TOPIC: Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: We report a rare case pulmonary leukemic infiltration that posed diagnostic dilemma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 61 year old female presented with weeks weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Initial laboratory evaluation revealed hyperleukocytosis >100,000 cells/microliter 86% blasts and thrombocytopenia. bone ...

TOPIC: Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Disease TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) are rare manifestations multiple myeloma (MM). We report a case pulmonary EMP presenting as hilar mass. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51 year old female presented with hearing loss and right facial palsy. Medical history was significant for MM diagnosed 2 years prior, treated bor...

Pulmonary arterial dissection is an extremely rare and usually lethal complication of chronic pulmonary hypertension. The condition usually manifests as cardiogenic shock or sudden death and is therefore typically diagnosed at postmortem examination rather than during life. However, recent isolated reports have described pulmonary artery dissection in surviving patients. The first case of pulmo...

Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J.A. Barberà, V.I. Peinado, S. Santos. #ERS Journals Ltd 2003. ABSTRACT: Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Its presence is associated with shorter survival and worse clinical evolution. In COPD, pulmonary hypertension tends to be of moderate severity and progresses slo...

Pulmonary hypertension is a complication of sarcoidosis leading to dyspnea and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension (SAPH) can be due to several factors, including vascular involvement by the granulomatous inflammation, compression of the pulmonary arteries by adenopathy, fibrotic changes within the lung, and left ventricular diastolic...

Pulmonary tumor embolism rarely occurs in epithelial-derived tumors, but it has been described in different tumor entities. Microscopic pulmonary tumor embolisms are often only discovered on autopsy. Pulmonary thromboembolism, on the other hand, is a frequent complication in cancer patients, and surgery in patients with a malignant tumor is an additional risk factor. The differential diagnosis ...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of pulmonary artery obstruction in the course of acute aortic dissection is an unusual complication. The mechanism implicated is the rupture of the outer layer of the aorta and the subsequent hemorrhage into the adventitia of the pulmonary artery that causes its wall thickening and, at times, produces extrinsic obstruction of the vessel. There are no reports of this co...

BACKGROUND Thrombosis in the left upper pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy is a very rare but important complication because it occurs in the systemic circulation system. We previously made the first ever report on the frequency and risk factors of thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump after lobectomy. In this study, we conducted an investigation in a different hospital to determi...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) represents a potentially severe and infrequent complication that can occur in the pregnant population. The nuance recognizing diagnosing this condition be quite difficult due to changes during pregnancy. This case highlights importance of pulmonary embolism pregnancy, classifying degree disease, determining best treatment for both mother fetus. Although rare, early ...

Kathleen Epping is a nurse practitioner on the cardiothoracic surgery service at Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Beth Hammer is the program manager for nursing excellence at Zablocki VA Medical Center. She is also a nurse practitioner on the cardiology/electrophysiology service. and defibrillation leads are typically implanted transvenously, using the subclavian or cephalic ve...