Pleomorphic adenoma is the most prevalent salivary tumor, 65% of which occur in major glands. This tumor varies in terms of size depending on the gland where it is located. The most common sites of the minor salivary glands are the palate, lips, cheeks, and throat. Palatal pleomorphic adenoma is laterally located, rarely crossing the midline. This tumor is painless with slow growth rate, which ...

A 74-year-old man presented with gradual wall thickening of a cystic lung lesion. Serologic tests indicated Aspergillus infection, but neither fungal organisms nor evidence of malignant disease were recovered from repeated sputum collections, a bronchoscopic lung biopsy specimen, or bronchial washings. Treatment with antifungal agents did not result in clinical improvement. Surgical resection o...

BACKGROUND Bronchopleural fistula following lung resection is a therapeutic challenge for thoracic surgeons. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of late bronchopleural fistula after right extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant mesothelioma. Bronchoscopic attempts to repair it were unsuccessful. CONCLUSION The use of a modified Y Dumon stent associated with glue apposition on the bronchia...

Sir,?Under the above heading Dr. Huntly raises certain questions in connection with operative treatment of abscess of the liver. It does not appear, however, that his letter exhausts the debatable points, and it seems desirable to enquire whether the method usually employed to diagnose and localise a hepatic abscess, namely the thrusting of a trochar into the liver through the abdominal or thor...

The current controversial issue is focused on pediatric tonsillectomy, a surgical procedure that is learned early during specialist training and performed by almost all otolaryngologists worldwide. Besides being the most frequent ENT surgery, it is also one of the most frequently performed pediatric surgeries. Having said this, it becomes clear that tonsillectomy must be a simple procedure not ...

The aim of this case report was to describe the surgical sequence of crown lengthening to apically reposition the dentogingival complex, in addition to an esthetic restorative procedure. Many different causes can be responsible for short clinical crown. In these cases, the correct execution of a restorative or prosthetic rehabilitation requires an increasing of the crown length. According to th...

Background/Introduction Prolonged alveolo-pleural and broncho-pleural airleaks can be vexing problems for Thoracic Surgeons and arise after pulmonary procedures or spontaneously: often in the setting of underlying lung disease or infection. Patients with debilitation, HIV infection, end stage lung disease or following lung transplantation may be poor candidates for surgical intervention. Bronch...

Background In recent years ultrasound guided percutaneous tracheostomy (USPCT) has become a routine practice in critical care units. Its safety and superiority over conventional percutaneous tracheostomy and bronchoscopic guided PCT is proven to be non-inferior in elective cases. However its role in emergency percutaneous tracheostomy has never been studied, since percutaneous tracheostomy itse...

OBJECTIVES Cytological examination of samples obtained by bronchoscopy is a useful method for establishing the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the utility of a highly sensitive method for the detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation in the cytological specimens has not been fully evaluated. METHODS We retrospectively examined the efficacy of the ...

INTRODUCTION The promise of benefits from lung cancer screening is tempered by the false positive rate and the need to perform diagnostic procedures to determine the aetiology of the solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) identified. We have developed a novel procedure which allows sampling of SPNs via a transparenchymal approach, and report the results from this as a first in human trial. METHODS ...