We report a patient who was admitted to the department of medicine with palpitation, dyspnea and left flank pain, Chest X-ray revealed a mass in the left lung. The lesion was evaluated as a pulmonary tumor, with a high suspicion of malignancy. Intravenous urography, sonography, and CTscanning revealed a thoracic kidney at the location previously thought to be a lung mass. This is the firs...

The unfolding of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) for Fall 2009 in the Northern Hemisphere is still uncertain. Plans for vaccination campaigns and vaccine trials are underway, with the first batches expected to be available early October. Several studies point to the possibility of an anticipated pandemic peak that could undermine the effectiveness of vaccination strategies. Here, we use a structured...

we report a patient who was admitted to the department of medicine with palpitation, dyspnea and left flank pain, chest x-ray revealed a mass in the left lung. the lesion was evaluated as a pulmonary tumor, with a high suspicion of malignancy. intravenous urography, sonography, and ctscanning revealed a thoracic kidney at the location previously thought to be a lung mass. this is the first repo...

In order to contain a measles outbreak in a German asylum-seekers' shelter, serological testing of all residents was performed, followed by selective vaccination of those with negative test results/not tested. In this paper we describe the outbreak epidemiologically and then compare the implemented strategy with a hypothetical mass vaccination of all individuals unvaccinated or with unknown vac...

primary lymphomas of the lung are rare and usual radiographic findings are adenopathy, effusion, multiple lesions, solitary lesion or diffuse lesion. this paper presents a case of primary malignant tumor of the lung with a very rare radiological presentation. a 20-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital due to fever, chills, productive cough and later development of hemoptysis. weigh...

T HE first paper in this series' presented the results of heart disease case finding in the Boston Chest X-Ray Survey for tuberculosis, utilizing 70 mm. photofluorographic films which were read by the survey team for all abnormalities and then reread by a special group of radiologists, working in pairs, solely for abnormalities of the size and shape of the cardiac silhouette. This is a report o...

T HE first paper in this series' presented the results of heart disease case finding in the Boston Chest X-Ray Survey for tuberculosis, utilizing 70 mm. photofluorographic films which were read by the survey team for all abnormalities and then reread by a special group of radiologists, working in pairs, solely for abnormalities of the size and shape of the cardiac silhouette. This is a report o...

In 1962, when the smallpox eradication programme was launched in India, there were 3909 reported cases in Rajasthan. Mass vaccination was introduced but had little impact on the incidence of the disease; in 1970, 4074 cases were reported and in 1971, the reported incidence (4821 cases) was the highest in India. Changes in the vaccination technique, the use of a new and potent vaccine and the in...

echinococcosis is a tissue infection of the human caused by the larval stage of echinococcus granulosus or e. multilocularis. hydatid cyst of the head and neck region is uncommon and involvement of the salivary glands, especially the submandibular gland, is very rare. in this article, a case of submandibular gland hydatid cyst is reported in a patient who presented with swelling of this area of...