issue of this journal [1]. I would like to bring to attention the point that more recently some authors do not use the term ‘aHUS’, which was historically used to distinguish heterogeneous, uncharacterized syndromes from Shiga toxin-related HUS (ST-HUS), sinc...