ESME, H., ERMIS, S.S., FIDAN, F., UNLU, M. and DILEK, F.H. A Case of Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Associated with Posterior Uveitis. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2004, 204 (1), 93-97 ── A 48-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of abnormal pulmonary shadows and a decrease in visual acuity. He had a history of tuberculosis 20 years ago. The chest roentgenogram showed multiple pulmonary ...

CT guided percutaneous needle biopsy is an indispensable tool with high diagnostic accuracy in the detection of pulmonary malignancy. It plays a vital role in clinching the evidence of malignancy, grading, differentiating between primary and secondary, and planning for treatment. This article tries to establish the relative usefulness of CT guided lung biopsy in diagnosis of pulmonary malignanc...

A 69-year-old man presented with pneumogenic sepsis. A chest radiograph showed bilateral extensive infiltrates that did not respond to broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment. Progressive respiratory failure necessitated invasive mechanical ventilation (bilevel positive airway pressure, 0.5 inspiratory oxygen saturation; peak inspiratory pressure, 24 cm H 2 O; positive end-expiratory pressure, 8 cm...

We herein report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a paradoxical cerebral air embolism (CAE). She developed a bilateral visual disturbance at the time of needle puncture during a computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy in the face down position. The air density within the descending aorta on chest CT suggested the presence of a cerebral air embolism. Brain MRI demonst...

For evaluation of suspected infectious spondylitis, 19 consecutive patients underwent imaging-guided spine biopsy with needle aspiration and a percutaneous diskectomy device to determine if the diskectomy device provided diagnostic value. In 79% of cases, the diskectomy device yielded a specimen when needle aspiration failed. A significantly greater yield of specimen was observed with the diske...

BACKGROUND Despite the widespread use of computed tomography(CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy (PLB) in immunocompetent patients, the diagnostic yield and safety in solid organ transplant (SOT)recipients is unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the test performance of CT-PLB in SOT recipients. METHODS We performed a 10-yr single-center, retrospective analysis among hea...

BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disorder that may involve single or multiple organs. Biopsy-proven lung involvement of this disease is occasionally reported, but not well understood. METHODS Patients with the diagnosis of biopsy-proven IgG4-related lung disease (IgG4-RLD) from Peking Union Medical College Hospital between January 2011 and July 201...

OBJECTIVE We present an overview of approaches for bone biopsy used to minimize potential tumor seeding of adjacent soft-tissue structures and compartments. We discuss a variety of approaches related to specific anatomic parts and review pertinent anatomy. CONCLUSION We provide important guidelines and key examples that will help readers perform percutaneous needle bone biopsy safely.