C Damas,S Saleiro,V P Hespanhol
C Damas
The authors describe the case of a 50 year old woman, smoker, healthy until September 2003 when she presented persistent dry cough, fatigue and weight loss. Chest x-ray showed two lung masses, one in the superior right lobe and the other in...
Case Reports
Revista portuguesa de pneumologia. 2007 Mar-Apr;13(2):287-91. DOI: 2007
[Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration simulating asthma attack--a case report] [0.03%]
气管异物误吸误诊为哮喘发作1例报告
Miguel Guimarães,Bárbara Seabra,José Almeida et al.
Miguel Guimarães et al.
Wheezing is a major symptom of asthma although it may be present in other pathologies. Foreign body aspiration a situation that often remains hidden for long periods of time. The authors present a case report of an asthmatic victim of workp...
Anabela Salgueiro Marques,Nuno Lopes,Mafalda Guimarães et al.
Anabela Salgueiro Marques et al.
Pulmonary Actinomycosis is a rare clinical situation whose diagnosis is important but not always easy to make. It is a chronic infection caused by the anaerobic gram- positive filamentous bacterium Actinomyces. We present a case report of a...
[Vasculitis and diffuse panbronchiolitis-like in systemic lupus erythematosus--case report] [0.03%]
[系统性红斑狼疮的血管炎及弥漫性泛细支气管炎样改变一例]
Lina Carvalho,Sara Freitas
Lina Carvalho
Visceral involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) extends beyond renal and cutaneous management. Pleuro-pulmonary lesions have been recognised and diffuse alveolar damage and hemorrhage are the most difficult patterns to control. P...
[Pulmonary arterial hypertension--experience of Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia] [0.03%]
[肺动脉高压的诊治经验——来自葡萄牙维亚纳堡综合医院的角度]
Ana Oliveira,Daniela Ferreira,António Caiado et al.
Ana Oliveira et al.
Introduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious and progressive disease, potentially fatal in a few years. Until the 1990s the only effective treatment for this disease was pulmonary/cardiopulmonary trans...
[Pregnancy and lungs] [0.03%]
[妊娠与肺]
Inês A C Gonçalves Marcos
Inês A C Gonçalves Marcos
Respiratory pathology can be relatively frequent during pregnancy. One third of pregnant woman may experience worsening of their asthma condition. Pulmonary tromboembolism is 5 times more frequent in pregnancy. Bacterial, viral and fungal p...
Maria Alcide Tavares Marques,Vera Alves,Victor Duque et al.
Maria Alcide Tavares Marques et al.
The course of HIV infection is accompanied by a wide individual variability. The complex and large interplay between host and viral factors is crucial in the disease's evolution. The lung has been recognised from the beginning of the diseas...
João Meneses Santos,Raed Zakout,Carlos Pereira et al.
João Meneses Santos et al.
The authors report a case of pulmonary MALT lymphoma in an asymptomatic patient with a chest radiograph showing bilateral infiltrates. The diagnosis was made by surgical lung biopsy performed by video-assisted thoracoscopy. The transbronchi...
Nuno A A Castelo Branco,José Reis Ferreira,Mariana Alves-Pereira
Nuno A A Castelo Branco
Background: Respiratory pathology induced by low frequency noise (LFN, < 500 Hz, including infrasound) is not a novel subject given that in the 1960's, within the context of U.S. and U.S.S.R. Space Programs, other authors...
Paula Pamplona,Luísa Morais
Paula Pamplona
Exercise training has become a cornerstone of Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Since the nineties, the effectiveness in clinically relevant improvements in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life has been proved. Current guidelines (E...