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    Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis

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    We report a case of a 14-year-boy who presented to us with a low-grade fever with evening rise for 9 months. Along with this, the patient also reported a reduction in his appetite and body weight. He had a mild dry cough but no respiratory symptoms otherwise. There was no other localization for fever on history. He received antitubercular therapy, based on abnormal chest radiograph. However, there was no relief in his symptoms. General physical examination revealed mild fever. Systemic examination was unremarkable. Blood investigations done for fever were noncontributory. Computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest revealed a mediastinal mass compressing the trachea. The possibilities of lymphoma or germ cell tumour were considered. A biopsy from the mass under CT guidance was performed. The histopathology revealed multiple epithelioid cell granulomas with necrosis, and the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made. The clinical course of this patient and the relevant literature is presented in this paper

    Lipoid pneumonia presenting as non resolving community acquired pneumonia: a case report

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    Pulmonary lymphoma mimicking metastases: a case report

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    Acute hypoxemia due to lung collapse in COVID-19: the role of therapeutic bronchoscopy

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    Bronchoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure and involves a high risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to health care workers. There are very few indications for performing bronchoscopy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19. These include atelectasis, foreign body aspiration, and suspected superinfection in immunocompromised patients. Proper use of standard personal protective equipment is mandatory to reduce the risk of transmission to health care workers. In this article, we describe a case of acute lung collapse in a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who was infected with COVID-19. This patient responded to therapeutic bronchoscopy and had complete resolution of lung collapse within 24 hours of the procedure

    Bilateral Parotid Involvement as the Solitary Metastatic Site from Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

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    The detection of metastatic disease has major therapeutic and prognostic implications on the management of cancer patients. We report an asymptomatic metastasis from the lung cancer to the intra-parotid lymph node which was detected by the FDG PET scan and subsequently confirmed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The case is unique as solitary metastatic involvement of the parotid from non-head and neck tumors are extremely rare and thus, may be missed during staging evaluation
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