Biomedical subjects

H Gubbawy

Publications and source records attributed to H Gubbawy.

10 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

[Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis].

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare disease of unknown aetiology, in which calcium phosphate microliths are deposited bilaterally throughout the lung parenchyma. The total number of reported cases is about 400. A case of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is presented in a 50-year old man for whom the diagnosis was confirmed by histology via transbronchial biopsy. During a 4-year observation period there was no increase of the disease according to x-ray investigations and with respect to clinical symptoms.

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PubMed1997

[A rare case of a primary intrabronchial neurofibroma].

HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: A 42-year-old woman, a smoker for many years, had suffered from dry cough for some time. She was admitted because of haemoptyses, the first one month previously. Physical examination was unremarkable. INVESTIGATIONS: Chest radiography in two planes showed no abnormality. Computed tomography revealed a space-occupying lesion adjacent to the right main bronchus, strongly suspicious of a central bronchial carcinoma. Bronchoscopy showed a smoothly circumscribed tumour in the upper lobe bronchus which almost occluded its lumen. Multiple biopsies failed to establish the benignity/malignity of the tumour. TREATMENT AND COURSE: The tumour was removed by upper lobe resection. There was no macroscopic intraoperative evidence of infiltration. Histology provided the surprising diagnosis of a benign neurofibroma. CONCLUSION: Thoracotomy should, if at all possible, be performed whenever biopsy of a pulmonary mass fails to establish its benignity. Intrapulmonary neurofibroma is very rare, unless it is part of v. Recklinghausen's disease.

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PubMed1984