diffuse large b cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-hodgkin's lymphoma, representing nearly one-third of all cases. any organ can be involved, making a diagnostic biopsy imperative. when the lungs are the involved organs, it is called primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl). hereby, we present a case of primary pulmonary lymphoma (ppl) that demonstrated a single large mass on chest ct and had...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines routine as "a regular course or procedure, a more or less mechanical or unvarying performance of certain acts or duties". Over tie past 20 years a chest radio-graph has become a routine part of the assessment of a patient prior to general anaesthesia. It is right that we should periodically confirm, or perhaps question, our reasons for performing any invest...

We report a case of a 37-year-old mild asthmatic male presenting with fever, productive cough and chest pain. The chest x-ray showed a multilobular perihilar shadow of the right lung with a mass-like appearance, confirmed by the CT-scan. He was diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). ABPA usually manifests as chronic asthma, recurrent pulmonary infiltrates and bronchiecta...

background: chest x-ray has an important role in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb). the aim of this study was to determine the radiological changes in patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis.methods: in this study, 325 patients with smear positive pulmonary tb was enrolled. the affected lobe or lobes of the left or right lung were recorded. the types of involvement were categorized...

A 16-day-old female was referred with congenital swelling on her right shoulder. On examination, there was a hard, round, ecchymotic, nontender, slightly movable, warm and shiny 10x15 cm mass on the right axillary pits which was extended to the right side of neck and chest wall. The mass separated the shoulder from the chest wall causing paralysis of right hand. Chest X-ray, ultrasound and MRI ...

A 57-year-old male patient was admitted to our center because of a cystic mass on the lower portion of the right major fissure that was found incidentally by chest X-ray. He did not have a history of trauma or anticoagulant use. The lesion was removed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Pathological examination revealed an organizing pulmonary hematoma without any complications, and a foll...

endobronchial tuberculosis and chest radiography i read, with interest, the article entitled “clinical and para-clinical presentations of endobronchial tuberculosis” by ahmadi hoseini h. s. et al. (1) published in this journal. i would like to focus on some details about the chest x-ray of patients as elaborated by the authors in the results section. accordingly, the findings of chest radiograp...

a 5-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with chest pain, fever and dyspnea. physical examination showed normal heart sounds, diminished pulmonary sounds in the left hemithorax and a normal ecg. on chest x-ray the heart was slightly enlarged with moderate left pleural effusion. ct scan revealed pleural effusion and a hypodense mass at the apex of the heart. a cystic mass was detected by e...

A 39-year-old healthy man noticed a painful left chest wall mass associated with daily fevers, generalized pruritus, and jaundice. A hepatic panel showed a total bilirubin of 24.9 mg/dL, AST of 224 U/L, ALT of 506 U/L, and alkaline phosphatase of 1947 U/L. A chest computerized tomography (CT) showed a 9.6 x 5.2 cm chest wall mass extending to the mediastinum, and biopsy revealed anaplastic larg...

Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung is extremely rare. Herein, a case of sclerosing hemangioma of the lung in a 44-year-old woman is reported. On admission, the patient complained of pain in the left lower neck and upper chest. Chest x-ray revealed a mass in lingular lobe of the left lung. The patient underwent surgery and a mass was removed through left posterolateral thoracotomy. Pathologic fin...