scholarly journals Methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder complicated by severe acute respiratory failure and ileal perforation:a case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiji Suzuki ◽  
Takashi Kanno ◽  
Satoru Kimura ◽  
Takumi Irie ◽  
Hajime Odajima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Lymphoproliferative Disorder

scholarly journals Acute respiratory failure as presentation of late-onset Pompe disease complicating the diagnostic process as a labyrinth: a case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Menzella ◽  
Luca Codeluppi ◽  
Mirco Lusuardi ◽  
Carla Galeone ◽  
Franco Valzania ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Pompe Disease ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Ventilatory Support ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Caucasian Woman ◽  
Enzyme Replacement

Background: Acute respiratory failure can be triggered by several causes, either of pulmonary or extra-pulmonary origin. Pompe disease, or type II glycogen storage disease, is a serious and often fatal disorder, due to a pathological accumulation of glycogen caused by a defective activiy of acid α-glucosidase (acid maltase), a lysosomal enzyme involved in glycogen degradation. The prevalence of the disease is estimated between 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 300,000 subjects. Case presentation: This case report describes a difficult diagnosis of late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) in a 52 year old Caucasian woman with acute respiratory failure requiring orotracheal intubation and subsequent tracheostomy for long-term mechanical ventilation 24 h/day. Despite a complex diagnostic process including several blood tests, bronchoscopy with BAL, chest CT, brain NMR, electromyographies, only a muscle biopsy allowed to reach the correct diagnosis. Discussion: The most frequent presentation of myopathies, including LOPD, is proximal limb muscle weakness. Respiratory related symptoms (dyspnea on effort, reduced physical capacity, recurrent infections, etc.) and respiratory failure are often evident in the later stages of the diseases, but they have been rarely described as the onset symptoms in LOPD. In our case, a third stage LOPD, the cooperation between pulmonologists and neurologists was crucial in reaching a correct diagnosis despite a very complex clinical scenario due to different confounding co-morbidities as potential causes of respiratory failure and an atypical presentation. In this patient, enzyme replacement therapy with infusion of alglucosidase alfa was associated with progressive reduction of ventilatory support to night hours, and recovery of autonomous walking.

scholarly journals Drowning induced acute respiratory failure: A case report

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Houari Nawfal ◽  
Elbouazzaoui Abderrahim ◽  
Boukatta Brahim ◽  
Kanjaa Nabil
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure

scholarly journals A step-by-step diagnosis of exclusion in a twin pregnancy with acute respiratory failure due to non-fatal amniotic fluid embolism: a case report

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilios E. Papaioannou ◽  
Christos Dragoumanis ◽  
Vassiliki Theodorou ◽  
Dimitrios Konstantonis ◽  
Ioannis Pneumatikos
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Twin Pregnancy ◽  
Amniotic Fluid Embolism

scholarly journals Endobronchial Hamartoma as a Cause of Acute Respiratory Failure: Case Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Fernandez-Trujillo ◽  
E.I. Morales ◽  
J.D. Lopez ◽  
Y. Diaz ◽  
S. Sangiovanni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure

Acute respiratory failure by carinal carcinoid tumor: Case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Esp) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pammela Jacomeli Lembi ◽  
Astunaldo Junior de Macedo Pinho ◽  
Daniel Oliveira Bonomi
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Carcinoid Tumor

Acute respiratory failure after a tiger mosquito bite: a case report

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1026-1027
Author(s):  
L. Montini ◽  
G. Conti ◽  
M. A. Pennisi ◽  
M. Di Nardo ◽  
M. Antonelli
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Mosquito Bite ◽  
Tiger Mosquito

scholarly journals Endotracheal metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Ghinassi ◽  
Pasquale Imitazione ◽  
Alfonso Pecoraro ◽  
Luciano B.G. Montella ◽  
Paola Martucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Rigid Bronchoscope ◽  
Tracheal Obstruction ◽  
History Of

We describe the case of a 75 years old patient with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma, with acute respiratory failure due to tracheal obstruction by metastasis, successfully treated with airway disobstruction with rigid bronchoscope.

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