Progressive generalized scleroderma: respiratory failure from primary chest wall involvement.

Progressive generalized scleroderma: respiratory failure from primary chest wall involvement.

A 73-year-old woman presented with an eight-month history of swelling of the right leg. The calf and ankle were found normal, but there was non-pitting swelling of the thigh of "woody" consistency. Both flanks were firm with cutaneous thickening. There were no other abnormal physical findings. A cutaneous biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of scleroderma. The chest radiograph was normal and initial...

Myocardial involvement in generalized scleroderma.

Generalized scleroderma is no longer considered strictly a dermatosis, but rather a disease of the connective tissue of various organs and systems. The pathological changes characterizing scleroderma have been thoroughly described and reviewed by Beerman.4 Of recent years, numerous investigators”34’679’2’4’16’7’922 have emphasized the frequency of myocardial and pericardial involvement in gener...

Primary Hydatid Disease of the Chest Wall Presenting as a Chest Wall Tumor

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Mediterranean areas, South America, North Africa, Australia, and Iran. Although the liver and lung are the most common involved organs, but the other organs in human body also can be involved by hydatid cyst. Chest wall involvement by hydatid cyst is a rare condition, which may be misdiagnosed as chest wall tumor in the endemic areas. Herei...

[Respiratory muscle disorders in chest wall diseases].

Chest wall metastases from unknown primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

Metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to the bones are common but bone metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma in the presence of a normal liver are an uncommon entity. A 50-year-old male patient presented with a rapidly growing tumour on the sternum. Biopsy of the lesion showed metastatic sternal tumour from a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiological evaluation however, failed to d...