John J. Fennessy

Ulcerative and Granulomatous Colitis—Validity of Differential Diagnostic Criteria: A Study of 100 Patients Treated by Total Colectomy

Excerpt One hundred patients with inflammatory disease of the colon treated by total colectomy during 1936-67 were subjected to independent clinical, pathologic, and radiologic restudy. Twenty-one ...

Transcatheter biopsy in the diagnosis of diseases of the respiratory tract. An evaluation of seven years' experience with 693 patients.

Between 1965 and 1972, 693 patients underwent transcatheter biopsy. In most cases, biopsy was performed because of the presence of a pulmonary lesion of suspected malignancy, and bronchoscopy and sputum examination had failed to establish a diagnosis. The method proved highly successful in the diagnosis of primary lung cancer but was less successful in diagnosing metastatic carcinoma. Opportunistic infections of the lungs such as Pneumocystis carinii and aspergillosis were frequently detected when other methods had failed. Complications are rare but may be catastrophic if the technique is undertaken in a patient with active hemoptysis or bleeding diathesis.

Selective Catheterization of Segmental Bronchi with the Aid of a Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

Abstract The authors describe a method of utilizing a fiberoptic bronchoscope for selective catheterization of segmental and subsegmental bronchi. Their preliminary experience with 5 patients suggests that the use of this instrument will permit catheterization of segmental and subsegmental bronchi in which fluoroscopically guided catheterization alone has been unsuccessful.

Appendico-ileal fistula presenting as an ileal mass: Report of a case

SummaryA report of a case of appendico-ileal fistula presenting as a submucosal mass in the terminal ileum is presented. We have not seen any other patient in whom the lesion presented as a small bowel tumor. This case is also particularly unusual in that the patient had never experienced any symptoms consistent with appendicitis.

Transcatheter Biopsy of Esophageal Lesions

Abstract Endoscopic biopsy of esophageal lesions is sometimes impossible, for a variety of reasons. In such cases, a simple technique of transcatheter biopsy has proved to be reliable, simple, and readily tolerated by even the most debilitated patients.