We report the first case of thoracic empyema associated with Campylobacter curvus infection. A 65-year-old woman with a history of bronchiectasis presented with acute cough and phlegm. The patient reported dyspnoea and left chest pain accompanied by left pleural effusion, despite treatment with sitafloxacin. Curved Gram-negative rods, eventually identified as C. curvus using 16S ribosomal RNA- ...

A seven-year-old male Jack Russell terrier was presented with a history of coughing, generalised weakness and lethargy 10 days after an abdominal coeliotomy to repair a large diaphragmatic rupture. Thoracic radiographs demonstrated a soft tissue mass in the midcaudal right thoracic cavity. Ultrasonographic studies, bronchoscopy and subsequent exploratory thoracotomy confirmed a diagnosis of a r...

We report a case of a 21-year old male with an asymptomatic solitary costal exostosis incidentally detected on a chest X-ray. The exostosis originated from the costochondral junction of the left fourth rib and protruded into the thoracic cavity. Exploratory thoracoscopy showed that the exostosis had scratched the adjacent pericardium and visceral pleura. A 5.5-cm long rib segment including the ...

This study was performed to compare the amount of air leakage into the thoracic cavity associated with three thoracostomy tube materials (silicone, polyvinyl chloride, red rubber) in canine cadavers. Differences in intrapleural pressures (IPPs) measured before and after tube placement and before and after tube removal were calculated. The duration of air leakage around the tubes was assessed by...

Image-guided procedures within the thoracic cavity require accurate registration of a pre-operative virtual model to the patient. Currently, surface landmarks are used for thoracic cavity registration; however, this approach is unreliable due to skin movement relative to the ribs. An alternative method for providing surgeons with image feedback in the operating room is to integrate images acqui...

Technetium-99m sulphur colloid (99mTc-SC) scintigraphy is a commonly used method in the assessment of peritoneopleuric leak in cases of liver insufficiency [1-4]. A 40 years old patient with alcoholic cirrhosis liver insufficiency, ascitis and hepatic encephalopathy was severely dyspnoic due to large right sided pleural effusion. A 99mTc-SC peritoneo-pleuric scintigraphy was performed. A 1.5 in...

SETTING Diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and influence its radiological manifestations. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of glycemic status on radiological findings of PTB in diabetic patients. METHODS Between January 2010 and December 2015, chest radiographs (CXRs) in consecutive 214 DM patients with culture-proved PTB and 123 available thoracic comp...

A 28-year-old man underwent aortic valve replacement and excision of abscess cavity for staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. A large pseudoaneurysm was found on CTangiogram 4 years later (Figs. 1 and 2). This was successfully treated with a redo aortic valve replacement, patch false aneurysm and replacement ascending aorta. www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surger...

Pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysm is a rare finding in the thoracic cavity, accompanied by pulmonary hypertension. Clinical presentation of PA aneurysms is usually asymptomatic. The guideline for PA aneurysm treatment is unclear. We report an unusual case of low pressure PA aneurysm associated with atrial septal defect in a 69-year-old man.