The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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Vanishing lung syndrome (VLS) is a rare radiological syndrome in which the lungs appear to be disappearing on X-ray. It is a chronic, progressive condition usually affecting young male smokers and is characterised by giant emphysematous bullae, which commonly develop in the upper lobes. We describe here a rare case of 60-year-old male patient who had a history of chronic smoking for 30 years. ⋯ No such case has been reported in the literature so far. He was attended last on 12th October, 2009 in medical outdoor of Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana by the first three authors. Thereafter, the patient was not traceable.
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J Assoc Physicians India · Dec 2014
Case ReportsHereditary HaemorrhagicTelangiectasia--A Rare Cause of Severe Anaemia.
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia also known as Osler-Rendu-Weber disease is a rare autosomal dominant disorder affecting small vessels of skin and mucosa, usually misdiagnosed because of its non specific symptomatology. This disease usually presents as epistaxis, gastrointestinal bleeding and visceral arteriovenous malformations. Although the epistaxis and gastrointestinal blood loss can result in anaemia, patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia rarely presents as severe anaemia. Herein, we report a case of a 60 year-old man with severe anaemia resulting in congestive cardiac failure who ultimately was diagnosed as hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia with recurrent epistaxis as a cause of his severe anaemia.