DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Recurrent pulmonary bleeding
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) is a common and in many cases lethal infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active MTB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit their saliva through the air. Most infections in humans result in an asymptomatic, latent infection, and about one in ten latent infections eventually progresses to active disease, which, if left untreated, kills more than 50% of its victims...
Recurrent pulmonary bleeding - List of case studies
- Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Patient with Prior Hemoptoic Episodes in Bilateral Bronchiectases
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74-year-old female suffers from recurrent episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and has been ... she underwent series of diagnostic as well as therapeutic pulmonary intervention (bronchoscopy, angiography, embolization). Other ...
- Cancer of Colon with Metastases
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Three months after starting chemotherapy a CT revealed recurrent hepatic disease and celiac lymphadenopathy. He underwent directed ... repeat CT showed progressive disease in the liver and new pulmonary disease. Upon surgical exploration, his liver disease was deemed too ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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pancreatitis Acute perforated appendicitis Acute pulmonary embolism Acute recurrent lesions Acute respiratory failure (post engraftment steroid ...