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View article: Diagnostic utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in hemoptysis patients with unremarkable chest radiographs
Diagnostic utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in hemoptysis patients with unremarkable chest radiographs Open
Background: Blood expectoration from the lower respiratory tract is known as hemoptysis. It possesses a diagnostic conundrum, especially when chest radiographs appear normal. The etiology may vary from infective pathologies to life-threate…
View article: TOTAL LUNG COLLAPSE TREATED WITH EFFECTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY
TOTAL LUNG COLLAPSE TREATED WITH EFFECTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY Open
Acute mucus plugging causing lung collapse is an emergency associated with increased mortality specially in patients with impaired cough reflex. Bronchoscopic interventions are often required in emergency to relieve the patient however mec…
View article: ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS MASQUERADING AS ASTHMA
ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS MASQUERADING AS ASTHMA Open
The contagion of the tracheobronchial tree by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is known as Endobronchial Tuberculosis (EBTB). It is known to be the outcome of a spread from parenchymal lesions or bronchial invasion from mediastinal tubercular ly…
View article: Endobronchial tuberculosis: A case-based approach
Endobronchial tuberculosis: A case-based approach Open
Endobronchial tuberculosis (TB) or tracheobronchial TB is defined as tuberculous infection of the tracheobronchial tree with microbial and histopathological evidence. Here, in this article, we are reporting four surprising cases of endobro…
View article: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Non-Smokers: A Different Phenotype?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Non-Smokers: A Different Phenotype? Open
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous and multisystemic disease with significantly increasing morbidity and mortality.COPD is now widely accepted to have multiple phenotypes.Tobacco smoking is very well recognised…
View article: A rare case of sarcoidosis with necrotizing mediastinal lymphadenitis misdiagnosed as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR- TB)
A rare case of sarcoidosis with necrotizing mediastinal lymphadenitis misdiagnosed as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR- TB) Open
Sarcoidosis, a multisystem disorder of unknown cause, is characterized by the presence of non-caseating granulomas and the proliferation of epithelioid cells. Sarcoidosis mostly affects the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in 90% of cases…
View article: Utility of Chest Computed Tomography for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
Utility of Chest Computed Tomography for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Open
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused…
View article: A RARE CASE OF TUBERCULAR LYMPHO-TRACHEAL FISTULA
A RARE CASE OF TUBERCULAR LYMPHO-TRACHEAL FISTULA Open
Tuberculosis can affect any organ of the body. Tracheal manifestations due to mycobacterium tuberculosis are unusual and lympho-tracheal fistula exceptionally rare. In such rare cases early diagnosis and management is often delayed and may…
View article: FIBROTIC INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES- A CURRENT OUTLOOK
FIBROTIC INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES- A CURRENT OUTLOOK Open
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a group of diffuse parenchymal lung disorders associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. These include a large number of conditions, with a wide range of underlying causes, clinical manifest…
View article: ROLE OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN SPUTUM NEGATIVE PATIENTS
ROLE OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN SPUTUM NEGATIVE PATIENTS Open
Background:Tuberculosis continues to be the one of the most common global health problems for more than a century. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy may be very useful in diagnosing cases who have no sputum or whose sputum smear is negative for Acid…
View article: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis misdiagnosed as other respiratory diseases
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis misdiagnosed as other respiratory diseases Open
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a complex clinical entity resulting from an allergic immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus and most often occurring in a patient with asthma. Here in this article, we are reporting sever…
View article: Severe asthma with fungal sensitization
Severe asthma with fungal sensitization Open
Bronchial asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways, which may be worsened due to many extrinsic factors. The most common trigger is the continuous exposure to allergens, of which fungal agents are important factors. A new phenotype…
View article: BCG Vaccination and Immunity against COVID-19: A Fact or Fiction
BCG Vaccination and Immunity against COVID-19: A Fact or Fiction Open
The first case of the novel Coronavirus disease, named COVID-19, was reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. The illness has variable manifestations, ranging from common cold to the more severe Middle East respiratory syndrome (MER…
View article: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: Indian scenario
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: Indian scenario Open
Aspergillus is ubiquitous, occurring in mycelial form and grows at 15-530C and humid conditions. Pulmonary aspergillosis is a clinical spectrum of lung disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus. ABPA is the commonest disease among allergic …