Various complications of hydatid cyst have been recognized to date. We have encountered one such complication-rupture of hydatid cyst to the duodenum­ leading to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a 40 year old male, who referred with severe right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain and gastrointestinal bleeding of a few hours' duration. Laparotomy revealed a cyst (7 x 15 cm) in the left lobe of the ...

A 39-year-old man with AIDS presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, fever, and a cavitary lesion in the upper lobe of the left lung. The cavity increased in size over the next five months with disease involvement limited to the left upper lobe. Pneumocystis carinii infection was then diagnosed. Symptoms and cavity resolved with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy.

A 56 years male diabetic patient presented with recurrent left upper lobe pneumonia. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed extraluminal compression of left main bronchus with an endobronchial mass obstructing the left upper lobe orifice. The lesion resembled bronchial adenoma. However histological examination revealed mucormycosis. Timely diagnosis followed by medical intervention with intravenous A...

intra-tumoral bleeding, rupture and thrombosis are common complications of hemangioma but spontaneous and self limited rupture and fever is a very rare presentation of hemangioma. this report is about a 38-year-old woman with sever abdominal pain and high fever came for evaluation. in us she had a liver mass of about 15 cm in left lobe with possibility of being hemangioma and, ct scan and mri c...

A clinical case of observation a patient with rare the Swyer-James-McLeod syndrome: postinflammatory stenosis left upper lobe bronchus, emphysema lung is presented. The difficulties making diagnosis this nosological form analysis X-ray archive are analyzed. Based on given example need for timely syndrome demonstrated.

Left upper lobe torsion occurred in a woman during the first 24 hours following left lower lobectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma resection. To our knowledge, this is the first report of left upper lobe torsion. When atypical chest pain or opacification of the remaining lung develops following resectional surgery, torsion of the remaining lung must be suspected. Prompt diagnosis and treatment may...