The location, frequency, and spread of metastases to the mediastinal lymph nodes were examined in 124 patients with histologically proven N2 disease who underwent pulmonary resection and total lymph node resection. There were one-level metastases in 47 percent of cases, two-level metastases in 29 percent, three-level in 12 percent, and 12 percent had four or more levels of metastases. Nodal met...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to establish whether the site of lymph node metastasis influences the survival of patients with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. METHODS A series of 159 patients with lymph node metastasis who underwent right transthoracic R0 esophagectomy was analyzed retrospectively. Sites of the nodal metastasis were divided into two regions; the neck and/or upper m...

A 34-year-old woman presented to the chest physician with progressively increasing shortness of breath. She was non-diabetic, non-hypertensive, non-obese without any other co-morbid illnesses. There was no history of prolonged drug intake of any sort. Other associated diseases like Cushing’s syndrome were excluded. A chest radiograph (postero-anterior view) revealed a veil-like opacity in the m...

Purpose of the study: to study possibilities computed tomographic pericardiography in assessing invasion a mediastinal tumor into myocardium. Materials and methods. Traditional tomography with intravenous contrasting direct pericardial cavity (computed pericardiography) were compared 19-year-old patient germ cell tumor. Results. Due introduction contrast agent under manual pressure cavity, it b...

BACKGROUND Staging of mediastinal lymph nodes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is mandatory. The maximum Standard Uptake Value (SUVmax) obtained using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is the best non-invasive technique available for this evaluation, but its performance varies from center to center. The aim of the present study was to identify FDG-PET predictor...