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Fungal empyema thoracis complicating treatment of oesophageal carcinoma.(Images in Medicine)(Brief Article)
A 56 year old man with locally advanced oesophageal carcinoma was admitted with neutropenic (0.6 X [10.sup.9]/1) sepsis 10 days after chemotherapy with etoposide, cisplatin, and capecitabine. At presentation there was evidence of marked respiratory compromise and subsequent chest radiography demonstrated a large right sided pleural effusion. Diagnostic thoracocentesis revealed frank malodorous pus from which Candida albicans was repeatedly isolated. A large bore (32F) chest tube was inserted and he was started on intravenous broad spectrum antibiotics and fluconazole.
At initial diagnostic biopsy of malignancy a mediastinal perforation occurred which necessitated placement of a covered oesophageal stent. Consequently, there was a high clinical suspicion of abnormal ...
- Epiglottopexy can relieve respiratory compromise in an infant.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week August 11, 2003 700+ words
...amp; NewsRx.net) -- Epiglottopexy can relieve respiratory compromise in an infant. "A 3-week-old full-term female...uneventfully 2 days later, with complete relief of the respiratory compromise. However, the infant remained desaturated postoperatively...
- Brief Alerts: Predicting Respiratory Compromise in GBS.
- Newspaper article from: Neurology Alert August 1, 2001 700+ words
Brief Alerts Predicting Respiratory Compromise in GBS Sources: Lawn ND, et al. Anticipating mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Arch Neurol. 2001;58...
- Respiratory compromise and the child with special healthcare needs: part 2:...
- Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent Braverman, Jane May 1, 2001 700+ words
Several factors interact to make young people with chronic illnesses and disabilities vulnerable to respiratory complications. Among them, is a greater than average susceptibility to infectious and environmental risks. These children manifest a complex array of physical complications that disrupt
- Respiratory compromise and the child with special healthcare needs. (EP Guide...
- Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent Braverman, Jane April 1, 2001 700+ words
This is the first in a series of articles addressing pulmonary complications that affect children and young adults with special healthcare needs. The current article reviews the basic anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system; the second will describe illnesses and risk factors that
- Respiratory compromise: a barrier to recovery after spinal cord injury. (EP...
- Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent Braverman, Jane September 1, 2001 700+ words
Every year, 10,000 Americans experience spinal cord injury (SCI). Nearly 5,000 of these injuries involve the upper portion of the spine, causing permanent quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs). As a result of falls, sports injuries, accidents involving motor vehicles, and firearms incidents,
- Studies from J.L. Morgan et al provide new data on carcinoma.(Clinical report)
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly October 20, 2009 700+ words
...According to a study from the United Kingdom, "Oesophageal carcinoma is the ninth most common malignancy in the...salivary gland tumour. of the 50 patients with oesophageal carcinoma, strictures were in the lower third (in 68...
- Findings from University Hospital, Department of Surgery broaden understanding...
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly November 17, 2009 700+ words
...chemoradiotherapy, surgery alone and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for oesophageal carcinoma,' are discussed in a new report. "Definitive chemoradiotherapy...chemoradiotherapy, surgery alone and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for oesophageal carcinoma. British Journal of Surgery, 2009;96(11):1300...
- Subcutaneous metastasis in esophageal carcinoma detected by FDG-PET Imaging
- Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Cancer Kapoor, J; Basu, S; Menon, S October 1, 2009 700+ words
...the esophageal carcinoma [Figure 2]. [Reference] 1. Chau CH, Siu WT, Li MK. Nasal tip metastasis from oesophageal carcinoma. Can J Surg 2002;45:224-5. 2. Fereidooni F, Kovacs K, Azizi MR, Nikoo M. Skin metastasis from an...
