hystoplasmosis

INTRODUCTION: Broncholithiasis is often seen after chronic granulomatous diseases such as tuberculosis and hystoplasmosis and leads to a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms; including hemoptysis which often needs surgical management. The goal of this study is evaluation of surgery in patients with tuberculous broncholithiasis who present with hemoptysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study all patients with tuberculous broncholithiasis had been operated on between 1991 and 2005, followed up at least 6 months and at most 9 years, and studied relating to age, sex, clinical symptoms, diagnostic methods, type of surgical treatment, complications and mortality...

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We present a prospective study of 68 patients with the acute phase of human bartonellosis, admitted to Cayetano Heredia National Hospital.Gastrointestinal symptoms were reported as follows: abdominal pain 46,3%, coluria 44,4%, vomiting 40,3%, jaundice 38,5%, diarrhea 29,9%, constipation 8,9%. The more common signs were pallor 97%, hepatomegaly 82%, fever 79,1%, malnutrition 75,2%, systolic heart murmur 77,9%, jaundice 71,6%, lymph node enlargement 70,1%.Signs observed during the hospital course were 29,4% lower extremities edema, 22,6% myalgia, 16,4% pericardial effusion, 16,4% generalized edema...

We present two cases of idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis. Morphological study disclosed the presence of fibrosis, granulomas and an inespecific inflamatory infiltration. Because this morfological pattern, the entity has been confused with Hodgkin's disease, tuberculosis, hystoplasmosis and silicosis. Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis is probably a fibromatosis and the amount of inflammatory infiltration dependes of the clinical stage.