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Infectious Disease Case Reports Posters IIISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium celatum was first described in 1993 and since then , sporadic reports have been published on the isolation of this mycobacterium from immunocomprised pateints. M. celatum is phenotypically similar to M. avium and M. xenopi. M. celatum is a recently described organism. Several reports exist in the literature establishing this organism as a convincing pathogen among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) seropositive patients. However, there is now evidence of its pathogenicity among individuals whose immune function is not profoundly impaired. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Abdulrahman HakamiNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Lung Cancer Posters IISESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Nephrotoxicity remains major complication of drugs that are used to treat malignant disease. The most common drugs that cause nephrotoxicity are antimetobolites, alkylating agents and anthracyclins. Chemotherapeutic agents can affect the kidney with clinical manifestations that range from an asymptomatic elevation of serum creatinine to acute renal failure requiring dialysis. Our aim is to investigate the presence of predictive factors in the development of nephrotoxicity in patients receiving chemotherapy. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Makbule Ozlem Akbay, Dilek Ernam, Erhan Ogur, Nuray Erdal, Nilgün HatabayNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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ILD PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: A previous study demonstrated that inflammatory cytokines in the blood of patients with sarcoidosis were related to the pulmonary granuloma infiltration. This study was undertaken to evaluate if agents in the fungal cell wall would influence the cellular cytokine response to an inflammatory challenge "in vitro". ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Marjeta Tercelj, Barbara Salobir, Sanja Stopinsek, Sasa Simcic, Alojz Ihan, Ragnar RylanderNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Surgery Case Report Posters ISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Tension Pneomothorax is a life threatening emergency, and often diagnosed clinically, with hypotension, hypoxia, absent breath sounds, and tracheal deviation. Rarely, will a CXR be available, as these patients are clinically too unstable; a CXR would show accumulation of air under pressure in the pleural space, resulting in a mediastinal shift. ⋯ Accumulation of air under pressure in the pleural space resulting in a mediastinal shift does not neccessarily indicate a tension pneumothorax and may not warrent placement of emergent chest tube, unless they have associated clinical signs and symptoms of a tension pneumothorax. In our case, the patient had giagantic bleb that was successfully treated with an elective VATS.Reference #1: Vega ME, Civic, B. A Tension Bulla Mimicking Tension Pneumothorax. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:1915Reference #2: Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J. Indications for Surgery and Patient Work-up for Bullectomy. Chest Surg Clin N Am 1995; 5(4);717-34DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: John Agapian, Yuxuan Wang, Jose Tschen, Afshin MolkaraNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Rare Disease Case Report PostersSESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Amyloidosis is a consequent of extracellular deposition of insoluble fibrillar proteins. It could present either localized or systemic. Half of the cases have involvement of the trachea, bronchi or the lung parenchyma. We report a case of multinodular pulmonary amyloidosis and its course over six years. ⋯ Involvement of lung as a single organ in amyloidosis is very rare and should always raise a concern for pulmonary metastasis of a distal neoplasm. Moreover, pulmonary amyloidosis should always be in differential when managing multinodular lung lesions.Reference #1: Zhang LA. et al. Mimicking pulmonary multiple metastatic tumors: A case of primary nodular parenchymal pulmonary amyloidosis with review of the literature. Oncology Letters 4: 1366-1370, 2012DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Mehdi Shahidi, Mingchen Song, Viral Doshi, Robel HaileNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.