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Airbags have saved an estimated 2620 lives as of November 1997. However, airbags also have caused a number of injuries and deaths and have received a lot of publicity from the NHTSA and the media as a result. The majority of the injuries have occurred when seat belts and shoulder harnesses were not used properly in conjunction with airbags. This article describes an injury that apparently occurred despite use of an age-appropriate, state-of-the-art child protection seat.
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Airbags/efectos adversos , Hemorragia Cerebral/etiología , Coma/etiología , Traumatismos Faciales/etiología , Fracturas Craneales/etiología , Hemorragia Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagen , Hemorragia Cerebral/terapia , Preescolar , Coma/terapia , Contusiones/etiología , Escala de Coma de Glasgow , Humanos , Tiempo de Internación , Masculino , Fracturas Craneales/diagnóstico por imagen , Fracturas Craneales/terapia , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Primary malignant melanoma of the lung is a rare neoplasm; to date, there have been approximately 20 cases reported in the literature. Extensive clinical and postmortem examinations are necessary to exclude the possibility that the lung tumor does not represent a metastasis from an occult cutaneous or extracutaneous melanoma. We present a case of a 62-yr-old man who appears to have had a primary melanoma of the left upper lobe of the lung. The literature on primary pulmonary melanoma is also reviewed.
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Neoplasias Pulmonares/patología , Melanoma/patología , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/diagnóstico por imagen , Masculino , Melanoma/diagnóstico por imagen , Persona de Mediana Edad , RadiografíaRESUMEN
Whole body Ga-67 scans revealed increased uptake in lymph nodes accessible for biopsy in three patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) infected by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). In diagnostically difficult cases where the usual methods for diagnosing MAI are not helpful, Ga-67 studies may be of value.