[Bronchopleural fistula: a late complication of collapse therapy in pulmonary tuberculosis]. / Fístula broncopleural: complicación tardía de la colapsoterapia en la tuberculosis pulmonar.

Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a late complication of collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis which usually develops several decades after the procedure. A characteristic finding in the chest radiogram is a pleural hydroaerial level, which suggests the diagnosis when associated with gravitational chocolate-like sputum. As the treatment of these patients is difficult, we think it is appropriate that they should be controlled in a primary care setting by periodical radiological studies (posteroanterior chest radiograms) which may permit early detection of the condition so as to establish specific therapy.

[Chronic pancreatitis or cancer? Semeiology of pancreatic radiography]. / Pancreatitis crónica o cáncer? Semiología pancreatográfica.

We did a retrospective study of 100 patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), selecting those cases in which the final diagnosis was pancreatitis or pancreatic neoplasm. We analyzed the pancreatic radiographs obtained using this technique and describe the most characteristic diagnostic findings in each case. Results are compared to those published in the medical literature.