tocele in the left upper lobe. A linear air pocket in the soft tissue of the left upper hemithorax was also noted ( fig. 1 c). CT revealed a 15 ! 6 cm cavitary lesion in the left upper lobe extending and communicating with the chest wall through a fistulous tract without pneumothorax or mediastinal emphysema ( fig. 2 ). The subcutaneous air pocket had been noted on the patient’s examination 4 y...

Two patients with subacute symptoms and signs compatible with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) had right upper lobe cavitary infiltrates shown on chest radiography. In both patients, purified protein derivative and microbiologic testing excluded TB, and tissue examination yielded typical histologic changes of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). Glucocorticoid therapy led to clinica...

To cite: Shahani L. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015209726 DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old man with advanced AIDS (CD4 count=8 cells/mm; HIV-1 viral load=660 000 copies/mL) was admitted with fever and cough. CT of the chest demonstrated a 3×1 cm cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) failed to yield a ...

monary artery caused by erosion into the artery by an adjacent tuberculous cavity (1, 2). Pseudoaneurysm were present in 4% of autopsies of patients who died of chronic cavitary tuberculosis (3). A conventional contrast enhanced CT may suggests pseudoaneurysm that shows enhancing mass with an adjacent vessel (4, 5). Helical CT can show vascular imaging more than conventional contrast enhanced C...

Introduction: Increased occurrence of tuberculosis in diabetic population is known since long time. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one the world’s deadliest communicable diseases and India currently bears highest burden World. Diabetes mellitus (DM) becoming epidemic 21st century with having second largest populationglobally. This emphasizes importance investigating association diabetes mellitus.Aim...

BACKGROUND To inform efforts to prevent antituberculosis drug resistance acquired during treatment, particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, we analyzed surveillance records from the US state with the highest morbidity. METHODS Surveillance data from the California tuberculosis registry of cases reported between 1994 and 2006 were examined retrospectively. Crude risks of acquired ...