BACKGROUND
Existing medical treatments have limitations in the management of very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
METHODS
We performed bronchoscopic lung volume reduction… (More)
Our aim was to assess computed tomography (CT) features of Mycobacterium kansasii pulmonary infection (M. kansasii infection). A total of 29 cases confirmed to have M. kansasii infections were… (More)
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the…
2009
A 77-year-old man underwent radiotherapy for the squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung. Two months after the 60Gy/30fr irradiation was completed, he complained of dyspnea and his chest X-ray… (More)
OBJECTIVES
Culture positivity of percutaneous aspiration material" is not included in the current bacteriological criteria for diagnosis of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases,… (More)
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the…
2010
We encountered two cases of systemic arterial supply to the basal segments of bilateral lung with elevated serum CEA levels. The patients were a 36-year-old man and a 30-year-old man with the… (More)
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the…
2010
We conducted a retrospective analysis of 7 cases of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage at our hospital, diagnosis of which was made on the presence of bloody bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. There were 3 men… (More)
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the…
2009
We reported the clinical features of 4 cases with pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. All of them were men who had a history of smoking. They ranged in age from 23 to 46 years. Cases 1 and 3… (More)
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the…
2006
A 74-year-old man had been given a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and had been treated with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). 1 year later, he suffered from fever and his… (More)
A 27-year-old woman who had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with anti-tuberculosis drugs for three months was admitted to our hospital because of pain in the chest and back. Chest CT showed… (More)
BACKGROUND
Bronchial occlusion therapy using silicon spigots is effective for intractable pneumothorax. However, sometimes the pneumothorax is refractory to bronchial occlusion because of collateral… (More)