Abstract A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed as autoimmune hepatitis and started on steroids and azathioprine. Subsequently, she developed fever; chest radiograph showed lower lobe nodular opacities. Bronchoalveolar lavage…

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Abstract We report a case of a 3-year-old child with Prader-Willi syndrome who had severe sleep disordered breathing with daytime hypersomnolence. His daytime blood gases showed type II…

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Abstract A 46-year-old asymptomatic male was detected to have a posterior mediastinal mass on a routine check-up. He underwent thoracotomy to remove the mass, which was found to…

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Abstract We report a 59-year-old lady who presented with exertional dyspnea and was diagnosed to have sarcoidosis. She responded to steroids, but one year later developed abdominal symptoms…

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Continue Reading Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with respiratory failure–therapeutic role of bronchoscopic and whole lung lavage.

Abstract A patient with rabies presented with penile hypersensitivity and recurrent ejaculation. This preceded the more classical manifestations such as hydrophobia and aerophobia by approximately 8 hours. A…

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Continue Reading Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP): a rare but reversible cause of acute respiratory failure.

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Continue Reading Pneumothorax as the presenting manifestation of lymphangitis carcinomatosa.