The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences
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Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci · Apr 2015
Case ReportsA 54-Year-Old Man with Tracheomegaly, Tracheal Diverticulas and Bronchiectasis--Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome.
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a rare idiopathic clinical, radiological and bronchoscopic disorder characterised by abnormal dilatation of the tracheo-bronchial tree. The usual presentation is with recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. Herein, we report the case of an adult male who was diagnosed to have Mounier-Kuhn syndrome based on radiographic finding of a tracheal diameter of 45.5 mm on computed tomography and dynamic complete collapse of the tracheo-bronchial tree on forced expiration, observed during ronchoscopy.
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Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci · Jan 2015
Clinical TrialChest Sonography in the Diagnosis of Pneumothorax.
Few studies have assessed the utility of chest ultrasonography in the diagnosis of pneumothorax in India. ⋯ Chest ultrasonography can be used as a primary imaging modality in the diagnosis of pneumothorax in a vast variety of clinical situations.
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Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci · Jan 2015
Case ReportsDisseminated Salmonella Infection Coexisting with Thymoma.
A 21-year-old boy presented with high grade fever, diffuse chest pain and exertional breathlessness of one month duration. Radiologically he had a large lobulated anterior mediastinal mass with necrotic thick enhancing septaes. ⋯ The same pathogen was isolated in subsequent blood and sputum cultures. This current report describes the rare association of salmonella infection with thymoma.