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B Gandevia

Publications and source records attributed to B Gandevia.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1988

Iodine-131 uptake in inflammatory lung disease: a potential pitfall in treatment of thyroid carcinoma.

A mixed differentiated thyroid carcinoma was found in a small asymptomatic nodule in a 44-yr-old woman with recurrent chest infections and bronchiectasis. After total thyroidectomy and 162 mCi (6 GBq) radioiodine ablation there was uptake in the thyroid remnant and in both lungs, interpreted as lung metastases. In 2 years she received further three 162 mCi (6 GBq) doses of 131I, as scans showed very similar lung activity. Another scan, during thyroxin suppression, showed again activity in the lungs. A 47-yr-old male patient with similar respiratory disease and no history of thyroid disorder volunteered to undergo radioiodine scan while on triiodothyronine suppression. His scan, too, showed concentration in the lungs. The female patient died 7 years after the diagnosis of lung thyroid metastases was made. No metastasis was found at autopsy. Radioiodine lung uptake may occur in patients with chronic inflammatory lung disease, presenting a potential diagnostic pitfall in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1985

Medical watershed.

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Decision Making↗
PubMed1978

Peripheral pooling of bronchographic contrast material: evidence of its relationship to smoking and emphysema.

Sixty-six subjects, mainly derived from various occupational groups and one-third of whom admitted to dyspnoea on exertion, have been grouped according to the appearance of their peripheral airways at bronchography with oily propyliodone. Eleven subjects showed marked peripheral pooling of radiographic contrast material, 22 showed mild or moderate pooling, and in 33 peripheral pools were absent. Pooling was not seen in non-smoking subjects. In the group of subjects without pooling, pulmonary function in non-smokers and subjects with a history of smoking was similar. Subjects with marked pooling had a significantly lower pulmonary diffusing capacity (transfer factor) and evidence of loss of pulmonary elastic recoil when compared with subjects with absent peripheral pooling. These results indicate that bronchographic peripheral pooling is associated with the physiological changes of panacinar pulmonary emphysema and suggest that a causal relationship may exist between the organic bronchiolar lesion of pooling and the peripheral parenchymal lesion of panacinar emphysema.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Bronchial walls in the radiological diagnosis of asthma.

Although bronchial wall thickening is known to occur in asthma, its radiological visibility and significance are matters of dispute. The present study shows that thickening can be detected in the plain chest radiographs of patients with severe asthma, but it cannot be reliably detected in patients with mild asthma. Measurements of bronchi made on lung tomograms showed that the lumen-wall ratio more clearly separated the asthma and normal groups than did observation of bronchial wall thickness alone.

Asthma↗
PubMed1976

Mobile laboratory for respiratory surveys in industry.

This paper describes the design and performance of a self-contained mobile respiratory laboratory used for the carrying out of complex lung function tests in epidemiological studies of respiratory disease in industry. The laboratory is equipped to perform all conventional lung function tests other than those involving arterial puncture or radioactive isotopes. It has been shown to have a high level of employee acceptability and technical accuracy.

Australia↗
PubMed1976

Loss of pulmonary elastic recoil in workers formerly exposed to proteolytic enzyme (alcalase) in the detergent industry.

Sixty-seven workers in the detergent industry whose exposure to proteolytic enzyme ceased in 1969 have been examined clinically and functionally. By comparison with 42 lightly and moderately exposed subjects, 13 heavily exposed subjects showed significant loss of pulmonary elastic recoil as evidenced by increased lung volumes and increased pulmonary compliance, but there were no differences in airways resistance or other parameters of lung function. No difference was found between the two groups in relation to symptoms on exposure, current exercise tolerance, skin reactivity to the proteolytic enzyme alcalase, trypsin inhibitor capacity, and other features. An increased clinical grade of breathlessness was associated with evidence of airways obstruction, but not of altered elastic recoil. Comparison of the data on lung mechanics with results obtained in 1970 suggests that partial recovery of pulmonary elastic recoil may have occurred in some cases. It is also suggested that diminished elastic recoil, in the absence of impairment of transfer factor at rest, may reflect altered physical properties of the lung fibre network without loss of effective surface area available for gas exchange.

Adult↗