Pulmonary Roundtable

This is an 89 year old previous smoker with a probably stage 1b cancer: No adenopathy. She looks younger than her stated age but has emphyse...

I recently saw a 62-year-old woman with a past medical history of fibromyalgia who received a CT scan for chest pain, which picked up an inc...

A new question from anonymous regarding the case on vocal cord paralysis Has anyone scoped his GI tract to R.O esophageal disease?

Case from slkanowitz: 57 y.o. white female with SLE for 20+yrs presents with multiple small non calcified nodules on chest CT. CT was done f...

Anonymous M.D. asks if anyone knows of alternative immunotherapy for the treatment of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a patient who ...

I had posted a while ago on this patient with alveolar changes and a Bx consistent with PAP . We had also initiated a discussion on PAP and...

One of my patients has had persistent post-thoracotomy pain following a RULobectomy in 9/05. She has been on gabapentin and narcotics; trie...

One of my COPD patients was asking me about purchasing a portable/travel concentrator such as this one . Have you had much experience or fee...

This 61 y/o man was sent to our office by ENT for w/up of a vocal cord paralysis. He has had subacute-onset hoarseness for the past 2-3 mont...

Have you had a lot of experience with Requip (ropinirole) for restless leg syndrome? If not, what is your preferred therapy fro RLS?

43 year old presented with 6 weeks of progressive dyspnea associated with URI-type symptoms. Had recieved several courses of antibiotics as...

This is the 51 y/o woman with COPD and pulmonary nodules. We had the same concerns and DDx as proposed in the discussion. I did a bronchosc...

This is a 51 y/o woman followed in our office for moderate COPD. She continues to smoke and has had worsening dyspnea and weight loss for...

I have posted a question on this a while ago. I see a fair number (just saw one today) of older patients (usually women) who have never smo...

62 woman c/o 2 weeks ago started to have cough with greenish sputum. She presented to the ER where workup included a CT (below). Pt states ...

This is the recent post of the 47 y/o woman with dyspnea. JJ and Krayem suggested HP and on the TBBx we had loose granulomata with lots of ...

A curious reader from Maine would like to know: How frequently and for how long, do you follow xray/CT's after the surgical resection of...

A patient had a previous negative PPD as a requirement for work. She then went oversees for a time and receieved the BCG vaccine. She is n...

I have just seen this 47 y/o woman for new onset dyspnea. She has had malaise, non-productive cough and DOE for the past 6 weeks. Occasiona...

I just saw this 70 y/o woman in consult today. Her only complaint is dyspnea on exertion: she gets tired after walking more than a mile. No ...