A 34-year-old male with intrathoracic lipoma arising from the chest wall is described. Although asymptomatic, the patient was pointed out an abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray film taken at the mass survey. No findings of CT suggested lipoma. The tumor, measuring 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm in diameter, was surgically ...

The conventional chest X-ray is still useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of the diffuse infiltrative lung diseases. The basic approach to the diagnosis by chest X-ray includes the pattern recognition of the abnormal shadows in the lungs, the predominant distribution of them and the presence of volume loss ...

A 22-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray taken for routine examination. Preoperative diagnostic work up including chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging suggested that the tumor would most likely to be a posterior mediastinal lipoma. ...

A 66-year-old woman was admitted on May 13, 1989, because of an abnormal round shadow in the right hilum on chest X-ray film. Bronchoscopy revealed a stenosis of the right B8 caused by a bulging lesion. An aortogram showed a large meandering bronchial artery and a saccular aneurysm. The aneurysm was about 25 mm in diameter and ...

Radiographic features of 71 patients (48 men, 23 women) with nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia were assessed and compared with those of other nosocomial series of L pneumophila pneumonia. Sixteen patients were assessed retrospectively and 55 prospectively. Chest radiographs were assessed at the onset of the illness, 10 days later, and at 3 months. Erythromycin was ...

We experienced a case of mediastinal lipoma, which is considered to be relatively rare disease. A 3-year-old girl was referred to Gifu University hospital because of fever and an abnormal shadow on her chest X-ray. The chest X-ray clearly showed a well-delineated tumor shadow which seemed to ...

Image quality of digital chest radiography using FCR (Fuji Computed Radiography) was evaluated experimentally and clinically, comparing with the conventional radiography using regular film-screen system (F-S system). 1. In experimental study, Burger's phantom and Hawlet chart were used. The results were as follows: 1) Almost same amount of incident X-ray exposure was necessary ...

The case was a 52-year-old female. Though the abnormal shadow on the chest X ray film was pointed out in 1990, she had been observed as a benign intrathoracic tumor for one year and four months. But she was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation because the mass shadow enlarged subsequently. The mass ...

A 36-year-old man who often ate raw chicken meat had abnormal chest radiograph findings on a health check-up in July 2009, and visited our department. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed 6 nodular shadows in both lungs, and a hematologic examination revealed eosinophilia and elevation of IgE. Because of his ...

A 45-year-old male was admitted to Nagoya University Hospital with dyspnea. He was examined by chest X-ray, CT, MRI, and bronchofiberscope. The chest X-ray showed a large abnormal shadow in the right lung field. A large tumor mass pressing the right lung occupied a half of thoracic cavity on a ...

A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital for further examination of abnormal sputum cytology. No abnormal nodular shadows were detected in chest X-ray and chest CT. The location of the tumor was clearly identified as a defect of autofluorescence by autofluorescence bronchoscopy at the ...

An 82-year-old male farmer who came to our clinic in November 2004 had an abnormal mass shadow of soft tissue density in the left lower lobe on his chest radiography. He had once received sudden blunt chest trauma to his left anterior chest wall by heavy farm equipment and this had produced a ...

A 76-year-old man was admitted because of dry cough and dyspnea two weeks after VATS lobectomy for lung cancer. Chest radiographs and computed tomography showed interstitial shadows in the only operative lung side. Although antibiotic drugs were given because we believed it to be postoperative pneumonia, abnormal ...

A 62-year-old man who had worked as a welder for 35 years was admitted with abnormal chest radiograph shadows. Chest CT scan showed ground-glass opacities (GGO) and nodular shadows (progressive massive fibrosis: PMF) with spiculation in both lung fields. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) ...

Coalworkers' simple pneumoconiosis is diagnosed in life by the presence on a chest radiograph of small opaque shadows. In most cases, these are rounded in shape, with diameter up to about 10 mm. Certain other mineral pneumoconioses are typified by opaciti...

We report 3 cases of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in citrus farmers. They were admitted to our hospital with abnormal chest shadows with coughs, fevers and breathlessness between January and February, but their symptoms disappeared with isolation from their workplace. The diagnoses were comprehensively confirmed by their ...

We report a case of a pulmonary adenocarcinoma in coexistence with an organizing pneumonia. A 73-year-old male presented with an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray. The pathological diagnosis, made via a partial resection, was a focal organizing pneumonia with reactive proliferation of the bronchial epithelium. Three years later, two ...

A 79-year-old woman was found to have an abnormal shadow on chest radiography. Computed tomography demonstrated a pleural mass. The F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) was performed to determine whether the pleural mass was benign or malignant. The histologic examination of the resected mass showed a ...

A 69-year-old female visited our hospital because of dyspnea. Chest X-ray showed an abnormal shadow in the right lower lung field. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a round, well-circumscribed, homogenous subpleural nodle of 8 mm in diameter in the right lower lobe, which had no calcification and no pleural ...

Pleomorphic adenoma usually occurs in the salivary glands but rarely in the trachea or bronchi. A 71-year-old man had abnormal shadows on a chest X-ray. Chest CT revealed one tumor in the right basal segment of the lung and another, in the left main bronchus. Bronchoscopic biopsy of the right tumor revealed ...

A 37-year-old woman was referred to our department because of an abnormal shadow on her chest radiograph as well as multiple subcutaneous nodules on both her lower legs. She had had a history of Cushing syndrome due to right adrenal adenoma, which was successfully treated by unilateral adrenalectomy two years before her admission to ...

A 78-year-old man was referred to our department because of an abnormal shadow on the chest radiograph and liver dysfunction after lung resection for lung cancer. Following the operation, loxoprofen sodium was administered to control his chest pain. A chest radiograph on admission showed ...

A 46-year-old man with no past history of underlying disease was admitted to our hospital for examination of abnormal chest shadow on chest radiograph. He had no respiratory symptoms on admission. Chest radiograph showed a solitary nodule (35 � 20 mm) in the left upper lung field. On ...

To evaluate the cardiac hypertrophy from chest radiograph images, radiologists usually examine the cardiothoracic ratio (frequently called CTR) which is a standard diagnostic index. The CTR is computed by the maximum transverse diameter of the heart shadow divided by the maximum transverse diameter of right and left lung boundaries. In this paper, we ...

The thickness of the shadows that accompany ribs or border the lungs on the chest postero-anterior radiographs of 22 obese patients and 22 normal-weight subjects was measured, when present, at several rib levels. A similar measurement was made of accompanying rib shadows on chest postero-anterior radiographs of ...

... the spine (kyphoscoliosis), unusual prominence of the breastbone (pigeon chest, or pectus carinatum), dental abnormalities, and short, ...

... neck surgery, or an abnormality in the chest, neck or brain. In children, Horner�s syndrome may be caused by ...

We report a case of 24-year-old young man with lung adenocarcinoma. The patient had been treated malignant lymphoma when he was 5 years old. The patient was pointed out a tumor shadow of the right lung at his 2008 health check, but he did not receive further examination. He was again pointed out a same tumor at his 2009 health check. Plain chest computed ...

Baritosis is one of the benign pneumoconioses in which inhaled particulate matter lies in the lungs for years without producing symptoms, abnormal physical signs, incapacity for work, interference with lung function, or liability to develop pulmonary or bronchial infections or other thoracic disease. Owing to the high radio-opacity of barium, the discrete ...

After nine weeks of combination therapy with recombinant interferon-alpha and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C a 62-year old woman complained of a dry cough and exertional dyspnea. An elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate was noticed. Prior to treatment chest X-rays and physical examination revealed no pulmonary abnormalities. Inhalative steroids did ...

Two cases of Morgagni's hernia comprising protrusion of the omentum alone are reported. The treated patients were 65- and 63-year-old obese women. They were referred to our hospital because of chest pain or vomiting accompanied by abnormal shadow in right cardiophrenic angle on chest roentgenogram. Computed ...

A 53-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of chest abnormal shadow at the left cardiophrenic angle. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a homogeneous mass of fatty density on the left diaphragm. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a well-demarcated tumor mass with a fatty signal intensity and, in the ...

Pleomorphic carcinoma is a rare primary lung cancer with a poor prognosis. We report a surgically treated case of pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung. An abnormal shadow was incidentally detected by computed tomography (CT) scan for an 80-year-old male. CT scan performed 1 month before the detection of tumor was normal. Right upper lobectomy with ND2a was ...

A 69-year-old woman received radiation therapy of 50 Gy following surgery for left breast cancer. Eleven months later, chest computed tomography revealed infiltrative shadows with air bronchograms in both lower lung fields and a reversed halo sign in the right lower lobe. Transbronchial lung biopsy revealed polypoid granulation tissue in the terminal air ...

A 2-year-old girl with mediastinal cavernous lymphangioma was successfully treated in 1991. She had a cough and an abnormal shadow in the right mediastinum was shown on her chest X-ray. The tumor, which spread from the right upper mediastinum to the pre-aorta, was demonstrated on CT and MRI. On August 8, 1991, the operation was ...

A 53-year-old man who had been suffering from asthma presented to our hospital because of abnormal shadows detected on a chest X-ray film during a routine medical examination. A biopsy specimen of a mucus plug obtained by bronchoscopy showed fungal hyphae, eosinophils, and Charcot-Leyden crystals, with evidence of lung tissue ...

We report the case of a 67-year-old man with metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who developed bloody sputum after the administration of sunitinib. Chest computed tomography revealed diffuse ground-glass opacity lesions, and bloody bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was obtained by flexible bronchoscopy. The abnormal shadows ...

A 69-year-old woman with a history of cervical cancer was admitted to our hospital for further investigation of abnormal shadows on her chest roentgenogram. Histologic examination of transbronchial lung biopsy specimens revealed epithelioid cell granuloma, and Mycobacterium intracellulare was detected in the bronchial lavage fluid. The ...

Bleomycin (BLM) is a chemotherapeutic agent used for the treatment of several types of malignancy, including germ cell tumors, lymphoma, and certain types of squamous-cell carcinoma. The common adverse effect of BLM is interstitial pneumonitis, followed by pulmonary fibrosis. BLM-induced pneumonitis occurs in up to 46% of patients treated with BLM-containing chemotherapy and lung toxicity usually ...

The abnormal chest radiograph is often perplexing, but abnormal findings can be interpreted easily with a systematic and methodical approach. The companion cases presented this month highlights two basic, but often forgotten or confused findings that have...

An outbreak of 81 cases of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis (AC) occurred in Beijing, China, during June through September 2006. Epidemiological characteristics, clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, imaging, and treatment data from the 81 AC patients were collected and analyzed. All cases had a history of eating raw freshwater snails, and acquired Angiostrongylus cantonensis as a result. ...

The author identifies the common abnormalities seen on the chest radiograph, then, through case examples, displays the different imaging modalities available to the clinician. The book outlines a diagnostic approach to both imaging and clinical aspects of chest diseases. Each chapter is followed by a summary. The book is a brief ...

The patient was a 34-year-old man, who was referred to our hospital because of abnormal shadows in the right lower lung field on a chest radiograph during a medical screening. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula 23 x 17 mm in size in the anterior basal segment of the right lung, ...

A 35-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of abnormal shadows on the chest radiograph and dry cough and exertional dyspnea. He was given a diagnosis of hard metal lung disease 15 years previously and was treated with corticosteroid. Laboratory examination revealed hypoxemia and reduced pulmonary vital capacity. ...

BACKGROUND: Legionnaires disease is�a potentially fatal infection often associated with permanent pulmonary fibrosis in survivors. Although neurological complications are not infrequent, chronic peripheral neuropathy in the absence of pulmonary abnormalities is an uncommon consequence of Legionnaires disease. CASE REPORT: A 51-year-old woman was admitted to the Emergency ...

Adult onset neuroblastoma arising in the mediastinum, except posterior mediastinum is extremely rare. We report a case of surgically resected neuroblastoma in the superior mediastinum. A 64-year-old male was admitted to a local hospital, after an abnormal shadow had been detected on a chest radiogram on a routine medical checkup. ...

A 39-year-old man presented to a local physician complaining of fever, headache without cough or sputum. Abnormal shadows were found on chest X-ray films. Pneumonia was diagnosed and he was referred to our hospital, where chest computed tomography showed bilateral, multifocal, and patchy ground-glass opacities. ...

An 81-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for hyponatremia and impaired consciousness after unsuccessful antibiotic treatment for pneumonia-like symptoms by a previous doctor. A chest X-ray film revealed unilateral infiltration. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected on a sputum smear and pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed. Based on the diagnostic criteria, we ...

We report a case of benign metastasizing leiomyoma medicated for 14 years after the diagnosis. A 47-year-old woman, who had undergone hysterectomy for uterine myoma at age 40 in 1989, was readmitted in 1996 because of abnormal shadows found on a chest X-ray film. Computed tomography (CT) and further chest X-ray ...

... 8-26% of the time and possibly with the development of chest ... years and are associated with corresponding wall motion abnormalities and possibly ...

... with Marfan syndrome may exhibit long limbs and spider-like fingers, chest abnormalities, curvature of the spine ...

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A 69 year-old man was admitted to our hospital with bloody sputum and abnormal shadows in his chest X-ray film and CT. According to the bronchoscopic examination, he was diagnosed as suffering from small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Aside from SCLC, erythroderma, lymphoadenopathy and abnormal lymphoid cells in his ...

The patient described here is a 21-year-old Japanese woman with primary Sj�gren's syndrome (pSS) presenting with worsening of dyspnea, palpitation, recurrent parotitis, and arthritis. Chest computed tomography showed diffuse interlobular septal thickening and ground-glass opacities. Right heart catheterization demonstrated pulmonary hypertension, right-sided heart failure, ...

OBJECTIVES. The purpose of the study was to (1) determine the prevalence of significant abnormalities in routine chest x-rays used to screen for pulmonary tuberculosis in intravenous drug users and (2) evaluate the ability of the purified protein derivative skin test to identify persons with such abnormalities. METHODS. We conducted a ...

Croup is common in children but recurrent croup is unusual. A 4-year-11-month-old boy presented with recurrent croup. Physical examination revealed decreased breath sounds over left lower chest. Chest x-ray disclosed segmental atelectasis over left lower chest and a mass shadow over mediastinum. PMID:19859734

Abnormalities in chest images often present as abnormal opacity or abnormal asymmetry. We have developed a novel method for automated detection of abnormalities in chest radiographs by use of these features. Our method is based on an analysis of the projection profile ...

Musculoskeletal chest pain is the most common identifiable cause of chest pain in children and adolescents. A lesion or irritation of any layer of the anterior chest wall may lead to pain. Causes range from the common, such as costochondritis, to the rare, such as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. Regardless of the cause, ...

This atlas contains comparative sections on normal and abnormal computed tomography of the neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, upper and lower limbs, fascia, and peritoneum. Also included is a subject index to aid in the identification of abnormal scans. (DLS)

Pediatric chest wall and breast deformities present as a wide spectrum of anomalies, and often occur coincidentally. Chest wall abnormalities fall into two categories, congenital (which are largely hypoplastic) and deformational (including both chest wall malignancies and postoperative ...

Horizontal gradients in the distribution of ventilation and of regional vital capacities, as well as a reversed vertical, esophageal pressure gradient, were observed in a patient with a unilateral painful chest wall lesion. The distribution abnormalities disappeared after surgical treatment. These findings suggest that the interdependency between ...

Horizontal gradients in the distribution of ventilation and of regional vital capacities, as well as a reversed vertical, esophageal pressure gradient, were observed in a patient with a unilateral painful chest wall lesion. The distribution abnormalities disappeared after surgical treatment. These findings suggest that the interdependency between ...

A 26-year-old female was admitted to Aoyama Hospital in February 1996, for evaluation of abnormal chest shadows and polyarthritis. She visited our clinic in December 1995 with complaints of fever, fatigue, and polyarthralgia which lasted for 3 weeks. Two weeks later she developed erythema nodosum on her lower legs with the exacerbation ...

Our group developed the computer aided diagnosis (CAD) system for lung cancer in 1996, and has been used in clinical field since 1997. From this CAD system (conventional system), we discovered problem and we attempted to solve the problem by using our proposed algorithm. The proposed algorithm succeeded in the improvement of the following three problems of the conventional system. (1) Weak ...

Anterior chest wall anomalies vary by age at presentation, signs, and symptoms as well as evaluation and subsequent surgical treatment. The most common abnormalities include pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, and Poland syndrome. PMID:19632564

BackgroundCast shadows in visual scenes can have profound effects on visual perception. Much as they are informative, they also constitute noise as they are salient features of the visual scene potentially interfering with the processing of other features. Here we asked i) whether individuals with autism can exploit the information conveyed by cast ...

Twenty-five patients had localization radiography before chest computed tomography (CT) for evaluation of pulmonary nodules, staging of lung carcinoma, or suspected metastatic disease. Evaluation of the localization radiograph and the 140 kVp frontal chest radiograph were performed independently and without history by a CT and chest ...

Computer Aided Detection (CADe) and Computer Aided Diagnosis (CADx) are relatively recent areas of research that attempt to employ feature extraction, pattern recognition, and machine learning algorithms to aid radiologists in detecting and diagnosing abnormalities in medical images. However, these computational methods are based on the assumption that there are distinct ...

Liver imaging was performed in two patients with traumatic right hemidiaphragmatic hernia. It has elucidated the cause of obliteration of the right hemidiaphragmatic shadow on the chest x-ray. These cases are illustrative of the usefulness of liver imaging in the diagnosis of traumatic right hemidiaphragmatic hernia as well as hepatic injury.

To identify problems in early diagnosis of tuberculosis and to design countermeasures against the disease, we examined the status of active tuberculosis among patients admitted to a university hospital that did not have an isolation ward for tuberculosis. Between 2005 and 2007, we analyzed demographic characteristics, disease type, chest radiologic findings, and the process ...

Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma is generally considered a rare neoplasm presenting as a solitary benign nodule. During routine medical examination multiple abnormal nodular shadows were detected in the right lower lung field on chest X-ray in a 48-year-old asymptomatic woman. The patient underwent wedge resection for the pulmonary ...

A 63-year-old female presented with abnormal lung shadows but had, apart from this, few symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple nodules and blockage of the pulmonary artery. She was immediately diagnosed with pulmonary artery sarcoma based on a careful differential diagnosis and underwent surgery. Her tumor was pathologically diagnosed as ...

A 52-year-old man underwent lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) in a medical check-up at the Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Health Care Center. He was asymptomatic. Chest x-ray on a medical check-up showed no abnormal shadows. CT scans revealed a nodule in the right lower lung, suggestive of its connection ...

We report the apparent spread of mycobacterial tuberculosis among a submarine crew from a crew member with a low grade of infectivity. The air-conditioning system of submarines requires completely closed recirculation of ambient air. If a person with pulmonary tuberculosis were in a submarine, one would expect to find a high incidence of tuberculosis among others on the ship. The index patient was ...

A 63-year-old female presented with abnormal lung shadows but had, apart from this, few symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple nodules and blockage of the pulmonary artery. She was immediately diagnosed with pulmonary artery sarcoma based on a careful differential diagnosis and underwent surgery. Her tumor was pathologically diagnosed as ...

IntroductionHenoch-Sch�nlein purpura is a common immunoglobulin A-mediated vasculitis syndrome in children. Henoch-Sch�nlein purpura can also affect adults and is probably related to malignancy.Case presentationWe report the case of a 61-year-old Japanese man who presented for examination after an abnormal shadow was detected by ...

Computed tomography (CT) of the thorax shows early promise of important diagnostic advances. We believe that CT often provides information superior to that provided by standard roentgenographic techniques, is capable of significantly influencing patient management, and in selected instances, offers unique information not available by other methods. Computed tomography permits the imaging of ...

"A pacemaker is a small device that's placed under the skin of your chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. This device uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate."

examination and check your blood pressure. The doctor may hear abnormal sounds, such as a heart murmur or irregular heartbeat, when listening to your chest with a stethoscope....

... prostate infection however, the PSA can be falsely elevated. If your physician suspects that you have prostatitis ... the body that contains all of the internal structures between the chest and the pelvis. abnormality: A ...

We report an atypical case of the Poland anomaly. Unreported features are that the hand abnormality is on the contralateral side to the chest wall defect, there is an ulnar ray predominance, and lack of syndactyly.Images

Gives the areas in which ultrasound is assuming increasing importance in pediatrics, including determining midline shift in the head, congenital and acquired abnormalities in the heart and outlining effusions on the chest. Primary audience: physicians and...

... 3). It is unlikely, therefore, that the elevated odds ratios in the adjusted model was due to ... of an abnormal chest X ray with an odds ratio of 5.0. When we added smoking ... ...

of oxygen in their blood and significant heart swelling. The doctor may hear abnormal heart sounds, such as murmur, when listening to the chest with a stethoscope. Tests that...

Children present a variety of deformities of the thoracic cage which can be classified into two main groups: congenital (abnormal development) and acquired. The purpose of this paper is to summarize clinical observations and the successful surgical treatm...

Of 43 consecutive black patients (42 male) with sarcoidosis, 12 (28%) complained of chest pain that met the clinical criteria for typical (four patients) or atypical (eight patients) angina pectoris. These patients underwent cardiopulmonary assessment, which included exercise and redistribution thallium-201 scans and, if indicated, coronary angiography. Nine control patients ...

Brain lesions as heralding manifestations of systemic disease can pose a diagnostic problem, particularly when other organ system involvement is not apparent and neuroimaging is nonspecific. Computerized tomography (CT) may identify additional lesion sites. However, when chest roentgenogram is negative chest CT is not routinely considered. A patient is ...

We have experienced a case of giant cell tumor originating from the rib. A 45-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of a mass in the left chest wall. A tumor shadow was observed in the left side of chest X ray. Chest CT, bone scintigram showed tumor originating from the left 4th rib. The tumor was ...

A patient who developed acute pericarditis with effusion six weeks following irradiation of the chest for bilateral carcinoma of the breast is described. Oral therapy with corticosteroids was rapidly followed by a decrease of the cardiac shadow and by clinical improvement; the pericardial fluid did not reappear during a follow-up period of four years. It ...

The distribution of disease has been studied in 10 patients with histologically confirmed cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis by means of computed tomography of the lungs, gallium 67 uptake scintigraphy, and ventilation and perfusion scintigraphy. The findings of computed tomography and scintigraphy showed no correlation with the UICC/Cincinnati grades of the plain chest ...

We report a case of 77-year-old woman suffering from breathlessness on exertion and dry cough. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed diffuse ground-glass shadows. A video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy resulted in the diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Gene rearrangement analysis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was ...

The teardrop shadow of the pelvis is poorly understood and as a result its clinical significance is not appreciated. The structure responsible for this shadow was pinpointed by removing sections from the hemipelvis of an anatomic specimen with an electric saw. This structure is located in the anteroinferior portion of the acetabular fossa at the acetabular ...

xD , ``Dyspnea'', conditioned on the nodes xA , ``Abnormality in chest'', and xB , ``Bronchitis for the evaluation of probability of dyspnea p(D) in the ``Chest Clinique'' BN. Messages are propagated from positive chest X�ray and dyspnea (shortness of breath). Another probable cause of dyspnea is bronchitis

This book integrates lung pathology and chest radiology and other diagnostic modalities. It also features over 50% new text and illustrations, including new techniques, comprehensive tables of differential diagnosis, investigative algorithms, and an updated, definitive pulmonary bibliography. It also covers the normal chest; methods of roentgenologic and ...

The case history is presented of a patient with neurofibromatosis with a chest wall defect present from birth. Abnormal rib development had resulted in a flail segment with painful paradoxical movement and unsightly costal cartilage protrusion. Chest wall reconstruction using Marlex mesh resulted in an excellent cosmetic and functional ...

The case history is presented of a patient with neurofibromatosis with a chest wall defect present from birth. Abnormal rib development had resulted in a flail segment with painful paradoxical movement and unsightly costal cartilage protrusion. Chest wall reconstruction using Marlex mesh resulted in an excellent cosmetic and ...

Frontal chest radiographs ("chest X-rays") are routinely used by medical personnel to assess patients for a wide range of suspected disorders. Often large numbers of images need to be analyzed. Furthermore, at times the images need to analyzed ("reported") when no radiological expert is available. A system which enhances the images in such a way that ...

In the evaluation of asbestos-related pulmonary and pleural abnormalities, conventional chest radiography has been shown to have a low sensitivity for the detection of lung nodules and subtle interstitial disease. Pleural plaques may simulate pulmonary nodules, and interstitial processes can be masked by adjacent pleural abnormalities. ...

These regulations concern chest X-ray examinations. Definitions are followed by provisions concerning chest radiographs of miners and new miners; plans and approval of plans for these examinations; transfer of affected miners to less dusty areas; occupational history questionnaire and miners' identification documents; specifications for performing ...

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the chest radiographic and CT findings of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in children, the population that is more vulnerable to respiratory infection than adults.Materials and MethodsThe study population comprised 410 children who were diagnosed with an H1N1 infection from August 24, 2009 to November 11, 2009 and ...

Ambulatory oesophageal motility/pH monitoring permits accurate detection of oesophageal events during spontaneous chest pain episodes. Opinions differ, however, about the methods to review the extensive motility data and the definition of abnormal motility changes. We studied 30 patients (18 women, age 46 years) with suspected oesophageal ...

Solitary osteochondroma of the rib is a rare primary chest wall tumor. Herein, we report a case of a successfully resected osteochondroma of the rib. The patient was a 73-year-old asymptomatic woman who came to our hospital regularly for treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. A checkup chest roentgenogram showed a shadow at the ...

High levels of exposure to carbon black have been linked with an increased prevalence of chest radiograph abnormalities. However, it is unclear to what extent current levels of exposure in the carbon black manufacturing industry are associated with new cases of and progression in small opacities. Longitudinal analyses were carried out on data from workers ...

To evaluate the role of chest CT in the initial staging of testicular seminomatous germ cell tumours. All patients referred to Addenbrooke's Hospital with testicular seminoma from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2005 were included and case notes retrospectively reviewed. One hundred and eighty-two patients with testicular seminoma were identified, with a median age of 37 years ...

Objective: To present the case of an intercollegiate soccer player who collapsed twice within a week during vigorous exercise, with radiating chest pain and dyspnea. Background: Episodes of chest pain or syncope in athletes are often alarming and may signal an underlying cardiac condition. Recognition and management of these athletes is vital to the ...

On the basis of previous work, our own experience and findings, and the considerations discussed above, we propose a set of four diagnostic criteria for the hepatopulmonary syndrome: 1. presence of chronic hepatic disease (alcoholic, postnecrotic, or primary biliary cirrhosis or active chronic hepatitis)--severe liver dysfunction may not be mandatory; 2. absence of intrinsic cardiopulmonary ...

Whole lung, frontal tomography is compared with frontal chest radiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis in children with cancer. Of 79 patients studied, 65 had a total of 195 routine tomograms. In only 2.7% of studies did tomography yield new information, and in only 1% was an additional lesion visualized. In 27 patients, tomography was performed after an ...

This book is an atlas about thoracic abnormalities in infants and children. The authors include computed tomographic, digital subtraction angiographic, ultrasonographic, and a few magnetic resonance (MR) images. They recognize and discuss how changes in the medical treatment of premature infants and the management of infection and pediatric tumors have altered some of the ...

A 42-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital because of fever, coughing, and dyspnea. Coarse crackles were audible and respiratory sounds were weak in the right lung field. Laboratory examination revealed a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a high level of serum C-reactive protein, a high blood sugar level, and hypoxemia. A chest roentgenogram ...

Two men with occupational exposure to asbestos were admitted to our hospital with minute pleural changes on their chest CT image. Conventional computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest showed slightly thickened interlobar fissures and a small amount of pleural effusion. In addition, high-resolution CT showed small nodular opacities on interlobar ...

Observational studies of PAGEOS indicated the satellite experiences very large periodic accelerations whenever the orbit intersects the earth's shadow. It has been suggested that these accelerations are abnormal solar radiation pressure perturbations caus...

There are gender differences in the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of chest pain. When compared to men, women may have more atypical presentations of chest pain. In addition, current diagnostic tools are often not definitive regarding cardiac etiology for chest pain in women. The current diagnostic model of ...

Eighty-six [67Ga]citrate chest scans were performed in 71 adult patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Forty-five of these patients also had Kaposi's sarcoma. Only 29 of 57 abnormal scans were correlated with abnormal chest radiographs. Chest radiographs were negative for 27 ...

Eighty-six (/sup 67/Ga)citrate chest scans were performed in 71 adult patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Forty-five of these patients also had Kaposi's sarcoma. Only 29 of 57 abnormal scans were correlated with abnormal chest radiographs. Chest radiographs were ...

The mediastinal lines visible at conventional radiography represent the interfaces between the mediastinum and adjacent lung parenchyma. Preservation, obliteration, thickening and distortion of these lines represent the key to detecting and localising mediastinal abnormalities on chest radiographs. The learning objectives of this review are to: illustrate ...

The cardiointegram is a non-invasive technique for the analysis of the electrical signals of the heart obtained by a transformation of the voltage vs. time format by a series of integrations. This multicenter study compares the results of the cardiointegram with coronary arteriography in 140 male patients with chest pain and a normal resting electrocardiogram. The ...

Since the early 1900s, it was recognized that many dust-exposed workers developed abnormal radiographs during life. Chest radiography remains the primary means of determining the presence and extent of dust-induced pneumoconiosis, although it is ineffective for detecting airways obstructions from mine dust exposure. This chapter reviews the uses and ...

Men working with zirconium compounds at one site in the North of England have been monitored since 1975 to evaluate effects on the lung of exposure (mainly < 10 mg/m3) over many years. Chest radiographs (in 1975, 1978, and 1982) and lung function measurements (from 1975-1988) were carried out on all men (178) known to have worked with the compounds and an estimate of ...

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The report reflects the results of a study that was conducted to identify the indications recorded by physicians ordering skull, chest, and upper gastrointestinal tract (UGI) x-ray examinations. These indications were then statistically analyzed to determine criteria associated with a high yield of abnormal radiographic findings.

... This abnormal heart rhythm is known as ventricular fibrillation. Some specific causes of sudden cardiac death in ... The blow to the chest can trigger ventricular fibrillation if the blow strikes at exactly the wrong ...

Four patients with pancoast's syndrome had burning pain in the axilla and abnormal sensation in the intercostobrachial nerve territory. The intercostobrachial nerve is the first component of the brachial plexus to be invaded by lung tumours.Images

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Giant left atrium syndrome can occasionally occur in patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation and can be responsible for oesophagus and/or airways compression. Abnormally enlarged left atriomegaly creates unusual right chest opacification on radiographs. PMID:21881448

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...associated swelling, warmth and pain, in general is considered...an inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium). Pericarditis...inflammation of both the heart muscle and its covering. The inflammation...generally manifests with chest pain, abnormal heart sounds...

Opportunistic infections are common in patients after renal transplantation. This report describes a case of cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient with a normal chest roentgenogram and normal arterial oxygenation. An abnormal 111In-white blood cell scan led to the discovery of a pulmonary source of his recurrent fevers.

Midventricular ballooning syndrome, an atypical variant of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), is characterized by transient wall motion abnormalities of the midsegment of the left ventricle with apical sparing. In contrast to the typical form of TCM, apical contractility is preserved and may even be hyperkinetic in midventricular TCM. We present a case of atypical TCM in an ...

Pectus excavatum, the most common congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall, is both a cosmetic and functional abnormality. The degree of abnormal chest wall deformity determines its functional effect, particularly its cardiac and pulmonary impact. Although CT scanning is the most widely used cross-sectional ...

A retrospective analysis of 104 chest radionuclide angiography (CRNA) studies establishes the utility of this procedure in the evaluation of pulmonary malignancies and benign masses. Remarkable abnormalities in the perfusion of the lungs were identified in 36 (58%) of 62 cases that were not predictably normal or predictably abnormal ...

We have developed a new computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) scheme for detection of diffuse lung disease in computed radiographic (CR) chest images. One hundred ninety-four chest images (56 normals and 138 abnormals with diffuse lung diseases) were used. The 138 abnormal cases were classified into three levels of ...

Twenty-six patients with known benign coronary anatomic characteristics and atypical chest pain syndromes were evaluated for the possibility of coronary spasm. Incremental intravenous ergonovine maleate infusions were administered, and thallium-201 scintigraphy was performed at the peak dosage and during recovery in the coronary care unit. With ergonovine therapy, 4 patients ...

A 76-year-old man was admitted because of chest discomfort and diffuse pulmonary interstitial shadows. The diagnosis of drug-induced lung injury due to Rebamipide was made based on the transbronchial lung biopsy specimen and Drug Lymphocyte Stimulating Test (DLST) for Rebamipide (Mucosta). Corticosteroid therapy was effective. PMID:17087338

Three cases were reported with craniocaudal shadow stripes (in part double but also irregular or arched) on chest films taken in a dorsal position. The cases were elderly patients with signs of cardiac and circulatory insufficiency. It was questioned whether the cause was an atelectatic rale of the inferior lobe as Haubrich assumes. The author's own ...

A representative of Teamsters Local 877 requested an evaluation of the hazards of asbestos exposure at the Exxon Bayway Refinery and Chemical Plant, Bayway, New Jersey. Asbestos was extensively used for insulation at this facility before 1972. Chest x-rays of retired and current workers with at least 20 years employment at the facility were reviewed and the relationship of ...

Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis occurred in 30 patients; 18 (60%) presented with at least 1 pulmonary complaint and 10 (33%) had multiple pulmonary symptoms. In 14 patients (47%), abnormalities were found on examination of the chest. In 16 chest roentgenograms (53%), there was at least 1 ...

Pleuropulmonary manifestations of hepatic amebiasis occurred in 30 patients; 18 (60%) presented with at least 1 pulmonary complaint and 10 (33%) had multiple pulmonary symptoms. In 14 patients (47%), abnormalities were found on examination of the chest. In 16 chest roentgenograms (53%), there was at least 1 ...

We compared the chest radiographic findings of patients with pulmonary paragonimiasis in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) with a report from Korea. The clinical and radiological characteristics of 50 confirmed Laotian pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis patients were studied between March 2003 and June 2007. In 49 patients, the chest radiographs ...

Classic Lemierre syndrome is a septic internal jugular venous thrombophlebitis secondary to oropharyngeal anaerobic infection in adolescents and young adults. Upper respiratory tract infection is the most common antecedent. We report a case of Lemierre syndrome as a rare infectious disease. A 20-year-old man complained of high fever, right neck discomfort and chest pain. ...

A 60-year-old man was admitted for investigation of an abnormality detected in chest radiography: a giant tumor with calcification in the right middle lung field. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed multiple tumors with calcification on the posterior chest wall. Histological analysis of the tumor specimen obtained by surgical ...

Chest pain is a common complaint of patients seen in the emergency department. The causes are legion, and range from the non-life threatening to the potentially catastrophic. Thallium heart scanning was done prospectively in 20 patients with a ''classic'' history for myocardial infarction (eight patients) or atypical ...

Hypoventilation can be caused by diseases of the chest wall. Any anatomical or functional abnormality of the bony thorax increases dead space ventilation and the work of breathing, whether congenital or acquired, acute or chronic, and whether its cause is infectious, traumatic, environmental, iatrogenic, or unknown. In this article, we discuss these ...

Conventional chest tomography and fibreoptic bronchoscopy were performed in 100 patients with a localised chest abnormality on their chest radiographs who had been referred with a possible diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma. Carcinoma was eventually confirmed in 74 cases and in 26 the lesion proved to be benign. The ...