[An unusual manifestation of thoracic sarcoidosis: primary lung cavity complicated by aspergilloma].
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N Fajraoui
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[Primary pulmonary angiosarcoma].
Pulmonary angiosarcoma is an uncommon vascular and usually secondary tumor. Only a few primary cases of pulmonary angiosarcoma have been described. We report a case of primary pulmonary angiosarcoma in an adult man who presented with hemoptysis. Chest x-ray film and chest CT showed a right para-cardiac opacity associated with diffuse alveolar consolidation of the right basal lobe. Right inferior lobectomy has been performed. Pulmonary angiosarcoma was diagnosed on histological and immuno-histochemical studies of the operative specimen. The primitive character was retained after ruling out all other tumor localizations. The clinical outcome was rapidly fatal. This observation is added to the other rare cases published of primitive pulmonary angiosarcoma. It confirms the poor prognosis and the extremely hemorrhagic nature of this tumor. Isolated necrotic parenchymatous mass was an original radiological pattern observed in this patient.
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[Basis and guidelines for empirical antibody therapy in the management of community-acquired pneumonia].
The choice of the antibiotic should be based on clinical, chest X-ray radiography and essentially microbiologic criteria. Incurrent practice treatment is more often empiric based on epidemiologic characteristics of the microbiologic agents and the particularities of each patient. A satisfactory approach requires, in addition, a perfect knowledge of different available antibiotics and the resistance of certain etiologic pathogens to these latters. because S. Pneumoniae is the most frequently encountered pathogen, B lactams and especially Penicillin G. and amoxicillin remain the most useful drugs prescribed for adults with risk factors. However, in advanced age patients and those with comorbidity, the spectrum should be enlarged and should include, besides S. Pneumoniae, H. influenzae and other Gram negative bacilli. When the pneumonia is more severe and has required hospitalization, the antimicrobial therapy must be immediate, multiple and large. The causal agent must be searched for desperately, so that the antimicrobial therapy can be adapted secondary to the results of the antibiogram.
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[Pseudo-tumoral aspergilloma].
Aspergilloma is the most common form of pulmonary aspergillosis, generally developing pre-existing lung cavities. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is required in case of hemoptysis. We report the case of a 74-year-old man with pulmonary aspergilloma where fiberoptic bronchoscopy visualized mycetoma and cavitation. Visualization and biopsy of the fungus ball during fiberoptic bronchoscopy is rare.
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[Diagnosis of an opacity at the lung base: intrathoracic kidney].
A 72-year-old patient was admitted for exploration of an opacity of the left base discovered fortuitously on a routine chest x-ray. Initial blood tests were normal. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was normal. Computed tomography (CT) led to the diagnosis of a left kidney which had risen into a retro-cardiac position. Magnetic resonance imaging established the sub-diaphragmatic position of the kidney. Renal excretion was normal on intravenous urography. An ectopic kidney in an intrathoracic position is very uncommon and may raise a major challenge when visualized as a mediastinal or pulmonary opacity. Computed tomography or intravenous urography can provide the diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates its precise sub-diaphragmatic or supra-diaphragmatic position.
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