A lung abscess is a localized (usually >2.0cm in diameter), suppurative necrotizing collection occurring within the pulmonary parenchyma. A number of infectious agents can be responsible for abscess ...

Dr. Theodore R. Pak (Medicine): A 34-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital with hypercortisolism in the context of a metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. The patient had been well until ...

THE broadening spectrum of rheumatoid disease is presenting new diagnostic problems for the clinician. This report is based on our investigation of obscure lung disease accompanied by migratory ...

A cavity is defined as an air-filled space forming within an area of lung consolidation, mass, or nodule due to the liquefaction of the lesion’s necrotic part and discharge of this necrotic material ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 67-year-old woman with an extensive history of smoking initially presented complaining of a persistent cough.

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a progressive fungal infection of the lung that poses significant clinical challenges worldwide. Characterised by slowly progressive cavitary lesions, fibrosis ...

Severe (grade ≥ 3) pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) in advanced non–small-cell lung cancer was observed in two prospective, randomized, phase II (N = 99) and phase III (N = 878) trials of bevacizumab plus ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (LUSC) stands as the second most prevalent form of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), constituting 20%-30% of patients with ...

Physicians presented the case report of a patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis and pulmonary manifestations. Investigations for patients with ANCA positivity should incorporate a medical history, ...

A patient presented with a 2-week history of cough, foul-smelling sputum, fever, hemoptysis, pleuritic chest pain, and clubbing. There is a history of weight loss and alcoholism. Laboratory data show ...