November 2014 Arizona thoracic society notes

• Main Author: Robbins RA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2014-11-01
• Series: Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Subjects: Jud Tillinghast; clinician of the year; adenocarcinoma in situ; minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; hematoma; intraparencymal hemorrhage; usual interstitial pneumonia; pirfenidone; nintedanib; Marfan's syndrome
• Online Access: http://www.swjpcc.com/arizona-ats-notes/2014/11/20/november-2014-arizona-thoracic-society-notes.html

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. The November 2014 Arizona Thoracic Society meeting was held on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at the Scottsdale Shea Hospital beginning at 6:30 PM. This was a dinner meeting with case presentations. There were about 30 in attendance representing the pulmonary, critical care, sleep, pathology and radiology communities. Jud Tillinghast was nominated as the Arizona Thoracic Society physician of the year. Three cases were presented: 1. George Parides presented a case of a 70-year-old woman with a 3 areas of ground glass picked up incidentally on CT scan. She had some wheezing. A needle biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma. The biopsy and radiologic pattern were consistent with adenocarcinoma in situ or minimally invasive adenocarcinoma. Discussion centered around treatment. Most felt that if the areas could be removed that surgical resection was indicated (1). 2. Lewis Wesselius presented a 60-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome and a history of an aortic valve replacement on chronic ...