Pneumonologia i alergologia polska
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 1997
Case Reports[Chylothorax in the course of squamous cell lung cancer].
Chylothorax is a rare condition which might be caused by trauma of the chest, malignant tumors, congenital malformation, or inflammation of lymphatic nodes. It occurs as a complication of malignancy in about 50% of all cases, either as the first and the only symptom or at a very late stage of the disease. ⋯ Due to the primary disease the patient was treated symptomatically, in the hospital and later on in the out-patient clinic. Actually, eleven years after being diagnosed, despite massive fibrosis of the right lung the patient is doing relativity well, working part time.
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 1997
Case Reports[Lung and pleural changes caused by exposure to asbestos].
Asbestos exposure results in an increased risk of nonmalignant as well as of malignant pulmonary and pleural disease. The asbestos-related disease are inexorably progressive (cancer) or insidious (fibrosis), untreatable and widespread in the industrialized and urban world. ⋯ The case reports indicate that careful clinical and histologic examination allows proper diagnosis. Two patients with asbestos-related disease after asbestos exposure are described.
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 1997
[Respiratory tract symptoms in school children exposed to indoor and outdoor air pollution].
The epidemiologic study has been carried out in 1129 nine-year old schoolchildren in 4 city areas of Krakow, which differed in air pollution levels. Indoor air quality was assessed by the presence of the environmental tobacco smoke, type of domestic heating and the presence of molds or dampness on the walls. The occurrence of two or more respiratory symptoms (chronic cough, chronic phlegm, wheezing, dyspnea attacks, breathlessness or hay fever) was associated significantly with the outdoor air pollution score (chi 2 for trend = 13.315, df:1, p = .0000), with molds/dampness on the walls (OR = 2.16, 95% CI: 1.45-3.22) and allergy in children (OR = 5.94, 95% CI: 4.12-8.59). Since the results have shown the significant relationship between allergy and outdoor air pollution as well, the study confirms that outdoor pollutants increase the risk of allergic sensitization of young children.