Respirology case reports

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare condition characterized by histologically benign smooth muscle tumours arising at extrauterine sites, most commonly the lungs, in women with a history of uterine leiomyomata. Erythropoietin (EP…

Cystic airspaces are recognised as a risk factor for lung cancer. Nearly all cancers arising in association with cystic airspaces are non-small cell lung cancers, whereas cases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in this setting are rarely rep…

Thoracic endometriosis is a rare manifestation of extra pelvic endometriosis and it is often missed because of its variable clinical presentation. A 33-year-old woman undergoing evaluation for secondary subfertility presented with a three-y…

Peritoneal tuberculosis (PTB) is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation that poses diagnostic challenges due to nonspecific clinical features and can mimic carcinomatous peritonitis, particularly in patients with ascites and elevated serum can…

Pulmonary endometriosis is a rare disease of uncertain pathogenesis which generally presents with the cyclic clinical symptoms and catamenial changes noticed on computer tomography during menstruation. We report a case of a 33-year-old woma…

We describe the case of a 67-year-old man with shock and hypoxemia. Chest X-ray showed bilateral lung mass shadows and left pleural effusion with a mediastinal shift, suggesting malignancy. Physical examination and point-of-care ultrasound …

Pulmonary leiomyoma has a diverse clinical spectrum of disease. Here we describe two patients with vastly different presentations. The first case is a 23-year-old female with a chronic cough and no visible tracheal lesion on computer tomogr…

Catamenial pneumothorax is a rare primary spontaneous pneumothorax associated with the menstrual phase and is the most common manifestation of thoracic endometriosis syndrome. We report a case of a 32-year-old woman with a history of endome…

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening disorder, which originates from various aetiologies. Ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scanning is commonly used to evaluate the differential diagnosis of PH. Meanwhile, previous studies have show…

Catamenial haemoptysis, the expectoration of blood during menses, has not been extensively reported in the cystic fibrosis (CF) literature. We describe four cases (age range: 25-34 years) of catamenial haemoptysis across four CF centres in …

We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a history of finger clubbing which improved during pregnancy, a history of unexplained hepatosplenomegaly, and subsequent non-specific interstitial pneumonia with respiratory failure. Given a …

Here, we report a case of haemangioma on middle mediastinum accompanied by unilateral pleural effusion, which was initially suspected to be lung cancer and pleurisy. During annual check-up, chest radiography of a 30-year-old female showed h…

Pulmonary involvement in endometriosis is well described in the literature but asymptomatic significant hydropneumothorax is considered an unusual presentation. It classically coincides with a menstrual cycle and can be a cause of recurrent…

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a very rare condition and is characterized by the presence of benign smooth muscle tumours in organs distant from the uterus, most commonly the lung. It generally affects women of reproductive age and…

Melioidosis is an infection with clinical importance in northern Australia due to the high associated mortality despite appropriate therapy. This report presents a case of acute pulmonary melioidosis on a background remarkable for the absen…