A 55-year-old man presents to the clinic with multiple tense bullae diffusely involving his trunk and extremities that overlie urticarial plaques. The patient states that for the past 4 weeks, his ...

Bullae are large air pockets that form inside the lung due to certain medical conditions, such as emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Doctors may recommend a bullectomy, which is the ...

Wet sifting brings us closer than ever to the world of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Hezekiah. The closest I’ve ever felt to the prophet Jeremiah was sitting at the bottom of an empty cistern. About 20 years ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

A previously healthy 76-year-old woman was referred to our dermatology clinic for painless intraoral bullae that had appeared over the preceding 3 weeks. The lesions would appear after slight friction ...

An 86-year-old man with a 7-month history of widespread pruritic bullae was referred to our dermatology clinic by his family physician. Physical examination showed tense bullae on his trunk and ...

The article presents four decorated epigraphic bullae unearthed in the Level III destruction at Lachish during the 2014 season, focusing on the epigraphic, iconographic, and historical aspects of the ...

Bullae are markedly dilated (>1cm) air spaces within the lung parenchyma that are commonly secondary to COPD. It is believed that bullae arise from a ball-valve mechanism, wherein obstruction of a ...

The lungs consist of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Emphysema damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue. Bullous emphysema (BE) refers to damaged alveoli that distend to form large air spaces, ...

Objects buried for more than 2,500 years allow the reconstruction of scribal practices. Journal Information Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Archaeological ...

Complications like infections or perforations can arise in the operating room, but one man had a much closer brush with disaster, as doctors reported at the European Society of Anesthesiology’s ...

Hobby Lobby purchased thousands of ancient artifacts smuggled out of modern-day Iraq via the United Arab Emirates and Israel in 2010 and 2011, attorneys for the Eastern District of New York announced ...