Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which manifests itself
as recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough. It is …

Background: Medical thoracoscopy (MT) performed either with rigid or the semirigid thoracoscope
has been shown to have diagnostic accuracy superior to closed-blind pleural biopsy (…

A reversed halo sign (RHS) is defined as the presence of a focal ring-shaped area of ground-glass
opacity within a peripheral rim of consolidation. Although originally described in …

Background: Although surgical resection of mediastinal bronchogenic cysts is considered
the treatment of choice, there is increasing interest in minimally invasive approaches of …

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
is considered the investigation of choice for sampling mediastinal nodes. A major …

… We compared the efficacy and safety of intrapleural streptokinase (n = 28) and urokinase
(n = 38) in 66 patients with loculated effusions. IPFT was initiated if effusion remained …

To the Editor: Semirigid thoracoscopy has good sensitivity (91%) and specificity (100%) in
the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions. 1 However, the obtained biopsy specimens are …

Purpose: Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms are a rare cause of massive hemoptysis and
need to be considered as a differential with prompt recognition preventing mortality from life-…

Bronchial asthma is an important public health problem in India with significant morbidity.
Several international guidelines for diagnosis and management of asthma are available, …

The most common location of bronchogenic cysts is the mediastinum, adjacent to the major
airways. Endotracheal bronchogenic cysts are rare and most present in infancy with …