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A gossypiboma refers to a surgical sponge or gauze accidentally retained inside a patient during a procedure. It is more commonly encountered after abdominal surgeries. When seen in the thorax, it is usually located within the pleural cavity. We report a case of a 42-year old woman who was found to have a gossypiboma mimicking a simple aspergilloma twenty years after a left thoracotomy. The surgical gauze identified on a CT-scan of her chest appears to have migrated into her lung airways.
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This report describes a patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma who presented with a right-sided pleural effusion and contralateral parenchymal metastases manifesting as alveolar opacities with air bronchograms. This radiological pattern of metastases has never been described before. The patient died from respiratory failure related to extensive parenchymal metastases, an outcome seldom reported with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Lung Neoplasms/secondary , Mesothelioma/diagnostic imaging , Mesothelioma/secondary , Pleural Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Pleural Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/complications , Male , Mesothelioma/complications , Middle Aged , Pleural Effusion, Malignant/diagnosis , Pleural Effusion, Malignant/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Relapsing polychondritis is characterized by recurrent inflammation and destruction of the cartilage and connective tissue. Respiratory complications are frequently severe during the course of the disease and usually signal a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 47-year-old man with known relapsing polychondritis who presented with bilateral narrowing of the airways complicated by refractory cavitary Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Despite an aggressive antibiotic regimen, the patient's pneumonia did not improve until bronchial stenting 4 months later.
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Airway Obstruction/surgery , Bronchoscopy , Pneumonia, Bacterial/surgery , Polychondritis, Relapsing/surgery , Stents , Airway Obstruction/etiology , Airway Obstruction/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pneumonia, Bacterial/complications , Pneumonia, Bacterial/pathology , Polychondritis, Relapsing/complications , Polychondritis, Relapsing/pathology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Radiography, Thoracic , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of MALT, previously known as MALT lymphoma, is a low grade B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Its most frequent locations are the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs while that of the colon is rare. Involvement of multiple mucosal sites is not a frequent finding but it does occur. We describe a case of a 70-year-old man who presented with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of MALT involving three different sites: the lungs, the stomach, and the colon.
