Study of pulmonary complications after post mastectomy radiotherapy in patients with cancer breast treated with or without simultaneous adjuvant anti - estrogen

Forty women who were treated with postmastectomy radiotherapy for breast cancer with or without adjuvant tamoxifen treatment were involved in this study. Postmastectomy radiotherapy cases showed slight restrictive ventilatory abnormalities in pulmonary functions, mainly in patients received tamoxifen treatment. The radiological abnormalities developed with postmastectomy radiotherapy were more often easily detected by high resolution computed tomography [HRCT] than by CXR and these abnormalities were significantly higher in patients received tamoxifen treatment. Postmastectomy radiotherapy encountered has in the form of pneumonitis early and late pulmonary lung fibrosis

Changing pattern of tuberculosis in Al Abbassia and Bab Al Shaaria regions in years 1994-1999

The study of routine work in Abbassia and Bab Al Shaaria Chest Dispensaries over the years 1994 1999, reveals the following: The number of subjects examined in both dispensaries was 92768 out of which 833 were diagnosed as tuberculous. The highest percentag of cases was found between age group of 20-40 years. Average percentage of disease in males was 72,9% and. 67.63% while in females was 27.1% and 32.37% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria Chest dispensaries respectively. The average percentage of pulmonary TB in Abbassia chest dispensary was 88.89% and extrapulmonary TB percentage was 11.11% while in Bab Al-Shaaria Chest Dispensary the percentage of pulmonary TB was 83.56% and of extrapulmonary TB was 16.44%. The percentage of bronchogenic pulmonary TB was 68% and 65.54% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensary respectively, while primary pulmonary TB was 9.55% and 5.21% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensaries respectively. Pleural effusion percentage was 10.67% in Abbassia chest dispensary while ion Bad Al-Shaaria chest dispensary was 12.54% and of miliary TB lesion was 0.67% and 0.27% in both Abbassia and Bab Al-Shaaria chest dispensaries respectively. The number of defaulter cases in Abbassia chest dispensary was 141 cases [31.33%] and in Bab-Al-Shaaria chest dispeary was 39 cases [10.18%]. The relapse rate in Albassia chest dispensary was 3.89% and treatment failure rate was 7.11% while fatality rate was 6.14% but in Bab-Al-Shaaria chest dispensary the relapse rate was 4.06%, treatment failure rate 5.52% and the fatality rate was 2.90%