[Proceedings: Relationship between the pineal body and hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal system].
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We report the high-resolution CT (HRCT) and MR findings in a case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. HRCT revealed that the black pleural line on a chest radiograph was caused not by subpleural cysts but by a fat-dense layer between ribs and the calcified parenchyma. MRI showed both lower zones with diffusely increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images. We speculated it was caused by the accumulation of small-sized calcific particles.
Fungal infections are often reported, but Trichosporon infection is very rare. A 78-year-old man with adult T-cell leukemia complicated with pulmonary infections is presented. Bronchial exudate culture revealed many yeast-like colonies, which were morphologically and biochemically identified as Trichosporon pullulans.
To determine the accurate localization of nodules of miliary pulmonary metastases within the secondary lobules, a Roentgenologic-pathologic study was made, using an inflated and fixed lung that was excised at autopsy from a patient who died of small cell carcinoma of the left lower lobe. Nodules in the perilobular area and nonperilobular areas were counted using 1-mm-thick specimens and their radiographs. It was found that 78% of the metastatic nodules were located in the perilobular area and 22% in the nonperilobular area. Furthermore, 13% of the metastatic nodules in the perilobular area showed tumor thrombosis in the lymphatic vessels, while none of the metastases in the perilobular area showed any tumor thrombosis. These results suggest that miliary pulmonary metastases are predominantly distributed in the perilobular area and that this finding is helpful in the diagnosis of this disease when high resolution computed tomography is used.
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