This Laubry-Pezzi syndrome is rarely seen in patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD) combined with aortic regurgitation. A 20-year-old male patient presented to the Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department...This Laubry-Pezzi syndrome is rarely seen in patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD) combined with aortic regurgitation. A 20-year-old male patient presented to the Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department with a large VSD with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). However, he was first symptomatic at 12 years of age and initially treated by medical management with the suggestion of surgical correction. Nevertheless, he was delayed getting surgical management due to his financial problem. This article reported on an adult patient with Laubry-Pezzi syndrome and his surgical correction and outcome. The association of congenital defects VSD and AR needs to be identified and corrected in early life for better outcomes.展开更多
Among chronic pulmonary infections, pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare one, caused by a gram-positive microaerophilic bacterium called Actinomyces. Aside from cervicofacial or abdominopelvic actinomycosis, pulmonary in...Among chronic pulmonary infections, pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare one, caused by a gram-positive microaerophilic bacterium called Actinomyces. Aside from cervicofacial or abdominopelvic actinomycosis, pulmonary involvement is rare, and sometimes this type of infection results in a misdiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis or carcinoma. Clinical presentation of pulmonary actinomycosis could be acute or subacute, with lobar involvement. However, the disease is most commonly diagnosed at the chronic phase, with patients presenting mild fever, weight loss, and occasional hemoptysis. Here, we described the case of a 30-year-old male patient, presented with a history of respiratory complaints for more than three years and was diagnosed clinically and radiologically as a case of a destroyed left lung. Later on, post-operative tissue diagnosis was confirmed—pulmonary actinomycosis.展开更多
文摘This Laubry-Pezzi syndrome is rarely seen in patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD) combined with aortic regurgitation. A 20-year-old male patient presented to the Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery department with a large VSD with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). However, he was first symptomatic at 12 years of age and initially treated by medical management with the suggestion of surgical correction. Nevertheless, he was delayed getting surgical management due to his financial problem. This article reported on an adult patient with Laubry-Pezzi syndrome and his surgical correction and outcome. The association of congenital defects VSD and AR needs to be identified and corrected in early life for better outcomes.
文摘Among chronic pulmonary infections, pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare one, caused by a gram-positive microaerophilic bacterium called Actinomyces. Aside from cervicofacial or abdominopelvic actinomycosis, pulmonary involvement is rare, and sometimes this type of infection results in a misdiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis or carcinoma. Clinical presentation of pulmonary actinomycosis could be acute or subacute, with lobar involvement. However, the disease is most commonly diagnosed at the chronic phase, with patients presenting mild fever, weight loss, and occasional hemoptysis. Here, we described the case of a 30-year-old male patient, presented with a history of respiratory complaints for more than three years and was diagnosed clinically and radiologically as a case of a destroyed left lung. Later on, post-operative tissue diagnosis was confirmed—pulmonary actinomycosis.
