M Aguiar,F Todo-Bom,M Felizardo et al.
M Aguiar et al.
Smoking is an important cause of pulmonary pathology and this addiction can be regarded as a chronic, recurrent disease. The benefits of smoking cessation are unquestionable and all physicians should become more active and assertive in reco...
Luísa Magalhães,Diana Valadares,Júlio R Oliveira et al.
Luísa Magalhães et al.
Lung abscesses (LA) carry with them severe clinical and social implications. The authors retrospectively analyse case files from a tertiary hospital. Admissions from 2000 to 2005 codified as LA were identified. Forty-five patients were male...
Endoluminal high dose rate brachytherapy in the treatment of primary and recurrent bronchogenic tree malignancies [0.03%]
支气管树原发和复发性肿瘤的腔内高剂量率后装治疗
Maria Fortunato,Salvato Feijó,Telma Almeida et al.
Maria Fortunato et al.
Introduction: Locally advanced tumours as the initial form of presentation of tumours in the bronchial tree are not a rare event. Bronchogenic recurrence is frequent in the natural history of some tumours. The choice of t...
Bebiana Conde,Ana Fernandes,Manuel Cunha et al.
Bebiana Conde et al.
Immunocytoma is a non-Hodgkin's indolent evolution B cell lymphoma. It accounts for approximately 1-3% of non-Hodgkin's limphomas and usually onsets in adults aged over 50 years old. It manifests as lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hepatomega...
Cátia Quintela,Cláudia Meireles,Maria João Bettencourt et al.
Cátia Quintela et al.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia is an autosomal recessive disease with a clinical history of upper and lowers respiratory infections, rhinosinusitis and bronquitis associated with complete or partial situs inversus. The authors present a 78 -yea...
Antônio de Deus Filho,Bodo Wanke,Márcia do Amparo Salmito Cavalcanti et al.
Antônio de Deus Filho et al.
Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis in specific areas of the U.S. and Latin America, caused by dimorphic geophilic fungus H. capsulatum. The description of cases in Brazil's northeast, considering that this region isn't an endemic area, in...
Case Reports
Revista portuguesa de pneumologia. 2009 Jan-Feb;15(1):109-14. DOI: 2009
Nicole Murinello,M Emília Vitorino,Cristina Matos et al.
Nicole Murinello et al.
The adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant epithelial glandular type neoplasia, occurring frequently in the salivary and mammary glands, and rarely in the lung, and is responsible for 0.2% of lung tumours. These tumours present a slow grow...
João Bento,Gabriela Fernandes,Maria Alice Barbosa et al.
João Bento et al.
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is a connective tissue disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by immune abnormalities, which has been related to an increased risk of malignancy. Lung cancer is the most prevalent among these patients. ...
José Roberto Silva,Adelino Carragoso,Isabel Gil et al.
José Roberto Silva et al.
Lower lung lobe tuberculosis is less common than the classical radiological forms of pulmonary tuberculosis. However this radiological presentation has a particular relevance in patients with some associated pathological conditions, such as...
M Aguiar,P Monteiro,Mm Marques et al.
M Aguiar et al.
Whole lung lavage is a technique that was developed in the 1960s with the purpose of removing lipoproteinaceous material that accumulates in the bronchi of patients with alveolar proteinosis, leading to clinical and functional improvement. ...