EDITORIAL
The safety and Long-term Health Effects of Using e-cigarettes
Md. Sayedul Islam

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Bone Mineral Density among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients admitted
in a tertiary level hospital
Muhammad Ali Ashraf, F. M. Mofakharul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Rokeya Sultana,
Mohua Chatterjee, Niaj Murshed, Bipul Kanti Biswas, SM Abdur Razzaque

Surgical Intervention of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Admitted in Department of
Surgery in 250 Bedded TB Hospital, Shyamoli, Dhaka
MM Hasan, HA Mostofa, MR Hasan, A Raihan, Nihar Ranjan Saha
Abdullah Al Mujahid, Mohammad Mosharaf Hossain

Mediastinal Mass: Review of 48 Cases Admitted in Thoracic Surgery Dept. of a
Tertiary Hospital in Bangladesh
Hossain Al Mahmud, Ankan Kumar Paul, Serajus Salekin,
Mohammad Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan, Debasish Das, Mohammed Kamrul Hasan,
Md. Kamrul Alam, Osman Goni, S.M. Shafiqul Alam

A Prospective Study of Pleurodesis by Autologous ‘Blood Patch’ Mixed with Tranexemic
Acid in the Management of Persistent Air Leak
Ankan Kumar Paul, Hossain Al Mahmud, Serajus Salekin, Mohammed Kamrul Hasan,
Md. Kamrul Alam, Osman Goni, Debasish Das , S.M. Shafiqul Alam

Comparison between Bronchoscopic Morphological Finding and Histopathological Report
in Endobronchial Lesion
Nihar Ranjan Saha, Md. Sayedul Islam, Md. Khairul Anam, Sanjoy Kumar Kar,
Subrata Kumar Gain, H.M. Aminur Rashid, Nirmal Kanti Sarkar, Snehashis Nag

Association of CA-125 with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Md. Mehedi Hasan, Md. Abdur Rouf, H. M. Aminur Rashid, Shabnam Sarwar Sejooti,
Md. Serazul Islam, Snehashish Nag, Most. Rokaya Sultana, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman

REVIEW ARTICLE
ACO (Asthma COPD Overlap)
Shamim Ahmed, Md. Atiqur Rahman, Shah Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq Choudhury,
Subrata Kumar Gain

CASE REPORTS
Endobronchial Intracavitary Fluconazole Irrigation for the Treatment of Pulmonary Mycetoma
Complicating Fibrocystic Old Pulmonary Tuberculosis –A Case Report
Md. Sayedul Islam, Subrata Kumar Gain, SM Abdur Razzaque, Suanjoy Kumar Kar

Atypical Presentation of Carcinoma Lung- Experiences of 5 Cases Series in NIDCH
A. Rahim, S.M. Zakirullah, M.Biswas, Anwarul A Kibria, Kazi S Islam,
Mofizur R Mia, Mosharraf Hossain, Syed A.Haque