OLSON, ROBERT M., AND DAVID K. SHELTON, JR. A nondestructive technique to measure wall displacement in the thoracic aorta. J. Appl. Physiol. 32(l): 147-151. 1972.-This paper presents a simple, highly precise, nonsurgical technique to follow aortic wall motion and consequently monitor pulsatile changes in thoracic aortic diameter. The diameter contours which result can be used in much the same w...

Thoracoschisis is a rare condition. A female newborn presented with right-sided thoracoschisis, associated with diaphragmatic hernia and protrusion of an accessory liver lobe through the chest wall defect along with deformity of the right forearm and hand duplication. Diagnosed as part of the limb-body wall complex (LBWC), management included resection of the exteriorized liver lobe followed by...

Tumours of the thoracic wall constitute a wide histological spectrum. However, the literature includes very few reports of a leiomyoma occurring at the extrapleural chest wall. In this report we present our experience together with a review of the literature. Our patient was a 33-year-old woman who was diagnosed with leiomyoma of the chest wall and treated accordingly and successfully. To the b...

Artery wall motion and strain play important roles in vascular remodeling and may be important in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. In vivo observations of circumferentially nonuniform wall motion in the human aorta suggest that nonuniform strain may contribute to the localization of vascular pathology. A velocity-based method to investigate circumferential strain variations was previously ...

This article describes a case of a giant cell tumor that expanded into the thoracic cavity and through the spinal canal into the vertebrae. A 36-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of back pain and dyspnea. Plain chest radiographs showed a huge mass accompanied by right pleural effusion. The mass involved the 12th thoracic spine, and the spinal cord was severely compressed. The tumor ...

paravertebral block is an appropriate method for intraoperative and postoperative pain relief in hemithorax operations .effectiveness of this type of pain management have already been shown in breast surgery .its effect on controlling chest wa ll pain is clear and remarkable . in our case despite of wide extension of lesion and penetration of ulcer to the deep part of thorax after excision, the...