BACKGROUND Central airway obstruction is a common complication of lung cancer. The microdebrider is a new device available for treatment of central airway obstruction. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a case a 59-yr-old male with T3N2M1 non-small cell lung cancer with malignant distal left mainstem obstruction treated successfully with a novel elongated rotating tip microdebrider via rigid bronchos...

Reversibility of bronchial obstruction is an essential characteristic of asthma, and guidelines recommend performing a bronchodilator test in the diagnostic process of this disease. The management of asthma, as currently accepted, must include an assessment of the level of control of the disease through the evaluation of daytime symptoms, limitation in activities, nocturnal symptoms and awakeni...

was remarkable and suggests an underlying immunologic disorder, although we were unable to define a specffic immunologic defect. This patient demonstrates that excessive fibrosis from H capsulatum infection can occur not only in the mediastinum, pencardium, and pleura, but also in the epicardium. Recurrent massive pleural effusions may occur. Histoplasmosis is not currently listed as a possible...