Proposed as a safer alternative to smoking, the use of electronic cigarettes has not proven to
be innocuous. With numerous deaths, there is an increasing degree of public interest in …

Cysts are commonly seen on CT scans of the lungs, and diagnosis can be challenging.
Clinical and radiographic features combined with a multidisciplinary approach may help …

Background In this descriptive case series, 80 soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with
inhalational exposures during service in Iraq and Afghanistan were evaluated for dyspnea …

There remains a lack of agreement on diagnostic criteria and approaches to treatment of
patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). The results of a survey of …

This review is the summary of a workshop on small airways disease, which took place in
Porquerolles, France in November 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to review the …

CT scanning of the chest is one of the most important imaging modalities available to a
pulmonologist. The advent of high-resolution CT scanning of the chest has led to its …

Background. Long-term survivors of vertically acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection are reaching adolescence in large numbers in Africa and are at high risk of delayed …

Objective. The present cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic
respiratory symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and define the clinical, functional …

Flavorings-related lung disease is a potentially disabling and sometimes fatal lung disease
of workers making or using flavorings. First identified almost 20 years ago in microwave …

Lysosomes are intracellular organelles that are responsible for degrading and recycling
macromolecules. Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of inherited diseases …