Pneumonologia i alergologia polska
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 2012
[Interstitial lung diseases among patients hospitalized in the Department of Respiratory Medicine in Radom District Hospital during the years 2000-2009].
There is little epidemiological data on interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in Poland. The aim of the present study was to estimate the frequency of ILDs and frequency of the respiratory failure and the hospital mortality due to ILDs during the period 2000-2009 in Radom District Hospital. ⋯ The incidence rates of ILDs found in our study are lower than that reported in recent European studies. Our study was based on data of single hospital center for respiratory medicine and probably underestimate the real incidence rates of ILDs. On the other hand, 10 years prevalence estimates are concordant with available epidemiological data. Comparisons of the relative frequencies are probably accurate and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis appear to be the most frequent ILDs.
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 2012
Biography Historical Article[Doctor Wiktoria Maria Werkenthin--the prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp number 64514].
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Pneumonol Alergol Pol · Jan 2012
Review Case ReportsBenign pulmonary metastasizing leiomyoma uteri. Case report and review of literature.
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare condition in middle-aged women with a history of uterine leiomyomata. It is characterized by the proliferation of, usually multiple, smooth muscle nodules. Approximately 100 cases have been reported in the literature, and the lungs were the most common site of metastases. We report a case of 52-year-old obese woman (BMI 31), hospital worker, smoker, admitted to the hospital with exertional dyspnoea, night sweats, loss of weight, and productive cough. Hysterectomy for a uterine leiomyoma was performed 9 years earlier. ⋯ Two years later pulmonary lesions have been stable; however, she has put on weight. Subsequently the patient has developed deep vein thrombosis with pulmonary embolism. Anticoagulant treatment was introduced, with some improvement.