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Infectious Disease Case Reports Posters IISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Pulmonary gangrene is a severe life threatening complication of pulmonary infection in which a part of lung tissue is devitalized. It can occur rarely after bacterial pneumonia, and may require surgical removal of dead tissue. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Vishesh Paul, Sidney Tessler, Taek Yoon, Yizhak KupferNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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COPD Comorbidity PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: The effects of meteorological conditions on the frequency of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) exacerbations. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Burhan Akbas, Arzu MiriciNo 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: Chronic expanding thoracic hematoma (CETH) is a rare clinical entity mimicking invasive soft-tissue neoplasms in the thorax. It is reported to occur in patients with a history of trauma or surgery or tuberculosis. It is considered a form of chronic empyema and has also been designated as chronic hemorrhagic empyema. We present a case of a CETH, treated successfully with surgical resection. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Danae Delivanis, Vanessa Yap, Daniel Fusco, Debapriya DattaNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Symptoms of Respiratory Disease PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: The purpose of our work is to determine the profile of patients most likely to develop these episodes taking into account obstructive airway problems such as asthma or COPD as the most common and therefore investigated the airway eosinophilic inflammation (asthma type cough and eosinophilic bronchitis) as well as active smoking or the presence of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO). ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Carolina Gotera, Carolina Jurkojc Mohremberger, Adalberto PachecoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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ILD Case Report Posters ISESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: Amyloidosis is the abnormal formation of proteins, amyloid fibrins. It is characterised by extracellular deposition in various organs. Pulmonary amyloidosis is rare and can present in the forms of laryngeal, tracheobronchial, pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node disease (1). We present a case of nodular pulmonary amyloidosis in a patient with MCTD. ⋯ Pulmonary amyloidosis is a rare complication of MCTD. Though radiological features can be distinguishing, tissue diagnosis is still the gold standard.Reference #1: Rajagola S, Singh N, Gupta K et al. Pulmonary amyloidosis in Sjogren's Syndrome: A case report and a systemic review of the literature. Respirology (2010) 15, 860-868Reference #2: Ito I, Nagai S, Kitaichi M et al. Pulmonary manifestations of primary Sjogren's syndrome: a clinical, radiologic, and pathologic study. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2005; 171: 632-8.Reference #3: Aylwin AC, Gishen P, Copley SJ. Imaging appearance of thoracic amyloidosis. J Thorac Imaging 2005;20(1):41-46DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Chuen Peng Lee, Ser Hon Puah, Wenyuan Sim, Mark Tien, Jessica Pau, Grace Tan, Ruth ChangNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.