Hydrops fetalis is defined by the accumulation of fluids in serous membranes (pleurisy, ascites, pericarditis...), it a rare condition; its etiologies are divided into immunological and non-immunological. Supraventricular tachycardia remains known cause, non-immunological, but difficult to manage.
 In this article we report case newborn with hydrops secondary supraventricular tachycardia, ...

18. ISJtTBIESTO THE THOEAS AND ITS CONTENTS.? Minor injuries to the chest number 375, but the only point of interest in connection with them is, that they now and then set up disease, or cause serious consequences to already diseased organs within the thorax. Eight cases of pneumonia and two of pleurisy, 6 fatal, are recorded, after blows on the chest leaving contusions only, and in some of the...

Six patients with radiographic evidence of diffuse pleural thickening after industrial asbestos exposure are described. Five had computed tomography of the thorax. All the scans showed marked circumferential pleural thickening often with calcification, and four showed no significant evidence of intrapulmonary fibrosis (asbestosis). Lung function testing showed reduction of the inspiratory capac...

BACKGROUND Tuberculous pleurisy is a kind of tuberculosis, it is well known that Th1 lymphocytes play a key role in the treatment of tuberculosis infection. However, latest studies show that Th17 lymphocyte may also play an important role tuberculosis infection. There is close relationship between Treg and Thl7 cells, and changes in the number or the function of the two kinds of cells may lead ...