A 54-year-old female presented with a 2-week history of increasing shortness of breath and fever. She had a history of a poorly differentiated sigmoid adenocarcinoma for which she underwent an anterior resection 6 months prior to admission, followed by 12 cycles of adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy. The patient was treated for a severe community-acquired pneumonia; however, she remained hypoxic. A c...

Hydatidosis is a common infestation caused by Echinococcus spp. Solitary hydatid cyst of the lung is not uncommon but coexistence of two or more pulmonary cysts are less common. These cysts may drain into the bronchial tree or very rarely into the pleural cavity which causes a poor outcome. Certain people such as slaughters, tanners, stockbreeders, shepherds, butchers, veterinarians and all who...

Unexpandable lung is the inability of the lung to expand to the chest wall allowing for normal visceral and parietal pleural apposition. It is the direct result of either pleural disease, endobronchial obstruction resulting in lobar collapse, or chronic atelectasis. Unexpandable lung occurring as a consequence of active or remote pleural disease may present as a post-thoracentesis hydropneumoth...

INTRODUCTION Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a particular lesion in traumatology that may be neglected. Thus, the diagnosis may be delayed for a few days to several months and only be made following a complication. The left diaphragmatic cupola is the most touched. Tension fecopneumothorax following diaphragmatic hernia perforation in the pleural cavity is a rare but particularly severe ...

Le kyste hydatique est une pathologie infectieuse assez fréquente au Maroc. Les localisations pelvienne et pancréatique de cette parasitose sont rares voir exceptionnelles. Nous rapportons l'observation d'une patiente de 66 ans, opérée il y a 6 ans pour kyste hydatique hépatique, qui s'est présenté pour douleurs thoraciques avec hydatidoptysie. La radiographie thoracique a objectivé un hydropne...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy anatomic thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy performed based on three-dimensional computed tomography bronchography and angiography (3D-CTBA) in children infants. Totally, 22 patients received from October 2019 February 2020. procedures were virtual 3D-CTBA. preoperative planning depended 3D-CTBA result. All cases ( 1 left S...

Introduction During the last 20 years the syndrome of acute rupture of the apparently normal oesphagus has been more frequently recognized and several extensive reviews have been made (Barrett, 1946; Moynihan, 1954; Tesler & Eisenberg, 1963). The condition has always been termed 'spontaneous rupture' but the nomenclature has become confused, and it seems preferable to refer to 'true spontaneous...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk factors and treatment strategies for pneumothorax secondary to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). METHOD Retrospective analysis of cases with pneumothorax secondary to GPA from our own practice and published on literature. RESULTS A total of 25 patients, 18 males and 7 females, mean age 44 ± 15.7 years, were analyzed. Diagnosis included pneumothorax (...